Vladimir Putin held a meeting on the current state and development prospects of the United Shipbuilding Corporation. On opening the meeting, the President announced that Vladimir Shmakov has been appointed the new head of the corporation. The United Shipbuilding Corporation was established pursuant to Presidential Executive Order of March 21, 2007 for the preservation and [...]
A huge re-enforced concrete pontoon, weighing almost 7000 tonnes, has floated out of dry dock on the north bank of the Tyne, marking a major milestone in a £25 million Humberside port development. Almost 18 million litres of water was pumped into the dock at Shepherd Offshore’s Neptune Energy Park to successfully float the structure, [...]
Maersk won the IMO 2013 themed award: “Sustainable Development – IMO’s contribution beyond Rio+20” in support of the IMO’s theme for World Maritime Day for 2013, at the 25th annual Seatrade Awards ceremony held in London recently. The award ceremony was held at the historic Guildhall, London, on Friday, 10 May, with over 350 of [...]
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A team of editors of World Maritime News portal has paid a visit today to one of the major ports of the Adriatic coast, the Port of Bar in Montenegro. Luka Bar AD rated this year’s business operation as less successful than that recorded last year. The management believes that this will be significantly improved [...]
Maersk won the IMO 2013 themed award: “Sustainable Development – IMO’s contribution beyond Rio+20” in support of the IMO’s theme for World Maritime Day for 2013, at the 25th annual Seatrade Awards ceremony held in London recently. The award ceremony was held at the historic Guildhall, London, on Friday, 10 May, with over 350 of [...]
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Irish Maritime Development Office (IMDO) released on May 9 a Shipping Markets Review for the week 18, 2013, providing an in depth analysis of international shipping markets and a global economic overview for the week. With respect to container market, withdrawals and void sailings on the Asia – Europe trade lane are not enough to [...]
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Tognum subsidiary MTU Friedrichshafen yesterday held a symbolic ground-breaking ceremony to mark the start of construction work on a new R&D test facility at Plant 1. The company plans to invest more than €60 million in the project by 2015. In future, technicians will be able to run function tests on newly developed engines on [...]
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Sabah Ports Sdn Bhd, the port operating subsidiary of Suria Capital Holdings Bhd, will invest RM229 mil over the next two years to further improve its port facilities and equipment to better serve the port users and shipping communities in Sabah. Suria Capital told Bursa Malaysia that its board, as well as the board of [...]
The American Association of Port Authorities’ (AAPA) 2013 Maritime Economic Development Workshop to be held in Chicago, June 27-28, will explore the factors driving today’s investments in seaport and related infrastructure. Program speakers will analyze the risks and rewards for undertaking such investments, reveal how capital improvements propel business development decisions, and discuss what influences [...]
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Blue Star Line Pty Ltd Chairman Professor Clive Palmer announced today that the shipping company has signed a contract with Deltamarin for the project development phase for the Titanic II project. Blue Star Line has undertaken the task of building Titanic II, a replica of the original RMS Titanic, which is scheduled to sail from [...]
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