Cruise liner Norwegian Jewel called on St. Petersburg passenger port Marine Facade. According to Marine Facade Group president Shavkat Kary-Niyazov, there are 2,400 tourists on board the vessel. This vessel is the first in navigation -2009. Marine Facade plans to accept 112 vessels during navigation-2009. Managing Company Marine Facade implements two ...
MAN Diesel has broadened its product portfolio with the development of its new, Type K80ME-C9 two-stroke, low-speed engine. The ME-C9 engine recently passed the final milestone on its way to commercial applications in the marine sector with a successful Type Approval Test (TAT). The first production version of the MAN B&W-branded engine successfully co...
Harwich International Port welcomed the first cruise call of what promises to be a busy 2009 season with the arrival of the Celebrity Constellation. Operated by Celebrity Cruises the 2,450 passenger ship arrived at Harwich on Saturday 2nd May 2009 having completed a trans-Atlantic crossing from Fort Lauderdale. With a gross tonnage of 91,000 t...
The new berth 8 in the Warnemünde shipyard basin has been completed on schedule for the 2009 cruise season beginning 01 May. The third and last phase of construction, commissioned by Hafen-Entwicklungsgesellschaft Rostock, was carried out by regional construction companies. Hafen-Entwicklungsgesellschaft Rostock, the operator of the cruise port in Warn...
The first phase of transshipment complex for ro-ro and general cargo has been opened in Olya port (Astrakhan region). As the Federal Agency of Marine and River Transport reports, the ceremony was attended by Aleksandr Davydenko, head of RorMorRechFlot, and Vadim Antipov, deputy Director General of RosMorPort FSUE. Federal budget allocated resources with...
Transnet will soon launch its largest port project yet as part of its R80bn capital expenditure programme, which is aimed at revamping ports, rail networks and pipelines. Siyabulela Mhlaluka, executive manager for container sector at Transnet Port Terminals, a Transnet subsidiary, said last week that the commercial launch of the Ngqura container terminal...
Pakistan is planning to modernise its ports to international standards and wants to appoint a consultant to prepare a master plan, according to government officials. ''All the modalities have been finalised to appoint a consultant to study and prepare a ports master plan,'' a senior official with the ports and shipping ministry was reported as saying...
A strike at Metro Vancouver ports by container truck owner-operators has been averted with the parties announcing they have reached an agreement, reported the Vancouver Sun. Earlier this week about 120 owner-operators covered by two collective agreements with three trucking companies voted to go on strike. The strike vote came after talks between the op...
Port of Tallinn is the biggest port authority in Estonia and as far as both cargo and passenger traffic are taken into account, the biggest port on the shores of the Baltic Sea.
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