Traders have reported increases in freight costs to and from Malta following the closure of the national shipping line Sea Malta.
Port dues in Vietnam are still considered high when compared to other countries in the region, despite recent reductions in maritime charges, which has seen dues drop by up to four-fold.
On a clear winter day at the Port of Tacoma, the Pierce County Container Terminal is full of bustling activity. Towering green and white cranes load empty containers bound for Taiwan and mainland China onto the Hatsu Sigma, owned by Evergreen
SINGAPORE : Sembawang Shipyard has won a S$88 million deal to convert an ultra large crude carrier into a floating, production, storage and offloading facility. The order came from top European maritime group Bergesen Worldwide Offshore.
SHANGHAI port handled 18.08 million TEUs (20-foot equivalent units) last year, retaining its place in the world’s top three container ports, said the Shanghai International Port (Group) Co today.
BATH, Maine — Maine’s Bath Iron Works has been awarded a $63.7 million contract by the Navy. The announcement Tuesday by Sen. Susan Collins…
CARIS, Canada and Kongsberg Maritime have announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate and deliver CARIS HIPS/SIPS multibeam processing software to existing and potential KONGSBERG clients.
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The U.S. Navy has awarded a $13.9 million contract to General Dynamics Electric Boat for management and support of nuclear maintenance work for submarines home-ported at Submarine Base – New London, Conn.
As the decommissioned French aircraft carrier Clemenceau heads for India, there is a possibility it could be turned back because it contains toxic asbestos.
SINGAPORE : A subsidiary of SembCorp Marine, PPL Shipyard, has secured a contract to build a jack-up rig for US$175 million. The client is Aban Singapore, a subsidiary of Aban Loyd Chiles Offshore of India.
SINGAPORE : A unit of Keppel Corp, Keppel Singmarine, has bagged three contracts worth a total of S$120 million. The first is for the construction of four anchor handling supply and tug, or AHST, vessels at its Shanghai shipyard.
Kuwait plans to start exploration of parts of the gas-rich Dorra field, also claimed by Iran. Undersecretary to the energy ministry, Eisa Al Oun told Al-Siyassah daily that he did not expect Iran to object because exploration would only take place in the undisputed part.
NORFOLK, Va. — The captain of a tanker ship that sank after an explosion on board two years ago abandoned ship without sending a distress call or trying to save his crew, a newspaper reported Monday, citing a Coast Guard investigation.
