Bangkok: An empty LPG tanker ship caught fire Sunday morning off the deepsea port in Ao Makham. The fire on the Thai-registered 80 m long LPG carrier Kantika, owned by Ayudhya Public Co, apparently started in the communications room, because of faulty wiring. The Marine Department and the Royal Thai Navy were deployed and
Read moreUSCG unified order is handling with a crude oil leakage from a damaged barge in Vicksburg, Mississippi. The barge had earlier been damaged through collision with a bridge support while in tow, and the Mississippi River is still closed to all marine traffic for a sixteen-mile distance among mile marker 425 and mile marker
Read moreBANDAR LAMPUNG, Kompas – Bad weather in Lampung waters for a month affects maritime commodity. The greatest impact is squid price hike up to 50 percent. Contacted in Fish Auction Location, Payang Fisherman Village, Sukaraja District, Bandar Lampung, on Thursday (1/8), Ismiati, a fish vendor, said squid price hike has occurred since early December. “Since
Read more“More than 396,000 Louisiana jobs are tied directly to a statewide maritime community spearheaded by the 30-plus deepwater and shallow-water ports spread throughout the state,” said Louisiana State University Alumni Economist Dr. James Richardson in a presentation to the Louisiana House Transportation Committee. Citing the recently completed economic impact study of Louisiana’s maritime industry
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