Studies for an environmental impact statement (EIS) have begun for the proposed expansion of Abbot Point, Australia's biggest coal port. Located 25 km northwest of Bowen in Queensland, Abbot Point ...
Environmental study for Abbot Point expansion starts
Navigation Safety Deficiencies Top MOU List
By Wendy Laursen 2015-05-25 01:08:52 Safety of navigation deficiencies have topped the Indian Ocean MOU list of deficiencies for the fourth consecutive year. The MOU’s overall detention rate has ...
Cunard Pays Tribute to War Service
By MarEx 2015-05-24 22:35:18 Cunard ships have answered the call of Great Britain in every major conflict from Crimea in 1853 to the first Gulf War in 1990. 14 Cunard ships would be requisitioned by ...
Solstad Crews Latest to Lose Jobs
By Wendy Laursen 2015-05-24 20:17:51 Norway-based Solstad Offshore has announced that it is cutting back its OSV fleet and associated staff. The anchor handlers Normand Jarl and Normand Skarven are ...
Latest Virginia-Class Submarine Named
By MarEx 2015-05-24 20:01:07 U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus hosted a ship-naming ceremony over the weekend in Jersey City, New Jersey, to announce that SSN 796, a Virginia-class attack ...
$91.6 Million Allocated to Sewol Recovery
By Wendy Laursen 2015-05-24 19:43:58 South Korea’s Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries has allocated $91.6 million for the salvage the passenger ship Sewol that sank last year killing over 300 people, ...
18 U.S. Senators Want Shell Stopped
By Wendy Laursen 2015-05-24 19:15:53 A group of 18 mostly Democratic U.S. senators on Friday urged the Obama administration to stop Shell's preparations for oil exploration in the Arctic, saying the ...
Libyan Planes Attack Oil Tanker
By Reuters 2015-05-24 17:10:44 Warplanes from Libya's official government attacked an oil tanker docked outside the city of Sirte on Sunday, wounding three people and setting the ship on fire, ...
Italy Rescues 70 Migrants
By Reuters 2015-05-24 16:54:50 Seventy Afghan and Iraqi migrants were rescued from a packed boat off the southeastern coast of Italy and brought to shore on Sunday, Italy's coast guard said. Italy ...
Memorial Day Remembrance
By Wendy Laursen 2015-05-23 20:48:21 Memorial Day is a day of remembrance for those who have died in service of the United States of America. In this week’s address, the U.S. President Barack Obama ...