Month: August 2020
-
Home
خبر دوغري :Silver Spirit تنطلق فى أول رحلةسياحية من السعودية
شهد ميناء الملك عبدالله، في مدينة الملك عبدالله الاقتصادية برابغ (غرب السعودية)، اليوم الخميس، انطلاق تشغيل الرحلات السياحية عبر سفن “الكروز”، مروراً بميناء ينبع التجاري ومنه إلى جزيرة سندالا بمنطقة نيوم، وفق منظومة متكاملة من الخدمات والتجهيزات البحرية المتطورة والتشغيلية العالية. وكانت أولى سفن “الكروز” السياحية قد وصلت، ،…
Read More -
Home
Breaking News : Port of Los Angeles honors the 17,000-TEU APL Merlion’s first arrival
The 17,000-TEU megaship arrived before dawn this morning and is now docked at the Fenix Marine Services Container Terminal at the Port of Los Angeles. This CMA CGM vessel is equipped to accommodate rebounding trade with the Pacific Rim and its arrival during peak season ensures your holiday gifts are…
Read More -
Home
Breaking News : PSA Marine embarks on carbon footprint reduction
Singapore’s PSA Marine has joined the global movement towards sustainable shipping by reducing carbon footprint with the use of the digital solution, Vessel Pilot Communication (VPC). With VPC, PSA Marine is ensuring that critical and timely updates on pilot boarding times and traffic conditions in and around the pilot boarding…
Read More -
Cruise Ship News
Faces : Lindani Mchunu from Yachtsman to Broker
Lindani Mchunu, highly respected in local sailing and yachting circles, reflects on his journey that started in Kwazulu Natal, landing him in Cape Town as a newly appointed Associate of well-known brokerage, and sole distributor of Princess Yachts on the African continent, Abromowitz, Sharp and Associates (Pty). Ltd. This is his story.…
Read More -
Home
Yasmin Maldonado write to ” eBlue Economy” : WOMAN- MANGLE – PIANGUA
It receives the names of “piangua” (Colombia and Costa Rica), “concha negra” (Peru, Nicaragua and El Salvador), “curil” (El Salvador and Honduras), “chucheca” (Panama), “concha prieta” (Panama ), “Concha” (Ecuador), “mule legs” (Mexico) and “donkey shell” (Guatemala). The piangua or Andara tuberculosa, is a small bivalve (with two valves -each…
Read More -
Home
Marine Sports : Inside Sailing with Peter Isler
The American Sailing Association has always worked to get more sailors out on the water in a safe and confident manner. An ASA sailing education builds upon your skills and culminates in your ability to take on a bareboat charter or a day sail with complete confidence that you can…
Read More -
Home
Offshore : Seadrill secured a two well contract in Malaysia
Offshore drilling contractor ‘Seadrill Partners’ has secured a two-well contract plus one optional for drillship West Capella in Malaysia from an unnamed operator Seadrill Partners revealed in its latest results statement, that the total firm contract value is expected to be approximately U$ 20 million, at a day rate of…
Read More -
Home
Shipbuilding : Prime Minister predicts UK can become a ‘shipbuilding superpower'(photos)
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said Devon’s newly reopened Appledore Shipyard has a bright future as a centre for “green” shipping and even hinted it might receive Government contracts as part of a plan to make the UK a “shipbuilding superpower”. The Tory supremo, in a visit to the Devon…
Read More -
Home
NOAA awards cooperative agreement to UNH/NOAA
NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey awarded a 5-year cooperative agreement to the University of New Hampshire for the continuation of the Joint Hydrographic Center. The Joint Hydrographic Center is a NOAA/University research and education partnership aimed at maintaining a world-leading center of excellence in hydrography and ocean mapping. The new…
Read More -
Home
ITF : Unions to continue lashing battle to achieve compliance with Non-seafarers’ Work Clause
While the Court of Rotterdam’s decision today in the Netherlands is disappointing, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) and the bodies’ affiliated unions today vowed to continue the battle to achieve compliance with the Non-Seafarers’ Work Clause. The Dutch court unfortunately refrained from immediately…
Read More