MARITIME officials in Istanbul were struggling today to retrieve three LPG containers from the sea after they plunged into the Bosphorus Strait when the ship carrying them sank. Officials said the Bosphorus Strait was closed to maritime traffic after a roll-on-roll-off (ro-ro) vessel carrying seven
At Cape Canaveral on Friday, Inmarsat launched the world’s largest commercial communications satellite into a trajectory that will place it at 64 degrees east over the Indian Ocean. But the communications company also started the countdown to what is widely expected to be a flotation on the stock ma
Growing demand from the international market will soon turn China into the world’s largest shipbuilding nation, Xinhua reports. China, which has been the world’s third largest shipbuilder for years, is “very likely” to rank first in the near future if it maintains the growing momentum, said He Rongg
The objections of environmentalists notwithstanding, an ambitious project to dredge a canal between the southern tip of India and Sri Lanka to save ships a 400 km detour could finally take off. The Rs.20 billion Sethusamudram project is a sore point between the central and Tamil Nadu governments.
A dredging ship used to clear channels off the coast of Newport Beach accidentally ran aground for the second time in five weeks when its propeller got tangled in cables, the Coast Guard reported. The 298-ton vessel got stuck on a sandbar Friday night as it was helping dredge Santa Ana River storm-d
It was at 20 hours 04 minutes and 20 seconds GMT on Sunday 13th March that the 60 foot monohull, Benefic skippered by Karen Leibovici, crossed the finish line of the Vend
THE resort town of Ocho Rios is expecting some 91,000 cruise passenger visitors for March, arriving on the 42 cruise ships booked to call throughout the month. “This figure will be the highest in the island for the month,” said Dennis Richards, manager of the Ocho Rios Cruise Ship Terminal.
A bilateral maritime agreement between Bangladesh and Singapore will be high on agenda when Prime Minister Khaleda Zia embarks on a two-day visit to the South East Asian country March 20. “The shipping agreement will be signed on March 21 to reduce 15 per cent shipping cost with a country (Singapore
A gang of 35 pirates armed with machine guns and rocket launchers seized a fully-laden gas tanker in the Malacca Strait at the weekend, a piracy watchdog reported Monday, rekindling fears of a terroristattack in the vital waterway. The ship has been released but the captain and chief engineer were k
Hutchison Whampoa Ltd., the world’s biggest port operator, will help build and manage two container terminals in Egypt, the Hong Kong-based company’s first investment in the North African country. The company will convert two general cargo terminals into container terminals.
Keppel Corp is on the lookout for foreign shipyards. The conglomerate wants to add to its global network of shipyards which currently spans to as far as the Philippines, the Middle East and Brazil. This was revealed by Tong Chong Heong, managing director of Keppel’s offshore marine unit, Keppel Offs
A.P. Moller – Maersk has ordered four high-efficiency jack-up drilling rigs from KeppelFELS in Singapore. The first rig will be delivered in the second half of 2007 and the others will follow in 2008 and 2009 respectively.
The sinking of a cargo ferry in Turkey’s Bosphorus Straits closed the shipping lanes down overnight, creating a bottleneck of dozens of vessels. Emergency teams had to battle strong waves to retrieve seven gas tankers which floated free while the ferry’s eight-strong crew were all rescued.
Today, Friday 11 March, the Third Memorandum of Understanding was signed in The Hague between Flanders and The Netherlands for collaboration concerning the Scheldt estuary. In the MoU, The Netherlands and Flanders undertake to make every effort so that dredging work in the Western Scheldt can start
