The Portuguese oil tanker that ran aground Sunday morning near northeast China’s Dalian Port is out of danger Monday afternoon after 28 hours of rescue efforts. The local maritime bureau said the Arteaga, carrying 119,574 tons of crude oil, ran aground around 11 a.m. near the new port of Dalian.
International maritime publisher and events organiser, Seatrade, has issued a call for entries for the second prestigious Dubai International Maritime Awards (DIMA), which has been expanded to include four new honours this year.
One of the world’s largest shipping lines pleaded guilty in Los Angeles on Monday to secretly dumping waste oil from its massive container ships and agreed to pay $25 million, which U.S. officials called the largest fine ever in a federal case involving deliberate pollution from ships.
Plans for giant, fish-filled pens anchored miles offshore are moving closer to reality, but local opinions are mixed on whether offshore aquaculture is moving ahead too quickly. With the U.S. fishing industry unable to keep up with the growing appetite for seafood, offshore fish farming is being pro
The development of a huge observing network to monitor ocean currents and temperature and understand the conditions that bring rain – and drought – to nearly two thirds of the world
PRIMEDIA Inc. (NYSE:PRM), the country’s leading targeted media company, today announced the launch of two publications serving the boating market, BoatWorks and Voyaging, after a successful test in 2004. BoatWorks serves the hands-on sailor, with practical, do-it-yourself editorial coverage for the
Malaysia and the Philippines will step up coordinated patrols in the Sulawesi Sea to deter pirate attacks and other maritime crimes, officials said Tuesday. Both countries cooperate in such patrols twice a year in the waters between Malaysia’s Sabah state on Borneo island and the southern Philippine
Thousands of oil and natural gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico could be converted into deep-sea fish farms raising red snapper, mahi mahi, yellow fin tuna and flounder, under a plan backed by the Bush administration. For years, marine biologists and oil companies have experimented using the giant
Finland’s Wartsila Corporation and China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) had entered into an agreement recently, according to which the two Corporations will further strengthen cooperation in ship design, and research & development of diesel engine and its parts.
This could be India’s answer to the shipping industry demand for a modern shipbuilding yard in this part of the globe. True, India’s inability to cope with the ongoing boom in the shipping industry that has seen the likes of China and Korea become shipbuilding hub for the world can never be reversed
This Christmas, Global Yacht Racing is providing ordinary people with a passion for adventure travel the opportunity to experience the ultimate challenge in adventure holidays
Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao will arrive in Pakistan today (Tuesday) on a three-day visit and both countries will sign several agreements and memorandums of understanding (MoU) in several sectors including additional dredging of Gwadar Port to accommodate large vessels.
Norfolk coastal defence campaigners last night hit out at plans to renew an offshore dredging licence off the coast at Yarmouth. They claim the application by Hanson Aggregates Marine would accelerate coastal erosion and put homes and businesses at risk. Malcolm Kerby, chairman of the Coastal Concer
The future of British sailing will be on show next week at Largs Sailing Club for the 2005 RYA Youth Championships and Trials. Many of Great Britain
