The third Damen Stan Tug 2208 out of a series of 5 was named and delivered to Oldendorff on the 2nd of November. She is now on her delivery voyage to South-America where she will be one of the nine vessels ordered by Oldendorff for the transshipper project in Guyana. The naming was performed by [&he
Transas USA received an order from CSL International
On October 12th 2006 Transas secured a contract to supply Georgia
South Korea will not join a US-led scheme to stop and search suspicious North Korean ships, officials say. Seoul has been under increased pressure to join the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) since North Korea conducted a nuclear test on 9 October.
The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Centre on a writ petition seeking a probe into the disappearance of ship `Jupiter 6,’ its crew and other members in mysterious circumstances since September 2005. A Bench of Justice H.K. Sema and Justice P.K. Balasubramanyan has also issued notice to the Di
When Gil Romano was in the market for a yacht, he envisioned exactly how it would look — from the Corian countertops to the hue of the veneer wall coverings to the style of furniture for his guests. The only problem: His dream boat wasn’t available straight out of the factory. So Romano, a Long [&he
Looking around Shakir Guseinov’s deadly quiet fish-meal factory, it is easy to understand why he is longing for the good old days. The rusty machines in this formerly round-the-clock factory are only kicked into action once a week, and it does not even produce enough fish meal to cover the cavernous
Iran’s Arabic language television station on Saturday broadcast footage showing an American aircraft carrier cruising in Persian Gulf waters, which it said was taken by an unmanned Iranian drone. The brief minute-long film, which was shown on Al-Alam television’s evening news bulletin, had a wide re
A tanker ship that ran aground off Long Island is now afloat, according to NewsChannel 4 News. It was freed from the bottom of East Rockaway inlet just after midnight and is now headed to a pier in New York harbor to undergo inspection.
Managing director of Engineering Coastal and Ports Department affiliated to the Shipping Lines and Ports Organization said that through execution of a comprehensive plan the capacity of the commercial ports in the country would increased up to 160m tons per year, IRNA reported. On the sidelines of t
JFE Holdings Inc. is considering taking over Hitachi Zosen Corp.’s shipbuilding operations, which are now conducted by Universal Shipbuilding Corp., a joint venture between the two firms, sources said Saturday. The deal would mark Osaka-based Hitachi Zosen’s effective departure from shipbuilding. It
Two crewmen were killed and another seriously injured yesterday after their oil tanker was hit by huge waves in the Pentland Firth, one of the world’s most notorious stretches of water. The men were believed to have been standing on the deck of the 42,000-tonne tanker when it was caught in a gale fo
Total announces today that it has signed agreements to sell its power generation interests in Argentina. Since 2001, Total has held a 63.9% interest in Central Puerto S.A., one of Argentina
An international ports operator is to invest
