Canadian company Husky Energy will drill an oil well at a water depth of 1,500 meters in the South China Sea at the end of April, reported sources with Husky on Tuesday.
the Jan de Nul, a Belgian firm hired by the Mexican government, has been dredging sand off the ocean floor and pumping it onto the beaches, hoping to entice tourists back for spring break.
South Korea’s STX Shipbuilding Co. (067250.SE) said Wednesday that it received a KRW260 billion ($266.7 million) order to build six petrochemical product carriers.
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Since the war on terror began the Coast Guard has taken on the responsibility for keeping our ports safe. Alongside the marines and the navy, members of the Guard get some special training to carry out the mission.
The time has come to inspect 100 percent of all imported cargo containers for bombs and terrorist weapons, U.S. Rep. Robert C. Scott and Virginia Port Authority executive director J. Robert Bray said Monday.
Shipping companies that transport iron ore, coal and other materials across the Great Lakes are using the lakes as a dumping ground for leftover cargo, despite federal laws and an international treaty that prohibit the practice.
China State Shipbuilding Corp, whose new orders increased 86% by tonnage in 2005 from 2004, is considering raising capital to help fund some US$2 billion (RM7.4 billion) in planned shipyard construction.
Todd Shipyards Corporation announced today that the Alaska Marine Highway System has awarded to its wholly owned subsidiary, Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation (“Todd Pacific”), a $5,471,185 contract for the overhaul of the passenger and auto ferry MV Taku (“Taku”).
The Strait of Melaka, among the world’s busiest shipping route, has been free of crime since last October and is the testimony that the waterway is now safe.
The air search for three college students has been suspended off Rhode Island. The students disappeared after getting in a row boat early Monday.
GAC Group today announced the opening of its 7th bunker office in Houston, as an overall effort to synergise and bolster the global shipping, logistics and marine company’s services to the international shipping community.
The wreck of a ship that carried Northwest loggers and miners and housed visitors to the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair is emerging from a sand dune on the Washington state Coast.
Hanjin Shipping will launch a new Busan-Indonesia service called KIS (Korea-Indonesia Service), replacing the existing RTA (Incheon