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AS news comes in of two more hijackings by Somali pirates, of a French yacht and an Egyptian-flag merchant ship, which happened within the past two Malaysia says it is sending three warships to protect MISC vessels transiting the vital waterway. The latest hijacking brings to nine the number of commercial vessels now being held to ransom by Somali pir...
Japanese shipping and logistics group NYK says it has restructured its US east coast and east coast of South Africa service, the Atlantic North-South Express Service (ANS). A company statement said the upgraded service will commence in September using six NYK-operated vessels to cover the main ports on the east coast of South America, Venezuela, Domin...
NOISE pollution is posing an increasing threat in oceans by deafening marine animals, forcing global shipping regulators to find ways to solve the problem. Seismic surveys for oil and gas exploration and military sonar are already restricted because of the dangers of the high intensity sound bursts damaging the senses used by whales and other sea life ...
On September 5, Stocznia Szczecinska Nowa (Poland) laid down the keel of a container carrier FESCO DALNEGORSK of B178-I/26 series, the company’s press center reports. 41,850-dwt vessel has the capacity of 3,091 TEU. Its length is 220.5 m, width – 32.24 m, draft – 10.50 m, speed – 22.2 knots. There is also an additional possibility to load 500 refriger...
The German railway company's chief executive officer Hartmut Mehdorn said that Deutsche Bahn is to start a regular cargo train service between Germany and China in 2009. The service has been tested since spring 2008, Logistics Finland reports according to RZD-Partner. Source: Portnews
YEMEN'S transport minister Khalid Al-Wazir says his country will host a regional centre for combating piracy, in the latest move in response to the surge in hijackings in the Gulf of Aden. According to Yemen Times the minster says Yemen will establish this centre in collaboration with 20 other countries and International Maritime Organization. The cou...
As part of its use of the Asia-Pacific Gateway and Corridor Initiative Transportation Infrastructure Fund the Canadian government is is to put C$20.9m (USW$19.7m) into five shortsea shipping projects and two road projects in the British Columbia Lower Mainland. According to an official statement this represents a potential C$43.5m joint investment with pr...
Pirates armed with rocket-propelled grenades attacked three vessels off Somalia's coast but failed to hijack them because of quick action by crew members, a maritime official said Monday. A Chinese cargo ship, a Singaporean liquefied gas carrier and a Thai bulk carrier managed to thwart the pirates in the Gulf of Aden by increasing speed and taking ev...
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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