A P Moller Singapore Pvt Ltd has signed a ten- year Memorandum of Understanding with the city-based Academy of Maritime Education and Training (AMET), seeking to provide free maritime education to nearly 400 students from the country through a ”Dual Cadet Education Scheme”.
A dredging operation could free up access to a marina in St. James City, making it easier for barges bringing waste from the barrier islands. The Fishermen’s Cooperative and Lee County are working together to make the waterway deeper at the county’s solid waste transfer site in an aquatic preserve o
The Planning Commission wants the Centre to levy a cess of Rs 250 per container and Rs 5 per tonne on other cargo to raise funds for development of ports. In a presentation to the panel on infrastructure recently, the Planning Commission has estimated that cess could raise as much as Rs 300 crore pe
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is currently millions of dollars short of funding needed to complete the Cocheco River dredging, according to a city official, and the City Council is asking lawmakers to help resolve the issue.
The state of Michigan plans to pour $1.3 million into the construction of a disposal site for material dredged from the Saginaw River. The funding will allow the county to buy the property and proceed with construction — a move dredging proponents say will keep commercial shipping afloat on the Sagi
Malaysia International Shipping Corp., the world’s biggest owner of liquefied natural gas tankers, said its fourth-quarter tripled to a record after it sold some ships and freight rates rose. Stockholders will be given a free share for each held.
The world’s biggest shipyard is so busy, management had to reinvent shipbuilding to keep up with demand. Ships are usually built in dry dock similar to a huge swimming pool without water. But with 25 big ships under construction at nine crowded dry docks, the company had to innovate or turn away cus
Four years ago, Canadian Steamship Lines International, a subsidiary of the Prime Minister Paul Martin-blind trust Canada Steamship Lines, entered into a deal with Shanghai-based Jiangnan Shipyard to build two bulk cargo vessels–at $45-million per ship. CSL has moved shipbuilding from Canada and the
The latest maritime weapons have been brought here by over 200 international companies for the International Maritime Defense Exhibition and Conference (IMDEX Asia 2005), which opened at Singapore Expo Tuesday morning.
A majority of the union membership at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems yards in Mississippi voted Wednesday to continue four-day, 10-hour workweeks, according to a company spokesman. More than a dozen Mississippi unions voted.
The Minister for the Illawarra, David Campbell, says the NSW Government stands by its plans to shift container shipping freight from Sydney Harbour to Port Botany, Port Kembla and Newcastle. The Maritime Union of Australia told a meeting at the Sydney Town Hall last night the Government should rever
Bodies will not be retrieved from the sunken trawler Lindsay because of the great depth at which the vessel lies, the ship’s owners said on Wednesday. “We have taken advice from experts and have been told that the Lindsay lies about 150 metres below the surface of sea,” said Craig Bacon, a director
The Internationally-renowned Victoria Tall Ships Challenge promises a seafaring spectacle featuring as many as 30 magnificent vessels to Victoria’s Inner Harbour, June 23-26, 2005. As the first port of call for the participating tall ships, Victoria will set the scene for a unique collection of mast
After a period of relative quiet following December’s tsunami, maritime piracy appears to be re-emerging in Asia and is sparking concerns about a potential terrorist attack. On the evening of 30 April, in the Bangka Strait off Indonesia, six robbers armed with long knives and guns boarded a containe
