MACKINAW CITY – A long-awaited marine construction project in Mackinaw City will soon begin when barges arrive to start the first phase of a $9.5 million new state harbor of refuge. The initial work will include the installation of two breakwaters outside the area known as the State Dock, where car
Despite the issuance of a new state permit allowing landowners along the lower Kilchis River to alleviate flooding in their pastures, it was still unclear this week when or if the dredging project will be able to proceed. Landowners have been trying to clear out a 2,500-foot section of the Kilchis R
Unicontrol International Ltda. of Sao Paulo Brazil, a SEA Systems Limited subsidiary, was awarded a CAN$7.2 million contract to provide control and automation systems for an offshore platform owned by Petrobras. The terms of the contract call for Unicontrol to design, procure, fabricate and install
ANKARA – A Turkish-flagged ship collided with a Georgian-flagged ship off Bozcaada island in the Aegean Sea, the search and rescue coordination center of the Maritime Undersecretariat said on Tuesday. The center stated that Turkish ship ”Sude 1” collided with Georgian ship ”Aras 1” off Bozcaada. Tur
Pasha Hawaii Transport Lines held a Hawaiian blessing and cocktail reception Tuesday evening to mark its entry into the busy Hawaii maritime shipping market. The party was at Pier 19, not far from the brand-new Jean Anne, Pasha’s only ship, a $90 million, 579-foot “ro-ro” vessel, which had offloaded
Honolulu’s Andrew Lewis earned one of two U.S. spots in the 2005-06 Volvo Ocean Race, considered one of the fastest and most intense races in sailing. Lewis, 23, an ASSETS graduate, and George Peet, 24, of Newport, R.I., were chosen for Team ABN AMRO during final crew selection in Portimao, Portugal
VT, formerly known as Vosper Thornycroft, has focused on its support services division, which it said in November had helped boost pre-tax profits by 13% to
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An Inuit-owned company in northern Quebec is getting into the cruise line business this summer. Its 66-passenger ice-class ship will set sail with its first group of tourists on July 10 from Kuujjuaq, on the Koksoak River near the south end of Ungava Bay. The 85-metre Ushuaia, a leased American-buil
Yangming Marine Transport Corp (2609.TW) said its wholly-owned unit All Ocean Transportation Inc has acquired five container vessels from state-run China Shipbuilding Corp for a total of 15 bln twd, or about 470 mln usd, today.
Within the Ministry of Education, a decision has been made to provide a greater focus on training in maritime matters. Among the initiatives taken has been the development of a course in Seafaring and Marine Engineering at the Samuel Jackman Prescod Polytechnic (SJPP) as well as the enhancement of t
An Indian ship picking up a consignment in a foreign port and dropping it in another foreign port will now have to pay a service tax of 10.3 per cent on all services that the ship uses in foreign ports whenever it touches a home port. Not only that, the ship will have to pay […]
The first above-ground work for a massive dredging project is to begin soon. But a critic contends the work is premature. An updated environmental study of the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal dredging project and its effect on public health hasn
THE Federal Government will today unveil a new headquarters in the battle to fight terrorism on the high seas. Defence Minister Robert Hill and Customs Minister Chris Ellison will open the Joint Offshore Protection Command (JOPC) in Canberra. The JOPC will link maritime counter-terror elements of th
