Dubai will launch a gas strategy next year aimed at reducing rising energy demand in the emirate and will tender to appoint a specialist con… (arabianbusiness) [mappress] Source: arabianbusiness, August 17, 2011;
Northbound Suez Canal LNG traffic rebounded in July after dropping off in June, although average cargo size declined… (argusmedia) [mappress] Source: argusmedia, August 17, 2011;
Crew of large ASW ship Severomorsk continues successful patrolling in the Gulf of Aden. Northern Fleet mariners on Aug 13 began to escort another convoy consisting of three ships flying flags of Cyprus, Liberia, and Panama. Dry cargo ship Valdai and tanker Zaliv Anadyr are Russian-crewed. This is th
The Indian Navy on Monday foiled a piracy attack after rescuing an Iranian merchant vessel MV Nafis-1, approximately 170 nautical miles west of Mumbai. The vessel was located by the Navy’s Maritime Reconnaissance aircraft on August 12, and was thereafter kept under continuous surveillance. According
A second ship of the Malaysian International Shipping Corporation (MISC) left the naval base here yesterday to serve as the auxiliary vessel for… (thesundaily) [mappress] Source: thesundaily, August 15
This is the moment Royal Marine Commandos board a merchant ship which had been attacked in the Red Sea. In the fading light of an August afternoon, the specialist boarding team from HMS Monmouth search the MV Caravos Horizon after it flashed an SOS: Under attack from pirates. The Devonport-based fri
Cargo transport through the Northern Sea Route is expected to skyrocket in course of the next decade. Climate change makes it possible to use… (barentsobserver) [mappress] Source: barentsobserver, August 15, 2011
Ending a six-month ordeal, the crew of 9 Indian and 12 Iranian sailors of cargo ship MV Sinin was freed yesterday by Somali pirates… (DNA) [mappress] Source: DNA, August 14, 2011
Dana Gas PJSC, the Middle East’s largest regional private sector natural gas company, has announced its financial results for quarter ended 30th June 2011, with a Net Profit after tax of AED 124 million ($33.7 million), a 276% increase compared to the second quarter of 2010. Results for 3 Months end
With the completion of Pakistan Deep-Water Container Port (PDWCP) Phase 1 in 2013, the Karachi Port Trust (KPT) will acquire the capacity… (tribune) [mappress] Source: tribune, August 10, 2011
The National Engineering Services Pakistan (NESPAK) is preparing a feasibility report of a $7.5 billion Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project. The first stage of the feasibility report will be completed within 14 months after which work on the stage two would begin with actual construction of the pipel
A new gas field containing around 495 billion cubic meters of natural gas worth $133 billion has been discovered in eastern part of the Assaluyeh, managing director of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), Ahmad Qalebani announced. He went on to say that, over 80 percent of the new gas field rese
Fearing possible attacks by Hezbollah on gas fields in the Mediterranean Sea, the Israel Air Force (IAF) has recently begun deploying unmanned… (Trend) [mappress] Source: trend, August 09, 2011
Germany dispatches the second frigate – Köln – to the Gulf of Aden under EU anti-piracy operation Atalanta, reports German Navy’s official website. Köln will leave Wilhelmshaven late in Aug. German frigate Niedersachsen was stationed off Somalia in the port of Djibouti till Aug 4, when she relinquis
