SEATTLE, Washington (AP) — Two suspicious cargo containers that prompted the evacuation of the Port of Seattle do not contain explosives or radioactive materials, port officials said Wednesday. Bomb-sniffing dogs indicated that two containers from Pakistan could contain explosives. Officials are sti
Greek shipping company Danaos Shipping Co., Ltd., has pleaded guilty to discharging oil in the Port of Long Beach from one of its ships and to obstructing a federal investigation into the leak, prosecutors said. A company representative entered the pleas Monday to a felony charge of obstruction of a
A Royal Navy ship that helped hundreds of British people leave Beirut has returned to her Plymouth base. HMS Bulwark returned to Devonport after more than seven months away. She had been due to return last month but was diverted to the Middle East.
Brussels – A Belgian and a Moroccan working in Nigeria’s oil sector were released on Monday after being held for more than a week, said reports. The reports quoted an official from their employer, Dredging International, as saying that the two men were in good health despite difficult living conditi
The United States Navy (USN) needs a threat and a maritime strategy. It had both during the Cold War but since then its situation has been more difficult. Without a contemporary strategy to deal with prevailing asymmetric threats, the Navy is finding it increasingly harder to compete with the other
The transport sector is one of key contribu-tors to the country
It only seems like a few weeks ago that Gulftainer’s Khorfakkan Container Terminal was awaiting the first of CMA-CGM’s series of giant new 8500 TEU containerships. However it was in fact back in January of this year and since then a steady stream of these 100,000 DWT/335 meter long leviathans have b
The search for the Russian ship Kapella rammed by a large Italian vessel near the Japanese island of Hokkaido earlier this month was stopped on Monday. Rescuers said the Kapella which carried 80 to 130 tonnes of fuel, must have sunk. In the August 3 collision, the Russian ship, punctured by the BBS
A Japanese tanker spilled about 4,500 tons (5.3 million liters, 1.4 million gallons) of crude oil in the eastern Indian Ocean near the Nicobar islands following a collision with a cargo ship, the tanker’s operator announced Tuesday. Japan’s Kyodo news service said the spill may have been the largest
Ulsan, Korea, Aug. 14, 2006 – Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI) contracted with Shanghai Shipyard & Chengxi Shipyard for the supply of nine sets of marine propulsion engines (Model : Type 7K90MC-C) and 68 diesel generating sets (Model : HiMSEN 7H21/32 Type), which will be installed onto 3,500
Three exciting days, full of surprises and dedicated to fun and relax. This can easily be the summary of the 5th edition of the Riva Trophy, the summer event which has already become a
Frontline Ltd. (“Frontline”) announces that on 14th August 2006 it has sold its entire holding of 3,860,000 shares in General Maritime Corporation (“General Maritime”) for USD $40 per share. The shares were sold to World Wide Shipping. Frontline will record a gain of approximately USD $ 9.7 million
Shell Exploration & Production (Shell) today welcomed the delivery of first gas from its Pohokura Project in Taranaki, New Zealand.Gas began flowing from the three completed onshore wells through the production station at Motonui, near New Plymouth earlier this month. The field, which is the second
A German shipyard has built and floated a third container carrier for a Russian shipping company in the Far East, a company spokeswoman said Tuesday. Under a contract, the container vessel will be the last out of three carriers built by Aker Ostsee yard in Wismar, Germany, for Russia’s Far Eastern S
