South African Port Operations (Sapo) expects cargo volumes at its 14 ports to increase by 26% over the next five years, says Vusi Khumalo, a senior manager in CEO Tau Morwe
The seven teams competing in the Sardinia Rolex Cup, organized by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, set out from the Italian quays of Porto Cervo’s new marina to complete two windward leewards yesterday in the second day of racing.After five races, the scoreboard sees Team Sardegna, composed of Stuart
Qatar
Kazakhstan is ready to sign an agreement on shipping crude oil across the Caspian Sea through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said June 8. He added that the deal will be signed during the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia in Al
Ferry traffic across the Sai Gon River came to a halt yesterday when a foreign vessel crashed into a wharf in District 1, forcing thousands of passengers on the Thu Thiem peninsula to find an alternative route. The Panamanian-flagged vessel was being pushed upstream from Sai Gon Port by two tugboats
Autoship Systems Corporation (ASC) of Vancouver, Canada is pleased to announce the release of Autoship 9.0, the industry leading ship hull design and surface modelling program.
Concordia Maritime’s Swedish-flagged product tanker Stena Primorsk, the third P-MAX tankers in a series of eight, will be named on 9 June. The total investment for the eight vessels amounts to SEK 2.4 billion. Transport economy, flexibility and further raising the safety level have guided the develo
China National Offshore Oil Corp. said Wednesday it has signed two production sharing contracts with BG Group for deepwater blocks in the western South China Sea, the first step in their cooperation in offshore China. The companies have also agreed on a geophysical survey on a third block in the eas
The captain of the 550-foot bulk cargo vessel Cape Flattery that ran aground Feb. 2, 2005, violated maritime law and his own company’s policies when he tried to enter the Kalaeloa Barbers Point channel without a harbor pilot, according to the ship’s owners. The big ship severely damaged several acre
Keppel Shipyard Limited (Keppel Shipyard) and Keppel Verolme BV (Keppel Verolme) have secured contracts worth a total of around S$127 million for the conversion of a tanker to a Floating Production Storage Offloading (FPSO) facility and the repair of a FPSO vessel respectively. The conversion of the
The Danish Hempel Group, a global producer of protective coatings for marine and industrial applications, officially inaugurated its new paint production plant in the Vietnamese-Singapore Industrial Park in Binh Duong Province near Ho Chi Minh City on June 06. Danish Ambassador to Vietnam Peter Lysh
With less than half of Leg 8 left, and more light breeze on the way, patience is going to be a key ingredient. Yesterday
Baker Hughes Inc. (a provider of wellbore-related products and services to oil and natural gas industry) said the worldwide rig count for May was 2,795, up 310 from the 2,485 counted in May 2005, and up 88 from the 2,707 counted in April 2006. Excluding Iran and Sudan, the worldwide rig count for Ma
The first day of racing in the ISAF Offshore Team World Championship and Sardinia Rolex Cup in Porto Cevo, Italy saw Team Germany make the running, led by a double bullet performance by Michael ILLBRUCK
