Protecting World Food Programme (WFP) shipments to Somalia is a core task for EU Naval Force Somalia; ensuring the safe transportation of humanitarian aid to the Somali people. In 2013, WFP aims to bring humanitarian assistance to an estimated population of 1.56 million in Somalia. Since the beginning of Operation Atalanta in 2008, EU Naval [...]
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The UK’s new deep-water port celebrated the arrival of the first ship, which delivered an early Christmas gift of four new automatic stacking cranes. The very first ship to dock at London Gateway was the Wieniawski, which began its journey in China several weeks ago and completed its journey last week. The ship was guided [...]
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Drydocks World, the world leader prolific shipyard, will have a strong representation at Europe’s largest maritime exhibition, SMM being organized in Hamburg-Germany from 4th to 7th September 2012. This year’s event is the largest ever and is expected to attract visitors from all over Europe and beyond from the maritime and offshore industry, which is [...]
Jorge Luis Quijano, incoming Administrator for the Panama Canal Authority (ACP), will give the opening address at this year’s TOC Container Supply Chain Americas conference, returning for the fourth time to Panama on December 4-6. Quijano, who officially takes up his new role on September 4, was named this March as the successor to Alberto [...]
The amphibious transport dock Arlington (LPD 24), the eighth built at Huntington Ingalls Industries, recently returned from successful builder’s sea trials in the Gulf of Mexico. Dock trials started last week, and the ship left HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division on Aug. 21 for three days of at-sea testing. “Our shipbuilding team worked diligently to get [...]
Expanding its portfolio of hydraulic actuators for the surface drilling sector, GE Oil & Gas is launching the CHA Hydraulic Actuator Series at the Offshore Northern Seas (ONS) 2012 Conference and Exhibition being held August 28-31 in Stavanger. Since its acquisition of the John Wood Group PLC Well Support division in 2011, GE has been [...]
Sonardyne Brasil will be showcasing its sixth generation (6G®) product range of subsea acoustic positioning, inertial navigation and wireless communication technology at the upcoming Rio Oil & Gas Expo and Conference 2012. Held at the Riocentro Convention Centre in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the show runs from 17th-20th September. Taking place every two years since [...]
Global Ship Lease, Inc. , a containership charter owner, today announced that the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Ian Webber, is scheduled to present at the Jefferies 2012 Global Shipping Conference in New York on Wednesday, September 5, 2012 at 9 a.m. ET. About Global Ship Lease Global Ship Lease is a containership charter owner. Incorporated [...]
The Norwegian company DELITEK A/S, together with the German company MOE GmbH, has jointly developed a new containerized product which is in line with the new MARPOL Annex 5 / IMO MEPC 201 (62) regulations for waste handling on board vessels coming into force in January 2013. “DELITEK is an internationally well-known player with regards [...]
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Obayashi Corporation, TOA Corporation and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Bridge & Steel Structures Engineering Co., Ltd. (MBE), a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), will begin construction of Vertical Telescopic Breakwater (VTB), a buoyancy-driven vertical piling breakwater, in the harbor at Shimotsu in Wakayama Prefecture. Construction is scheduled to begin in early October [...]
