The fourth and final 31,445GT Product Tanker Mutriba, built by Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co., Ltd. (HMD) as part of a series of vessels being constructed for the Kuwait Oil Tanker Company S.A.K. (KOTC) was officially delivered to KOTC at a ceremony held in Kuwait on October 20, 2014. The Mutriba is the
DP World has today welcomed the first scheduled vessel to call at its new Container Terminal 3 in Jebel Ali, Dubai, as it gears up to serve customers at the state-of-the-art facility. The first vessel to call at the port was ‘APL Phoenix’. “We are proud to welcome the APL Phoenix to Terminal 3 as [&
If a ship’s crew doesn’t receive enough rest while trying to keep up with a ship’s schedule, there should be a regulatory framework under which the ship could be considered unmanned or unseaworthy, Law firm Clyde and Co claims. However, there have been no reported judgments to form a precedent in or
DP World today, October 22nd, welcomed the first scheduled vessel, the ‘APL Phoenix’ to call at its new Container Terminal 3 in Jebel Ali, Dubai, as it gears up to serve customers at the state-of-the-art facility. Once fully operational next year, the world’s most modern container terminal will add
As one of the UAE’s leading enablers of development and trade, Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC) is fast progressing while taking significant steps on its way to diversify Abu Dhabi’s economy. Only two years after the start of commercial operations, ADPC’s state-of-the-art Khalifa Port now ranks number
The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) reports that port workers at the Aqaba Container Terminals (ACT) facility in Jordan run by APM Terminals have ended their strike after reaching a deal with the company’s management. Workers represented by the ITF-affiliated General Union of Port
88% of the maritime industry agrees that the ‘Green Agenda’ is good for the global industry, but less than 46% say it actually offers good value for money, according to a survey carried out by the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST). With around 200 responses, the surve
Qatargas’ Ras Laffan Terminal Operations (RLTO) marked the loading of its 5000th cargo on October 13, the equivalent of more than two billion barrels of product. The 5000th cargo also marks the first cargo of ultra-low Sulphur diesel from Ras Laffan Port. Ultra-low Sulphur diesel, with less than 10
National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC) will take part in an ambitious world class project to dredge the 35km of the New Suez Canal, parallel to the existing one. The $1.5 billion contract for the project was announced on October 18th by the Head of the Suez Canal Authority, Admiral Mohab Memish and
Drewry Shipping Consultants says no matter how low the oil and bunker prices go, it is confident that ocean carriers will not return to sailing container ships at their design speeds for fear of flooding the market with the latent capacity that has been held in check by slow steaming. Despite bunker
A hike in freight rates is not an option as ‘sub-economic’ rates on the main trade lanes are here to stay, it was concluded by leading shipping lines meeting at the TOC Americas conference in Cartagena. Freight rates pegged below most carriers’ operating costs, good for shippers, bad for inefficient
Tamar Partners have signed a Letter of Intent to supply gas from the Tamar gas field, off Israel, to Egyptian company Dolphinus Holdings Limited. The plan is to supply the gas using the existing gas pipeline operated by East Mediterranean Gas Ltd (“EMG Pipeline”). The letter of intent includes sever
The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has approved the environmental provisions in the draft International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters (the Polar Code), together with associated draft amendments to the International Conventio
TSC Group Holdings’ subsidiary Zhengzhou TSC Offshore Equipment Co., Ltd. has secured a jacking system order from GMG shipyard (GSHI). GSHI specializes in the research and manufacture of offshore engineering equipment and special-purpose vessels. TSC Zhengzhou will provide GSHI with a set of jacking
