Archive for August, 2008
Ofer Ship Management India Pvt. Ltd.
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Company Profile
For over 60 years, Ofer Shipping Group has enjoyed an excellent reputation as a ship owner with high management standards and efficient fleet operation.
Today, Ofer Shipping Group is building on its core success by expanding its business while maintaining its position of distinction within the shipping industry. The company is responding to [...]
Ballast water discharges in the US.
Operational discharges of ballast water, deck run off, bilge water, grey water and so on have for many years been regulated in the United States by the Clean Water Act (CWA). Since 1973 shipowners have benefited from a general exemption granted by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) which allowed ships to make normal operational [...]
Weekly Piracy Report (12 Aug - 18 Aug 2008)
The following is a summary of the daily reports broadcast by the IMB’s Piracy Reporting Centre to ships in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean Regions on the SafetyNET service of Inmarsat-C from 12 to 18 August 2008
ALERT
Chittagong anchorage, Bangladesh
The number of attacks has reduced since 2006. However, the area is still listed as a [...]
Scientists Find Wreckage Of Whaling Ship.
HONOLULU - Scientists may have found the wreckage of a whaling ship that went down off Kure Atoll 170 years ago. Maritime archeologists made the discovery on the first day of a monthlong dive studying shipwrecks in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument.
It appears to be the remains of the Gledstanes. The Gledstanes is one of [...]
Kolkata port to expedite dredging in Hooghly.
Kolkata, Aug. 14 The Kolkata Port Trust will immediately acquire on charter a dredger to expedite dredging in the Hooghly River. However, the Dredging Corporation of India will do the chartering on behalf of the port - this was decided at a high-level meeting in New Delhi recently.
Also, steps will be taken to ensure that [...]
‘Investment in coastal shipping low’.
Chennai, Aug. 14 Thanks to inadequate investment by the Government in coastal shipping, the sector has not progressed well over the years. This is despite the fact that this sector is being discussed in every forum, according to Capt. P.V.K. Mohan, Member, National Shipping Board, an apex body advising the Ministry of Shipping on matters [...]
Cook Islands Enters IMO.
As per an instrument of acceptance of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization, as amended, with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, on 18 July 2008, the Cook Islands became the latest Member of IMO. This entry has taken the total number of member states of the IMO to 168, along with three additional [...]
Weekly Piracy Report (05 Aug - 11 Aug 2008)
The following is a summary of the daily reports broadcast by the IMB’s Piracy Reporting Centre to ships in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean Regions on the SafetyNET service of Inmarsat-C from 5 to 11 August 2008.
ALERT
Chittagong anchorage, Bangladesh
The number of attacks has reduced since 2006. However, the area is still listed as a [...]
Canada to launch search for missing explorer ships.
TORONTO: Canada said on Friday it will search for two fabled British explorer ships that disappeared in the Arctic more 160 years ago, fearing melting ice caused by global warming could entice others to find and plunder the underwater tombs.
Environment Minister John Baird announced the Parks Canada-led search for British Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin’s [...]
Seaspan takes delivery of new containership.
Seaspan Corporation (NYSE:SSW) announced that it has accepted delivery of its 31st vessel, the CSCL Sao Paulo. The 2500 TEU newbuilding, which was constructed by Jiangsu Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., is the second of its size in Seaspan’s fleet. The CSCL Sao Paulo was delivered August 7, 2008, approximately sixteen weeks ahead of the original [...]
