MITSUI OSK Lines (MOL) has announced that its joint venture company in the Philippines, Masaysay Mitsui OSK Marine Inc has reorganised its ship management division to establish a new, separate ship management company called MAGMOL Ship Management Inc that has already commenced operations from its base in Manila. "Through Magsaysay Mitsui OSK Marine and MA...
Tanker "Kirill Lavrov" (70 thousand deadweight tons) ordered for OJSC Sovkomflot is to be launched on December 18, 2009. This is second of two largest ever tankers constructed at "Admiralteisky Verf"(Admiralty Shipyard), the shipyard press service reports. The first tanker "Mikhail Ulyanov" was launched in 2008. The tankers will transport oil from the offsh...
Board of Directors of TransContainer approved the Company's development strategy until 2015. According to the official statement of the company, it was also decided to hold on Feb. 8, 2010 a special meeting of shareholders of the company. JSC TransContainer - subsidiary of JSC "RZD" - is incorporated March 4, 2006 as a branch of JSC "RZD" - Center for co...
The ship flying the Panamanian flag with 83 sailors on board sank off the coast of Lebanon. The crew - citizens of Russia, Britain, Australia, Lebanon, Syria, Pakistan, Philippines and Uruguay. According to the Government of Lebanon, 20 people have been rescued, the rescue operation goes ahead. Cargo ship Danny F II, transporting cattle, has sank about 20...
International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) recently took delivery of eight new rubber tired gantries (RTGs) for its flagship, Manila International Container Terminal (MICT). Four of these new RTGs have been successfully commissioned and are now in use at the terminal. The new Cummins QSM-11 RTGs have smaller engines for less fuel co...
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” Line) concluded two long-term charter agreements for capesize bulk carriers with Rio Tinto. Outline of the Agreement a) 5-year long-term charter agreement using one capesize bulk carrier from 2011. b) 15-year long-term charter agreement using one capesize bulk carrier from 2011. Annual volume shipped: About...
South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering , the world's No. 2 shipbuilder, won a $300 million order from Ignazio Messina of Italy. The order is for four container ships to be delivered by the first quarter of 2013, Daewoo said in a statement on Thursday. Source: http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com
The Government of India set up a high-profile committee on maritime security to enhance surveillance of the country’s vast coastline. The move follows a series of measures initiated by the government to tighten security at gateway ports, particularly in the wake of the Nov. 26, 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai. Similar to the U.S. Department of Homel...
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.
Qingdao Saint Voyage Logistics Inc. (SVL) is an Experienced International Shi