The Indian government has been urged by the environmental campaign group, Greenpeace, not to allow a Danish ship carrying toxic waste to be scrapped. Greenpeace says that the King Frederik IX ship, is carrying dangerous and carcinogenic asbestos insulation. The vessel docked at the Alang ship breaki
BP Plc, the world’s second-largest oil company by market capitalization, beat analysts’ forecasts with a 29 percent rise in first-quarter profits on Tuesday, boosted by high oil prices. BP said in a statement its replacement cost net profit, which excludes rises in the value of inventories, rose to
A top Pentagon official is now saying a plan to have Navy destroyers built at a single shipyard needs more study. While that statement is hardly definitive, the news that the Navy might be backing away from a decision that could spell the death of Bath Iron Works is good for Maine and the nation. [&
Construction officials have come up with a series of safeguards for marine life endangered by explosions planned to deepen a channel at the Port of Miami. Among the precautions will be spotters in helicopters looking out for dead manatees, turtles and dolphins, The Miami Herald said Monday. “We’re b
Mike Golding Yacht Racing in the UK has announced that Ecover has been fitted with a new keel in preparation for the Calais Round Britain Race beginning in France next May. The keel arrived in Britain on April 15 after Canadian skipper Derek Hatfield agreed to sell the keel from his own boat. Unlike
Saint Petersburg, Florida – Rough weather turned a trip on a St. Petersburg Casino ship into a nightmare. Passengers on the Ocean Jewel were expecting to return at 11pm Saturday night. Instead they didn
Pirates hijacked a tin-laden Indonesian ship traveling to Singapore and held the crew captive for two days while unloading the cargo in a Malaysian port, a maritime watchdog said Tuesday. The pirates, believed to be Indonesians, fired gunshots at the ship and boarded it Friday shortly after it had l
Dubai-based Gulf Energy Maritime (GEM) has taken delivery of the first of four tankers it has on order from Korean shipbuilder, Hyundai Heavy Industries
Maritime Union says the truth must come out from fishing report The Maritime Union says the suppression of a Government report into the treatment of fishing crews is starting to look like a coverup. Maritime Union General Secretary Trevor Hanson says the exploitation of overseas fishing crews is lea
After months of negotiation, port leaders Monday approved a deal that promises more than 80 jobs, revenues for the cash-poor public docks and the awakening of an idle shipyard on Pelican Island. The Wharves Board of Trustees approved a lease agreement with Port Arthur-based Gulf Copper & Manufacturi
The transport company of the B.V. Nederlandse Gasunie (Gasunie) and Koninklijke Vopak N.V. (Royal Vopak) intend collaborating on the development of a receiving terminal for liquefied natural gas (LNG). The companies have signed an agreement to this effect. Still to be studied are the form such an in
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Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., the world’s second-largest shipbuilder, may report a loss in the first quarter after steel costs rose. Daewoo Shipbuilding probably had a net loss of 27 billion won ($27 million), according to the median forecast of 11 analysts surveyed by Thomson Financ
Bids for dredging to deepen the Columbia River shipping channel are running higher than predicted, with the lowest coming in 69 percent above government estimates. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had hoped to save money by contracting out the job of deepening the first 25 miles of the 103-mile stre
