Justin Archard. Managing Director, Asia Pacific & Oceania at SAL Heavy Lift Singapore Pte Ltd sees a turnaround in the Heavy lift and Over Dimensional Cargo tranport segment. As one of the world’s leading carriers specialised in sea transport of heavy lift and project cargo…
The Temporary Empty Container Depot on Pier S at the Port of Long Beach is now open. The depot was approved by the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners in November to free up truck-trailer chassis and ease congestion on the docks at the second busiest seaport in North America…
McQuilling Services Industry Note on 'Rebalancing Trade Flows: The New World Order' :Many types of crude oil are produced around the world. Depending on the requirements of a particular refinery, a blend of heavy and light crudes is processed to manufacture a variety of petroleum products…
BOURBON completes vessel sales to ICBC Financial Leasing and Standard Chartered Bank and announces new sale and bareboat charter agreement with Minsheng Financial Leasing Co. BOURBON has completed the transfer of ownership under the agreements…
The Coast Guard is searching for the master of a freight ship reported overboard approximately 60 miles east of Wake Island Sunday.Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Joint Rescue Coordination Center were notified at approximately 6 p.m…
ARC Towage of Trinidad & Tobago has taken delivery of the last of a series of four Damen ASD 2810 Tugs.All four have been delivered in less than 18 months. The speed of delivery was one of the reasons ARC Towage chose Damen Shipyards Group for its new vessels…
BG Group today announced that it has been loading the first cargo of LNG from its Queensland Curtis LNG (QCLNG) facility since 28 December. The vessel being loaded is the Methane Rita Andrea. The second cargo of LNG from the facility will…
Otto Marine Limited sold an Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessel to a renowned unrelated third party for US$100 million.DNV classed and Norwegian-designed, the VS491 21,000 bhp AHTS is a hybrid propulsion diesel electric driven vessel with dynamic positioning 2 (DP2) technology…
Passengers aboard a car ferry that caught fire off the coast of Greece early on Sunday pleaded for help as rescue vessels struggled to approach the burning vessel in high winds and rough seas. The Norman Atlantic, carrying almost 500 passengers and crew and more than 200 vehicles…
An Italian-flagged ferry carrying 466 passengers and crew caught fire while sailing from Greece to Italy, coast guard officials said on Sunday.The Norman Atlantic, sailing from Patras in western Greece to the Italian port of Ancona, was…
Eight foreign flagged ships were under detention in UK ports during November 2014 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection.During November, there were 6 new detentions of foreign flagged vessels in a UK port. 2 vessels remained…
San Francisco Bay Anchorages will be unable to accommodate vessels with drafts greater than 25 feet. Vessels en-route to San Francisco expecting to anchor with drafts in excess of 25 feet should expect delays and are advised to coordinate…
DP World’s Mina Rashid port has successfully defended its title as the World’s Leading Cruise Port, for the seventhconsecutive year, at the prestigious World Travel Awards 2014.As the opening of the ultra-modern third cruise terminal was inaugurated by its namesake…
The Coast Guard is responding to a barge collision on the Ohio River near Joppa, Illinois, Wednesday.Coast Guard Sector Ohio Valley watchstanders were notified a collision took place between the towing vessel Christina Belcher, pushing two crude oil barges…
USS Peleliu (LHA 5) returned to Naval Base San Diego Dec. 24 from a six-month deployment to the Western Pacific.Upon return, the ship will make preparations to decommission in March after 34 years of service, 17 deployments and more than a million miles transited…