Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has won a contract to supply a high-strength controllable pitch propeller for a new ice-breaking cargo ship which will transport highly valuable nickel and copper concentrates from Canada, through the Arctic ice, to customers in Europe. Canadian company Fednav Limited, one of the world’s largest operators of high
Read moreJakarta: Port Bitung in North Sulawesi province has been earmarked for major development as Jakarta looks to boost infrastructure in eastern Indonesia. The port will have box facilities as well as general cargo capabilities and will serve Sulawesi and Maluku-Papua. The government is also looking at building a shipyard near the port. No timetable
Read moreArmed pirates have attacked an oil tanker off Nigeria’s coast. Five Indian mariners were kidnapped in the process, and many of the crew’s personal belongings were stolen. The SP Brussels was raided on Monday, just 40 miles off the oil-rich Niger Delta area. Following the attack, the remaining crew was able to sail the
Read moreA Princess Cruises ship, the Island Princess, rescued five Jamaicans who claimed to be drifting in the Caribbean for about three weeks in a small boat. The Island Princess brought the group on board, unsure of their conditions and identities at the moment. The luxury liner left Fort Lauderdale one week ago and was
Read moreThe CMA CGM Group is pleased to announce the christening of the world’s largest containership, the CMA CGM MARCO POLO (16 000 TEU), today at the Container Terminal of Zeebrugge, in presence of her godmother, Mrs. Naila Saadé, President of the CMA CGM Corporate Foundation and wife of Mr. Jacques R. Saadé, CMA CGM Group Chairman and
Read moreNATO is urging the merchant shipping community not to lower their guard or preparation over the Christmas period as the pirates operating in the Indian Ocean and surrounding waters will not be taking a holiday. The recent attack (16th December) on the MV Torm Kristina proves that the pirates are still on the lookout
Read moreAfter being refused entry into Singapore, 40 shipwreck survivors from Myanmar were taken in by Malaysia Tuesday. The men, believed to be Rohingya refugees, were rescued off the coast of Singapore on December 5th after their vessel, the Nago, sank after making a port of call in Myanmar’s western Rakhine province. The vessel, carrying
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