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  • UK: Bright Future for Port of Tyne

    9 May 2013
    Business & Finance

    The award-winning Port has broken its own records with year on year growth since 2009. Last year, turnover increased to a record £63 million, cash flow from operating activity rose to a record £19 million and profit before tax reached a record £12 million. Port of Tyne Chairman, Sir Les Elton, said: “The Port’s strategy […]

  • British PM Tours Port of Tyne

    19 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    The British Prime Minister David Cameron popped into the Port of Tyne on Friday, May 16th. Accompanied by Martin Callanan MEP, the Prime Minister took in a bird’s eye view of the Port from the top of a 70m high container shipping crane.   The new gantry crane, costing £6m, was installed at the end […]

  • China Fines Eight Liner Companies

    28 December 2015
    Business & Finance

    Eight container shipping companies are facing fines from China’s Ministry of Transport for violation of freight rate-related regulations. An inspection found that the companies in question failed to report their freight rates or did not meet the standards set by the ministry regarding freight rate standards, the ministry said. The container carriers found in breach […]

  • UK: Port of Tyne at Heart of the Action

    31 October 2012
    Ports & Logistics

    The giants of the renewable industry are set to gather in Scotland this week – and the Port of Tyne will be at the heart of the action. Renewable UK – the world’s largest conference and exhibition of its kind – will bring together 300 different organisations working in the generation and supply of new […]

  • Big fines for fatal QM2 accident

    10 February 2008

    The French builder of the cruise ship Queen Mary 2 and another firm have each been fined 177,500 euros (£133,649) over an accident that killed 16 people. A walkway collapsed in November 2003, when the giant ship was in dry dock at Saint Nazaire in France.

  • QE2 enters Tyne at fourth attempt

    15 September 2007

    One of the world’s best known luxury liners entered the Tyne on her fourth attempt on Sunday. The QE2 visited North Shields overnight during an eight-day tour of Britain to mark her 40th birthday.

  • Sterling Shipyard Fined for Safety Violations

    16 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    U.S. barge builder Sterling Shipyard LP was cited for 16 serious, repeat and failure-to-abate violations by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for continuing to expose workers to safety hazards, including dangerous machinery, high noise levels without appropriate hearing protection and falls from heights above 6 feet, OSHA said.   […]

  • Court fines fish crews £150,000

    10 January 2007

    A group of Kilkeel fishermen who pleaded guilty to landing illegal fish have been given fines totalling almost £150,000 at Liverpool Crown Court. The court was told the men cheated the system of £400,000 by falsely claiming they had caught non-quota fish such as conger eel and gurnard.

  • Siemens Fine-Tuning Bid for Alstom

    27 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    German conglomerate Siemens is getting closer to making its formal offer for the French company Alstom. According to Reuters, Siemens is expected to offer less than EUR 7 billion, which is almost a half of what GE is offering, together with its train business for Alstom’s energy business. Previously, it was believed the company’s cash […]

  • Dredging Company Fined for Unlicensed Deposits

    25 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    Westminster Dredging Company Limited appeared last week at Plymouth Magistrates Court in respect of 1 charge of carrying out marine licensable activity otherwise in accordance with a marine licence contrary to section 65 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009. The charge related to a dredging and disposal campaign carried out by the company […]

  • Noble fined for environmental crimes in Alaska

    9 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    Offshore Drilling contractor Noble Drilling was charged with environmental and maritime crimes for operating the drillship Noble Discoverer and the drilling unit Kulluk in violation of federal law in Alaska in 2012, the Department of Justice announced. Under the terms of a plea agreement filed in federal court yesterday, Noble will plead guilty to eight […]

  • Marisco Fined for Water Pollution, USA

    29 March 2013

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Hawaii State Department of Health announced on March 28 their settlement with Marisco Ltd. including civil penalties of $710,000 for water pollution control violations at its ship repair and drydock facilities at Kalaeloa Barbers Point Harbor on Oahu. This is the largest Clean Water Act civil penalty against […]

  • Tyne ship is towed to rival yard

    17 July 2006

    A ship has been towed out of a Tyneside shipyard after work to complete the vessel was handed over to a rival shipyard in Scotland. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced last week that the unfinished ship Lyme Bay would be handed over from Swan Hunter to BAE Systems, at Govan.

