The dark side of the Australian cruise industry
For all the promise of relaxation a cruise holiday has, there is a dark underbelly to the industry. A recent inquiry into cruise ship crime reveals that while cruises a...
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The coal terminal at Queensland's Port of Gladstone Plans to dredge Queensland ports are under attack by the usual suspects, who have brought to bear their custo...
MHI receives LPG carrier order
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has received an order from Astomos Energy Corporation for a very large liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carrier.
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Is the tanker vetting industry out of control?
The vetting inspections of tankers by oil companies are proliferating in frequency, rising steadily in cost and, at an estimated US$300 million a...
Victory over Sovcomflot
London shipping law firm Lax and Co has welcomed the decision of the English Supreme Court to refuse Russian state-owned shipping company Sovcomflot...
MoU signed for "Mobile Powership"
Polaris Shipping, Korea Midland Power, Hyundai Heavy Industries and Siemens Energy Solutions have all signed a memorandum of understanding to develop...
Greenpeace criticises Canadian coal terminal (for unusual reasons)
The Vancouver Sun is reporting an unusual dust-up between Greenpeace and proposed plans for the construction of a new coal terminal at Canada's Fraser...
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Woodside narrows production target
Woodside has narrowed its production target for 2013 to a range of between 86 to 88 million barrels of oil equivalent. The previous range provided...
Chinese company vies to enter Malaysia's offshore industry
Bernama is reporting that Chinese shipbuilder Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding and Offshore (SWS), a division of state-owned shipbuilder CSSC, is attempting...
Bumi Armada to supply ice-class vessels to Lukoil
Malaysia-based offshore services provider Bumi Armada has announced that Lukoil-Nizhnevolzhskneft (Lukoil) has awarded the company contracts to provide...
Damen to deliver 80m ice-class ferry to Canada
The Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Government has awarded Damen Shipyards Group an order for an advanced 80-metre ice-class ferry that will...
Rolls-Royce secures contract from Sinopacific
Rolls-Royce has won an order to provide design and integrated equipment packages for two UT771 WP-series platform supply vessels (PSVs) to be built...
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Company successfully exports live abalone shipment
FishPac has recently completed what is believed to be the first ever fully successful live shipment of Greenlip abalone.
Piriou to build two purse seiners for Sapmer
French shipbuilder Piriou has won an order for two units, plus an option for a third, for a new generation of freezer tuna purse seiner ships for Sapmer...
EC warns South Korea of illegal fishing
The European Commission has recently handed out formal warnings to Korea, Ghana and Curaçao as they “fail to keep up with international obligations...
New tuna vessel for Fabrelle
Frabelle Corporation of the Philippines has recently launched the FV ‘Kaile 888’, a tuna vessel that the company says will “more than double” tuna...
Rolls-Royce wins fish carrier for Faroe Islands
Rolls-Royce has announced that it has signed a contract for the delivery of design and equipment for a live fish carrier to be built at the Tersan...
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Australian scientists find "vast" freshwater under the sea
Australian scientists have discovered huge reserves...
Minesto wins international tidal energy award
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