Unions fear a skills gap could jeopardise a multi-billion pound defence order bound for the North East. Swan Hunter shipyards on the Tyne and the Tees are set to work on a
The troubled P&O liner Aurora is due to set sail on a cruise for the first time since the embarrassing and costly cancellation of its voyage in January. The
A scheme to make the shallow strait between India and Sri Lanka navigable has upset environmentalists and the port of Colombo. To its supporters, it is a dream project, no less than the
THE Federal Government took a major step in its quest to achieve over 70 per cent of Nigerian content in the oil industry last week as it inaugurated five major sub-committee to oversee the success of the programme. The committees are petroleum, banking and insurance finance, fabrication, engineerin
Efforts to strengthen transportation network for inter-island trade in Western Mindanao through Roll-on Roll-off transportation system are up for discussion at the first Western Mindanao RORO Shipping Conference set here on April 27 at Astoria Hotel. Over 150 key players from the region
Halul Offshore Services Company (HOSC) recently took delivery of a newly built state-of-the art Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) support vessel Al Huwaila. The vessel is contracted to Qatar Petroleum (QP) to carry out sub-sea inspection and maintenance of the company’s offshore oil and gas facilities
The Port of Antwerp, Belgium, has installed an Internet-based biometric identification and credentialing card-management system from Ingersoll-Rand Maritime Solutions. When fully deployed, it is estimated that credentials for more than 20,000 longshoremen, truck drivers and other employees and visit
A federal judge will allow the Coalition for Buzzards Bay to join the state’s efforts to defend the state from a lawsuit challenging a law intended to prevent offshore oil spills. The coalition, an environmental advocacy group, says the law is worth defending. “Across the board, this is the best law
Fuel smuggling has become rife on the borders of Indonesia and Singapore and several ships have already been apprehended.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) today releases its final report (M02W0135) into the investigation of a switchboard fire aboard the Statendam in the waters of the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia. On August 4, 2002, the passenger vessel Statendam embarked passengers in Vancouver, B
With an estimated 162 non-native species causing billions of dollars in damage in the Great Lakes, Michigan is considering requiring maritime shipping companies to get permits to dock at ports in the state. Michigan would be the first state to require ballast-water permits on the Great Lakes.Ballast
Controls on Baltic fisheries have taken a step forward since the accession of Poland to the European Union. Joe Borg, the European Commissioner for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, hailed the improvement in a visit to Warsaw yesterday.
ESPO, the European Sea Ports Organisation in collaboration with the Malta Maritime Authority will be hosting the prestigious ESPO 2005 Conference in Malta between the 28 and 29 of April. The theme of this year’s conference at the Hotel Le Meridien Phoenicia is “SYNERGIES FOR AN EU SEAPORT POLICY – M
In the presence of the Honourable Geoff Regan, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, L-3 Communications MAS, a member of the Sikorsky-led Maritime Helicopter Team, today launched the construction of a new $45-million Maritime Helicopter Training Centre for the Canadian Forces in Shearwater, Nova Scotia.
