A renewables jobs boom for the Highlands moved a step closer as the Port of Ardersier secured the full backing of the Scottish Government for plans to turn the former oil fabrication yard on the Moray Firth into a manufacturing ‘super-hub’ for offshore wind. In what the port’s Chief Executive Officer Captain Steve Gobbi described […]
Harwich has all the potential and advantages to make it a major player in the offshore wind energy industry – it just needs a level playing field to compete on with its competitors. That was the message to Greg Barker, Government Minister for Energy and Climate Change, from a business delegation in the town on […]
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COSCO Corporation Limited announced that four shipbuilding contracts signed by COSCO (Zhoushan) Shipyard Co., Ltd with a European ship owner for the construction of four 111,000 dwt tankers have been made effective recently at a value of over US$180 million in total. Delivery of the above four tankers are expected to commence from first half […]
Port Manatee and Docas do Rio de Janeiro (the Rio de Janeiro Port Authority) will become International Sister Seaports, establishing new opportunities for foreign trade between the U.S. and Brazil and marking the first time a Florida Gulf Coast seaport has entered into such an agreement. Jorge Luiz de Mello, president-director of the Rio de […]
Harris Pye executives were delighted this month when they were invited to become corporate partners of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA). Corporate partnership is only offered to companies which have clearly demonstrated high professional standards within the international maritime industry. Indeed, RINA’s policy states that: “Membership of the Institution identifies member’s employees as […]
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MS Queen Elizabeth 2 Known popularly as (QE2) will be moved today to Drydocks World Dubai for undertaking classification checks prior to her renovation as a luxury floating hotel. Before her retirement to Dubai on 11th November 2008, the QE2 took regular cruises around the world as well as operating a scheduled liner service across […]
Vessels using the harsh, sometimes hazardous, Northern Sea Route (NSR) linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans will face no sizeable ice hazards by 2050 and are likely to travel ice-free by 2100, according to group of Lloyd’s Register Marine summer interns who produced a radical and independent-minded report. These are the forthright conclusions of a […]
The Board of Directors of COSCO Corporation (Singapore) Limited announced that four shipbuilding contracts signed by COSCO (Zhoushan) Shipyard Co., Ltd with a Hong Kong ship owner for the construction of four UT771CDL Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs) have been made effective on 21 December 2012 at a value of approximately US$119.2 million in total. Delivery […]
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At the IMO Maritime Safety Committee meeting just held, it was decided to introduce mandatory regulations on the protection of seafarers against noise. One of the goals of the Danish Maritime Authority is to turn all important Danish regulations within marine engineering into international regulations. This would enhance the competitiveness of Danish shipping and contribute […]
The GCC is set to become the new global shipping hub for the new trade routes between the east and the west, expert speakers at the sixth Seatrade Middle East Maritime said. Mohammed Al Muallem, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, DP World, UAE region, led a positive session on the first day of the […]
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