California’s smog-fighting agency on Thursday approved a sweeping plan to reduce air pollution caused by the ports, rail lines and roadways that move goods around the state. The Air Resources Board’s plan sets out long-term goals and strategies to roll back air pollution levels from cargo movement t
With the boom in the oil and gas exploration sector, fuelled by the recent awarding of new blocks under NELP VI, Indian shipping companies are tanking up to sharpen their focus on the offshore segment. Since offshore installations are away from shore, these require various kinds of support services
Qatar Shipping Company has reported a net profit of QR102.17mn in the first quarter of 2006 as compared with a higher QR130.11mn in the corresponding quarter of previous year. Operating income rose by over 47% to QR229.66mn as compared with QR156.06mn in the corresponding period last year.
Aker Yards Piikkio has entered into contract with Leirvik Module Technology from Norway for the delivery of modular cabins for living quarters of drilling platforms. Leirvik Module Technology AS is one of the leading suppliers of living quarters for offshore industry. They have decided to use modula
The HMS Endurance believes to have found an active volcanic vent in the Antarctic using their new KONGSBERG EM 710 multi beam echo sounder. As in South Georgia our Multi Beam Echo Sounder
Palma de Mallorca, Spain
The China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) will invest 100 billion yuan (12.5 billion U.S. dollars) in gas and oil exploration in the next five years, the company source said Tuesday. By 2010, more than 50 new gas and oil fields of CNOOC Limited will be completed and put into production, sa
A DISPUTE between Japan and China over maritime economic zones has seen Japanese fishing boats being turned away from alleged gas-rich waters. This has prompted Japanese authorities to express concerns over a possible violation of Japan
Shippers say the need for increased dredging of the Great Lakes to accommodate shippers has forced some to take detours or handle smaller loads. The issue threatens the shipping of items such as cement, limestone, iron ore, coal, wood pulp, salt and construction materials.
LERWICK Port Authority has been slapped with a huge bill for dredging work it was forced to cancel after Shetland Islands Council took legal action against it last year. Last August the council petitioned the Court of Session in Edinburgh to stop the port spending
Shipping Corporation of India Ltd. plans to buy 76 vessels for about $3.3 billion over the next six years, Chairman and Managing Director S. Hajara said on Tuesday. This is the first major fleet acquisition proposal by the state-run carrier in recent years and comes after the communist-backed federa
Old Dominion University will offer a new undergraduate major in maritime and supply chain management in the fall of 2006. The major will be the first of its kind in Virginia, and the second in the country, according to school officials. It will be offered as a bachelor of science in the business adm
Checking state news tonight six salvage workers repairing an offshore rig damaged by hurricane Katrina were hurt in an explosion this morning. The accident happened on a cement platform in Breton Sound, Block one, 45 miles southeast of New Orleans.
In the Dutch port of Eemshaven today Meyer Werft delivered the 93,558-gt cruise ship
