Nigeria and other African nations were yesterday chided by International Labour Organisation (ILO) and International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) for the delay in ratifying international maritime conventions and backwardness in producing enough international regulation compliant seafarers.
With over 1.400 exhibitors, the 2005 edition of European Seafood Exposition (Brussels Expo, April 26th to 28th) promises to be a key moment for the European seafood industry. While the European Commission is gearing up to develop a long term Maritime Strategy, seafood specialists come to Brussels to
Europe’s fifth-largest shipping line, Hapag-Lloyd, expects Asia’s double-digit economic growth to support demand for cargo space. Its chief executive, Adolf Adrion, said this in Singapore as the company took delivery of a new ship, Colombo Express. The ship is one of the largest container ships in t
A total of five bidders have submitted the required documents for participation in the tender over a 70% stake of the Bulgarian River Shipping company, it appeared after the deadline expired Monday. Two foreign companies – Cyprus’ “Bulkom” LTD and Hungarian Masped Rt. will face the rivalry of Bulgar
In what could be the death knell for Brooklyn’s industrial waterfront, the city shunned a deal that could have brought millions of dollars in trade and hundreds of jobs to Red Hook. A German shipping company that wanted to come to Brooklyn is instead heading elsewhere – first to Jersey City and then
Competitors at this year’s Antigua Sailing Week (April 24-30) will have the chance to win the Yachting World Trophy in the inaugural Round Antigua Island Race. As Antigua Sailing Week’s official media partner and Platinum sponsor Yachting World is presenting a spectacular solid silver punch bowl to
French Polynesian President Oscar Temaru’s government wants to eliminate taxes on cruise ships to ensure Tahiti and its neighbouring islands become a permanent fixture on the cruise intinerary. The government’s Council of Ministers has approved a project that would mean the loss of hundreds of thous
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Great Eastern Shipping Company Ltd has acquired a newly built Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessel (AHTSV) and named it `Malaviya Twenty One’. Built at Bharati Shipyard Ltd (BSL), the vessel has a Bollard Pull capacity of 133 tonne and is capable of catering to the deepwater oil fields, the company inf
Cruise industry officials say the 2005 visitor season is shaping up to be a busier one for the industry and Juneau business owners. The cruise lines expect a 4 percent growth in cruise passenger visits to Juneau over 2004 arrivals. An estimated 914,962 cruise passengers will visit the capital betwee
Bandits stormed a Singapore-registered tanker in the Malacca Strait and robbed the crew of their cash and mobile phones before escaping, police said Sunday. Ten pirates wearing ski masks and armed with long knives chased the Kyoseimaru tanker in a speedboat before boarding it near the southern tip o
A group of shipping companies says it wants to build a $1 billion port complex about 150 miles south of Tijuana, Mexico, because of severe congestion at Southern California ports.
Dubai Ship Docking Yard (Al Jadaf), the oldest ship repair yard in the Arabian Gulf, will participate in a big way in Gulf Maritime 2005 to be held from April 18-20 at Expo Centre Sharjah. Founded in 1978, it is considered to be one of the busiest docking yards in world with over 270 companies [&hel
MALAYSIA International Shipping Corp Bhd (MISC)’s share price surged to a new record high of RM17 yesterday on expectations that the company will soon be taking delivery of the sixth liquefied natural gas (LNG) ship it ordered from Japanese shipbuilder Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co. This late
