THE lean season low flows of the rivers in Bangladesh have progressively been creating more and more hazards in recent years. Every year, in recent times, the depths of water of the rivers have been found to be lower than that of the year before. This trend has been there for a long time. Winter [&h
The Directors of SMIT Amandla Marine (Pty) Ltd are proud to announce that a new, technologically advanced bunker barge will be built. This multi-million rand transaction follows successful negotiations between local specialist marine services company SMIT Amandla Marine and local ship builder DORMAC
At the beginning of September the joint-venture company WARTSILA CME Zhenjiang Propeller Co. Ltd. in China received an order for fifty fixed pitch propellers (FPP) to be delivered to two shipyards, New Century Shipyard and New Times Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., in Jiangsu Province, China. The order is wor
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (7011.TO) will build container ships using Nippon Steel Corp. (5401.TO) steel plates with a tensile strength much stronger than plates used in commercial ships throughout the industry, the two companies said Wednesday. The plates, which have a higher resistance to cr
An interesting event took place off Monaco last Sunday morning when owners of two of the world’s largest sailing yachts went head to head in their own match race. With Joseph Vittoria and Tom Perkins at the helms of Mirabella V and Maltese Falcon respectively, the yachts converged in 10-15 kts of br
Oil giant BP restarted the eastern side of the Alaskan Prudhoe Bay oil field – shut down since August when a leak was found – and expects production to reach 150,000 barrels a day by the weekend, a BP spokesman said on Wednesday. The eastern side of the United State’s largest oil field ceased produc
AP Moeller-Maersk AS’ Maersk Tankers plans to expand its fleet by 14 pct year up till 2009 in order to become one of the top three tanker operators in the world, daily Boersen reported, citing Soeren Skou, who is the head of the division. ‘Our total fleet has grown by close to 9 pct per […]
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The sprawling measure contains good news for lawmakers from Maine, California and Missouri, among others. The bill includes $2.6 billion for two super-modern Navy DD(X) destroyers. That is significant because it would allow Bath Iron Works in Maine and Northrop Grumman’s Ingalls Shipbuilding in Miss
The Navy has awarded a $200 million contract to a Pascagoula company for construction of a Navy ship that will carry high-tech radar equipment, U.S. Sen. Trent Lott said. The Navy awarded the contract to VT Halter Marine on Tuesday. The Pascagoula shipyard will build a vessel used to monitor ballist
The conservation group WWF is calling on European consumers to think twice before they eat fish. A WWF report says much of the fish sold in Europe is the product of illegal, destructive or wasteful fishing. The report warns that continuing to buy it will bring many fish stocks to the brink of extinc
Todd Shipyards Corporation (NYSE:TOD) announced today that the U.S. Navy (
Authorities in Ivory Coast asked Estonia to hold a tanker that left hundreds of tons of toxic waste in the West African nation’s main city, as another death was attributed to the foul-smelling substance on Tuesday. A judge heading the commission investigating the chemical waste scandal sent a writte
Lloyd’s Register’s Marine Fuel Sulphur Record Book has received the approval of the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA). Now in its second edition, the Marine Fuel Sulphur Record Book enables ship operators to demonstrate compliance with the fuel oil quality requirements and sulphur restrictions
