Vale’s vessels are capable of transporting 400,000 tons of iron ore will only dock at Chinese ports in total accordance with the country’s legislation, stated Vale. Adapting ports to receive the giant ore carriers is a highly technical issue, to be addressed in accordance with the local and international maritime legislation, requiring detailed engineering studies [...]
February 2, 2012 |
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Business Monitor International’s Brazil Shipping Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, shipping associations, government departments and regulatory bodies with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on Brazil’s shipping industry. BMI believes 2012 will be another year of strong growth for Brazilian ports. The sector experienced growth of 7.1% in total tonnage throughput in H111. [...]
January 20, 2012 |
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IHC Merwede has announced that it has recently secured orders for advanced vessels and equipment in its core markets of dredging and offshore to the value of €200million. The latest agreements confirmed by IHC Merwede include: a new pipelaying vessel for Subsea 7; an engineering and components package for the build of a trailing suction [...]
December 14, 2011 |
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MTU received an order for eight Series 4000 Ironmen gensets from the China-based Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. (ZPMC), a heavy-duty equipment manufacturer. The gensets will power two 99m multi-purpose vessels owned by the Dutch company Boskalis which owns one of the biggest and most modern fleets in the world. Each vessel will be [...]
December 7, 2011 |
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The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Omar Suleiman, has assured Akwa Ibom State Governor Godswill Akpabio that the … By Oluwakemi Dauda (thenationonlineng) Source: thenationonlineng, November 30, 2011;
November 30, 2011 |
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Addressing the 4th Annual Med Freight Conference, APM Terminals Director of Port Investments for Europe and the Mediterranean, John Trenchard cited both long-term demographic trends and the expected introduction of larger vessels into regional Mediterranean trades as driving factors of port development and expansion in the Mediterranean. “Shipping lines are looking to increase the size [...]
November 4, 2011 |
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Botlek Tank Terminal started driving new mooring piles at its jetty. The water depth is currently being increased from 13.65 to 15 metres, so that BTT will be capable of receiving vessels with a draught of up to 115,000 DWT. Each of the seven pile has a diameter of 2 metres, a length of 36 [...]
October 5, 2011 |
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As the global container fleet continues to expand in both vessel size and overall capacity the need for specialized equipment and expertise grows as well, as port facilities move to update cranes and procedures to accommodate the bigger ships and greater productivity requirements. According to shipping industry analysts Alphaliner, as of the middle of August, [...]
September 20, 2011 |
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From today on ships with capacity of more than 60,000 gross tonnes can once again use the port of Beira, Mozambique, following… (macauhub) Source: macauhub, August 1, 2011
August 1, 2011 |
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Orders for 18,000teu megaships and the recovery of the world’s economy have persuaded the port of Hamburg to push ahead with restructuring… By Katerina Kerr (ifw-net) Source: ifw-net, April 20, 2011
April 20, 2011 |
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