Journals By Industry - Marine Transportation

First Order for Vessel with New System Placed by Nippon Shipping Tokyo, Feb 8, 2012 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI) has developed a system to enhance the damage stability...

Tokyo, Feb 7, 2012 - (JCN) - ITOCHU Corp. and Mitsui & Co. Ltd have approved the pre-commitment funding for the outer harbour facility associated with the Western Australia iron ore operations, which...

The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) touched a 25-year low of 647 points on Feb. 3, while weak shipping demand and a seasonal boost in capacity last month added to the challenges facing China's...

Muscat projects the port of Sohar, 220 km north of Muscat, as the first anchor for a journey to make Oman a key maritime centre between three continents. Industries built there feature a...

Cruise line Royal Caribbean began offering cruises to St Vincent for the first time, reports Caribbean News Now (Jan. 7, 2012). The line's 2,000-passenger Vision of the Seas will visit the island as...

The Balearia Group launched its new high speed ferry service between Fort Lauderdale, Fla and Grand Bahama, under the Bahamas Express brand, reports Caribbean News Now (Dec. 22, 2011). The Pinar del Rio...

Low banana production and the poor state of the roads that carry that fruit from its plantations in Aguan Valley determined Standard Fruit's decision to suspend arrivals, since Dec. 24, to the Honduran...

Two roll-on/roll-off ferries arrived at the Georgetown Ferry Stelling, thanks to financial support from China, reports Caribbean News Now (Dec 22, 2011). The two vessels "Sabanto" and "Kanawan", valued at $14.4 million, were...

MWH Global has won a $4.4 million contract with the Panama Canal Authority (ACP), the Broomfield, Colo. company said, reports Bizjournals.com (Jan. 11, 2012). MWH will provide preliminary and final design services for...

The Asociacion para el Desarrollo Integral (Association for Integral Development) has 5 months to deliver the environmental impact study and design for the Port of Aguadulce Feasability Study to be developed in Panama,...

Panama's Maritime Authority is putting out to tender the development, management and operation of a shipyard on the Pacific coast at the Port of Balboa (estimated cost $19.8 million), it was reported Jan....

Two reliable sources within the interim government have independently leaked a so far unannounced consideration of a move of the capital from Grand Turk to Providenciales (Provo), reports Caribbean News Now (Dec. 28,...

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HEADNOTE PPI jumped aboard the Golden Dragon bus with Metso for a tour around Shandong Province, China Metso is big in the Chinese paper industry, in fact me three top worldwide suppliers, Andritz,...

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Oman in 2008/09 weathered the global financial crisis and since then the economy has returned to pre-crisis GDP growth levels. In 2011, the government began investing RO30bn ($77.9bn) under a five-year plan to...

The EU may allow some of its members to use strategic oil reserves after an oil embargo on Iran goes into effect on July 1. In Davos, EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Ottinger on...

Fukuoka, Japan, Jan 30, 2012 - (JCN Newswire) - Eco Marine Power Co. Ltd. (EMP) today unveiled a concept ship design incorporating its Aquarius Marine Renewable Energy (MRE) System. This concept design is...

An apartment building spree downtown is getting fresh fuel with an $85 million development proposed for surface parking lots just south of the Cosmopolitan on the Canal. The plan--first reported on IBJ.com on...