His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Office, has granted his official patronage to the Mare Forum, Dubai, the international event for the maritime industry that is being organized in Dubai. The royal patronage accorded to
As the container shipping industry recuperates from a challenging market environment, concerns still abound over the looming overcapacity as more new vessels are expected to come on stream in the next two to three years. CMA CGM group senior vice-president for Asia Europe lines Nicolas Sartini told
ADPC has announced the next steps in its plans to support the growing cruise business at Zayed Port, Abu Dhabi. Figures for 2012/2013 show a total of 96 vessel calls and 155,000 passengers visited Zayed Port, Abu Dhabi last season. Zayed Port’s convenient central location makes it attractive to tour
A recently released JOC Group study based upon five years of data collected from 600 terminals at 400 ports and 17 global shipping lines representing 70% of the global liner fleet and over 100,000 port calls, has ranked APM Terminals Yokohama first globally in productivity. APM Terminals Yokohama, w
On June 27, with the joint effort of all the employees of the Qatar Doha New Port Project Department, Node C was completed on schedule, which laid a solid foundation for the completion on schedule of the whole project. Since its commencement, Doha New Port Project has experienced a lot of difficulti
Qatargas Operating Company Limited (Qatargas) announced today that it has sold Qatar’s first ever cargo of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) to Malaysia. The cargo was sold to Petronas LNG Ltd (Petronas) of Malaysia and was loaded yesterday on-board the LNG Vessel ‘Seri Begawan’ at Ras Laffan Port. The ca
On 3rd July 2013, just under a year since commencing operations, Khalifa Port Container Terminal personnel performed 43 Gross Move Per Hour (GMPH) working the 2,289 TEU CSL RIDE operated by Simatech Shipping. A ‘move’ describes a single container (TEU) being loaded or unloaded from a ship. The news
“Qatar UK 2013 – Year of Culture” and Qatargas today announced sending Ben Barbour, the Doha based, Msheireb resident artist from Qatar to the UK aboard the Q-Flex LNG vessel ‘Al Karaana’, owned by Nakilat and managed by Shell International Shipping and Trading Ltd, to South Hook, Wales – Europe’s l
Ending its maiden voyage from Brazil, VLOC ‘Vale Shinas’ has docked at Vale’s deep-water jetty to unload 400,000 tons of iron ore. Measuring a length of 360 meters and width of 65 meters, the arrival of one of the world’s largest vessels at the Port of Sohar was commemorated by the community of Shin
Port of Salalah and Virginia International Terminals have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) recently which will see the ports closely cooperating in areas of business development and knowledge sharing. The alliance aims to draw further investment at the ports and appeal to investors and bus
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), whose member national shipowners’ associations negotiated the text of the ILO Maritime Labour Convention (MLC), has issued advice to shipowners to help them pre-empt port state control problems when the Convention enters in force, next month, on 20 August
The ILO Maritime Labor Convention will enter into force on 20 August, 2013.The convention applies to all ships other than warships, naval auxiliaries, fishing vessels, vessels of traditional build such as dhows and junks and vessels operating solely in inland or sheltered waters. Ships of 500 gt or
Under the leadership of ClassNK Executive Vice President Toshitomo Matsui, the ClassNK Casualty Investigation Team established in response to the 17 June 2013 casualty involving “MOL Comfort” in the Indian Ocean continues to work in close contact with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), Mitsubishi Heavy Indu
Dubai Maritime City Authority (DMCA), the government authority charged with regulating, coordinating and supervising all aspects of the maritime sector in Dubai, has recently concluded the Ship to Ship (STS) Provider Meeting at the DMCA Ahmed Bin Majid Meeting Room. Key stakeholders in the STS secto
