![VIDEO: Giant Beauties on Parade in Port Everglades, USA]()
Port Everglades, located in Greater Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood, Florida, is one of the busiest ports in the US and the gateway for international trade and cruise vacations. Aside to being one of Florida’s leading container ports, with more than 4,000 ship calls annually, it has more homeported cruise ships than any port worldwide. Giant cruise ships [...]
![IMO Secretary-General to Highlight Organization’s Key Issues in Chile]()
IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu is to visit Chile this week and will take the opportunity to highlight a number of important issues on the Organization’s current agenda. On 5 December, Mr Sekimizu will speak about IMO’s commitment to sustainable maritime development at the Exponaval conference in Valparaiso, drawing on the outcomes of both the UN [...]
Aberdeen-based subsea installation contractor Bibby Offshore has opened a project engineering centre in Liverpool and employed five subsea engineers to remotely support its core business in Aberdeen. The decision to develop this innovative approach to the resource shortage in the Aberdeen region is due to the rising demand for its services from its clients. Bibby [...]
MTU Ibérica, a subsidiary of the German propulsion solution specialist MTU Friedrichshafen and the Spanish shipbuilder Navantia opened a common training center today in Cartagena/Spain. This training center is part of a strategic long-term cooperation between both companies. Navantia has chosen the Tognum Group company MTU Friedrichshafen as a primary partner for its ships’ propulsion [...]
Germany’s largest internationally active crude oil and natural gas producer continues to expand its activities on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Its aim is to make the Norwegian subsidiary Wintershall Norge one of the leading oil and gas companies in Norway. With this focus on Norway, Wintershall is presenting itself at the international exhibition Offshore Northern [...]
At the beginning of August, MV “Lone” loaded two reels, each of 800 mtons and a diameter of 28.5 m, in Pori, Finland. After a successful loading, MV “Lone” continued her journey to Florø, Norway. In Florø the precious cargo was installed directly onto the pipelay vessel MV “Deep Energy”. Due to the final resting [...]
![India to Invest Big in Iran’s Chabahar Port]()
According to the Exim Online, India plans to invest between Rs 300-Rs 400 crore in the second phase of Iran’s Chabahar port expansion. India’s interest in this project is not only to get direct access to Central Asia, but also to facilitate import of minerals from Afghanistan via Chabahar. Two teams of experts, constituted by [...]
DP World announced financial results from its global portfolio of marine terminals for the first six months of 2012, reporting profit before tax at $310 million, 12% ahead of the prior period on an underlying basis . DP World Chairman Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem commented: “The past six months has been a challenging period for [...]
On August 25, after five days of unceasing work, the offshore installation of six propellers in the world’s sixth generation semi-submersible rig GM4000 was successfully completed in COSCO Nantong Shipyard. The rig has passed a series of tests and is ready for sea trial. Fully satisfied with the installation of propellers and the inspection works, [...]
The Oakland Board of Port Commissioners praised the California Transportation Commission (CTC) for their decision to commit $242 million in voter-approved Proposition 1B bond funding to the redevelopment of the former Oakland Army Base. The Oakland Army Base (OAB) project involves a transformation of the former base into a world-class trade and logistics center which [...]
