Over 300 people gathered on the Zattere Adriatic waterfront in Venice to welcome the arrival of the Legend, the Carnival group’s new flagship, and toast the beginning of the new cruise season in the lagoon. A flashmob was organised by the Cruise Venice Committee, an association that promotes and supports cruise ship traffic in the [...]
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The Australian Maritime College and the University of Tasmania today welcomed Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s announcement of almost $12 million in additional funding for specialised maritime training. This significant funding boost will allow AMC to train more seafarers than ever before, for careers aboard Australian and internationally flagged ships. It will be delivered across a [...]
The NOL Group welcomed on March 25 its newest, largest, and most environmentally – friendly vessel to its fleet. The 14,000 – TEU (twenty – foot equivalent unit) container ship was officially named APL Temasek, built by Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), at a ceremony in Singapore by Mrs Mary Tan, spouse of the Republic’s [...]
Just five years after the inception of its MET (Maritime Education and Training Center), INTERSCHALT maritime systems AG has already welcomed the 2,500th course participant. Piers Edward Duncan Boileau-Goad comes from Great Britain and took part in an ECDIS training course. The 27-year-old holds the position of Second Officer in the service of Oceania Cruises. [...]
HMS Defender took a step closer to deploying on operations with the Royal Navy on March 21 as the warship has formally joined the UK’s fleet. The 8,000-tonne destroyer has been commissioned at a ceremony at Portsmouth Naval Base, which will be home to all six of the Royal Navy’s Type 45 class ships. The [...]
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DP World has welcomed shipping line Simatech’s new service between Jebel Ali Port and Mogadishu as a significant step in re-establishing trade links between Somalia and the rest of the world. Container trade to Mogadishu was suspended some years ago due to the political situation in Somalia and the risk of piracy. With the absence [...]
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Irving Shipbuilding welcomed the Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada, and the Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence to Halifax Shipyard yesterday, March 7, to mark the start of the Definition (Design) phase of work for the first set of new naval combat vessels for Canada, the Arctic Offshore [...]
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Dover Cruise Port welcomes the first cruise ship of the season with the arrival of Fred. Olsen’s Braemar on the 25th March at the start of a 14 day cruise to the Canary Islands. The Braemar is a regular visitor to the port and joins 147 other cruise calls for 2013 including nine inaugural [...]
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PD Ports has welcomed the world’s first purpose built wind turbine installation vessel into the Port of Hartlepool. This is first time PD Ports has handled a vessel of this size at the Port of Hartlepool. The MPI Adventure arrived at the Port in late December to commence work on the Teesside Offshore Windfarm Project, [...]
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Khorfakkan Container Terminal (KCT) became the first terminal operator in the Middle East to handle the world’s largest containership, CMA CGM Marco Polo, owned by the CMA CGM Group. With a length of four standard football pitches (396 metres), 54 metres beam and requiring a draft of 16m, Khorfakkan is one of the few ports [...]
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