  • Evergreen Marine Fined for Oil Pollution

    1 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    The operator of a UK registered container ship has been ordered to pay £17,311.01 for breaching oil pollution legislation. The Ever Sigma – operated by Evergreen Marine – was en route from Greece to the Netherlands when 700 litres of heavy fuel oil went overboard. The incident occurred when the chief engineer decided to carry […]

  • UK: Port of Tyne Buys McNulty

    18 June 2012
    Ports & Logistics

    The Port of Tyne has acquired 10 acres of land adjoining its Tyne Dock estate in South Shields from the Administrators of McNulty Offshore Group Holdings Limited. It is a strategic acquisition which will support the Port’s plans for future growth in both its existing business sectors and new areas.  Andrew Moffat, Chief Executive Officer […]

  • Pakistan: CCP Fines Dredging Firms

    27 July 2010

    The Competition Commission of Pakistan has imposed a penalty of Rs50 million each on four foreign firms on the allegation of cartelisation…   By Mehtab Haider (thenews) [mappress] Source: thenews, July 27, 2010;

  • Port of Tyne in Growth Mode (UK)

    12 May 2011

    Port of Tyne has reported 2010 end of year results reflecting a significant return to growth following the recession of 2009. With chairman Sir Ian Wrigglesworth and chief executive officer Andrew Moffat at the helm, the port has seen some of the best results for some time in all five of its business areas. These […]

  • UK: Great Future for Port of Tyne

    1 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Port of Tyne achieved its highest cargo volumes in over 20 years in 2012, it was announced recently. Investment in the Port led to the biggest volume of cargo handled since 1989, at 6.5m tonnes, representing 22% growth against 2011 figures. Ongoing investment which has included £5m in deepening berths and the River channel […]

  • Royal Caribbean Facing Major Fine

    17 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    The Netherlands has fined Royal Caribbean cruise line for violation of labour rules and regulations for foreign workers. The cruise liner, owner of the world’s biggest cruise ship Oasis of the Seas, will have to pay at least  €600,000 (USD 767,000) in fines for not having adequate residence papers for its workers, who have in addition […]

  • China Navigation Fined for Air Pollution

    7 March 2016
    Business & Finance

    The China Navigation Co. Pte., deep-sea ship owning and operating arm of the Swire group, has been fined USD 129,500 by the California Air Resources Board for failure to switch its engines over from heavy diesel “bunker” fuel to cleaner, low-sulfur fuel when close to the California coast.  Namely, on December 28, 2012, an ARB inspector […]

  • Sacked MV Portland Workers to Be Fined

    7 April 2017
    Business & Finance

    The Turnbull Government agency is seeking $10,800 fines for nine workers from the Alcoa ship MV Portland who were refusing to sail the ship to Singapore following the announcement on their replacement with a foreign and cheaper crew, Australian unions said. The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) and the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) have […]

  • Dredger starts work on River Tyne

    10 November 2009

    After months of planning, a massive dredger has started preparation work on the bed of the River Tyne for a new vehicle tunnel. The 300ft (90m) Vesalius will create a channel in the riverbed between East Howdon and Jarrow, to house four prefabricated tunnel sections.

  • UK: Port of Tyne in Modernization Mode

    24 June 2013

    The Port of Tyne is preparing for the arrival of a second gantry crane for its Container Terminal at Tyne Dock in South Shields. The crane is due to arrive by ship on Tuesday (25 June). Coming ‘flat packed’, the £6m, 750-tonnes structure will be assembled piece by piece and is expected to be operational […]

  • Fine Tubes in Egina field deal

    4 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Fine Tubes, a UK-based manufacturer and distributor of precision tubes for critical applications, has been awarded an order by FMC Technologies for the supply of advanced tubing for Total’s offshore Egina project in Nigeria. Located some 150km off the coast of Nigeria at a depth of up to 1750m, the Egina oil field is being developed […]

  • UK: Divers Fined for Shipwreck Raids

    3 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    In a landmark case two divers from Kent have been made to pay a total of £63,500 in fines and costs for not declaring valuable items from shipwrecks off the UK coast. David Knight and Edward Huzzey, both from Sandgate, had previously pleaded guilty to 19 offences between them, contrary to section 236 and section […]