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World’s Biggest Containership Drops Anchor in Singapore The world’s biggest containership CSCL Globe paid a maiden call at Pasir Panjang port, Singapore, the Strait Times writes.…Read more Egypt Charges Al-Safat’s Captain, First Officer with Manslaughter Egypt’s Prosecutor General Hisham Barakat ord
A ferry named “Sewol“ carrying over 400 people on board sank in the vicinity of the South Korean island of Jeju. The passengers on the ship were mainly high school students and crew members. 174 people survived the accident including 22 crew members. The Authorities suspect that the “Sewol” ferry ex
The end of December and coming holidays are traditionally the time when we look back at the highlights of the ending year. World Maritime News is kicking off the 2014 retrospective with its Top 5 series, the first of which is the list of our 5 most read interviews of the year. All about Piracy Pirac
Today, we are bringing you videos our readers watched the most on Offshore Energy Today during the course of 2014. Enjoy! 1. VIDEO: World’s largest semi-submersible taking shape With topside dimensions of 150 metres by 110 metres, the Ichthys offshore processing facility will be the world’s larges
As the year nears end, it’s time to countdown the top Dredging Today interviews of 2014. We will begin with the latest, the exclusive interview with DSC Dredge President, Mr. Bob Wetta that was conducted in November 2014, continuing in reverse order until the first one. Exclusive Interview wit
The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC), exclusively for Dredging Today, looks back at 2014 and forward to 2015 when it will celebrate its 50th anniversary. IADC is the global umbrella organisation for contractors in the private dredging industry. As such IADC is dedicated to not
Egypt’s Prosecutor General Hisham Barakat ordered on Saturday that the captain and first officer of a Kuwaiti container ship Al-Safat are to be refereed to a criminal court over charges of manslaughter in connection to the collision in the Red Sea earlier this month, when 25 Egyptian fishermen died,
Wind turbine technology has matured significantly, resulting in substantial reductions in LCOE and increased competitiveness of wind energy on the grid. Turbines have grown larger, more productive, cost effective and reliable due to technology investments. The next decade will bring further change,
With the earnings for an Aframax trading crude from the Arabian Gulf to South East Asia at USD 33,400/day for a ‘dirty’ voyage versus USD 24,500/day for a ‘clean’ trip, a portion of the LR2 Aframax product carrier fleet will switch from ‘clean’ to ‘dirty’ to take advantage of market discrepancies, a
Nakilat Damen Shipyards Qatar (NDSQ) has signed an agreement with Qatar’s New Port Project (NPP) to construct 11 workboats for use at the port. NDSQ will build four 29m-long Azimuth Stern Drive (ASD) tug boats, three 16m-long mooring boats and four 15m-long glass reinforced plastic (GRP) pilot boats
EvoLogics joined scientists from the Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Germany, who led a two-week field campaign north and south of the Darga river outlet on the Dead Sea coast in Israel. In cooperation with EvoLogics and the Scientific Diving Center (SDC) team of Technische Univer
MSC Rachele Runs Aground MSC’s containership Rachele has run aground on a sandbank in Western Scheldt (Westerschelde) estuary off Terneuzen, a city in the southwestern Netherlands, the Zeeland Veilig website reported.…Read more Ocean Star Pacific Runs Aground Panamanian-flagged Ocean Star Pacific cr
Picture of the Day: The Largest Hopper Dredger With a hopper capacity of 46,000 m³, trailing suction hopper dredger Cristóbal Colón is the largest and the most high-tech dredger in the world today. More Dredgers Ready for the New Suez Canal All vessels belonging to the Consortium consisting of Gre
