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Latest News
Thursday/Friday, 2-3 September 2010
First View – SAN ASPIRING
The Chinese-built New Zealand owned combination bottom and surface longline fishing vessel SAN ASPIRING entering the port of Lyttelton for dry docking on 24 August 2010. Read More.....
Piracy: new ships join piracy patrols
Three warships from navies on opposite sides of the world are due to or have joined existing fleets patrolling the waters of the Gulf of Aden and offshore Somalia. Read More…..
Enviro ministers to discuss Benguela Current Commission
Ministers responsible for marine industries management and marine environment in South Africa, Namibia and Angola are to gather in Cape Town later this week for the 2nd Ministerial Conference of the Benguela Current Commission.Read More
CMA CGM recovers to post half year profit of US$ 864 million
French shipping line CMA CGM has joined those other lines registering remarkable turnabouts of fortune and has posted a half-year profit of US$ 864 million, compared with a loss of $518m for the same period last year. Read More
Intertanko applauds US plea bargaining to send Somali pirate to jail
Independent tanker owners' association Intertanko has applauded the result of a plea bargaining agreement in the US whereby a Somali national has pleaded guilty to piracy-related acts and will receive a significant prison sentence. Read More
Cruise News – Peter Deilman Cruises taken over
German cruise operator Peter Deilman Reederei has been taken over by the listed Munich investment house, Aurelius in a deal believed to involve multi million euros. Read More
Ceva Logistics secures R14 million Far East contract
CEVA Logistics has signed a new contract worth R14 million per annum with Rui Star Trading, a leading mining company focusing particularly on the carbon and iron trade. Read More
Pics of the Day – AFRICA MERCY
Photographic window onto the ships and shipping of our ports
Earlier News . . . .
Wednesday, 1 September 2010
First View – BELUGA ENERGY
Container growth set to catch terminal industry with its pants down
South Africa records trade surplus in July
YESTERYEAR: those classic ships - BONTEBOK
Full steam ahead for Rift Valley Railway
South Africa, Japan to advance relations
Pics of the day – MAERSK CONSTANTIA and ORIANA
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Tuesday, 31 August 2010
First View – BOURBON LIBERTY 107
Piracy report: NATO forces prevent pirate attack in Gulf of Aden
2010: The South African Weather Service and the Year of the Seafarer
Port of Nacala now linked to Zambia by rail
Marine Bulk Carriers clinches new offshore deal with PetroSA
NSRI performs another offshore medical rescue
Pics of the day – WANG GEON
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Monday, 30 August 2010
First View – AFRICA MERCY
Shipbuilder forum established – aims to keep naval shipbuilding ‘at home’
Cockett Marine goes live this week with Channel bunkering
News from the shipping lines
Tanzanian president promises new ship for Lake Victoria
For the record…
Does anyone know this dredger?
Alert for whale entangled in netting
Pics of the day – CHAMAREL
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Thursday, 26 August 2010
First View – SUVARNA
First View – DENNY Z
Zuma foresees bright future for Africa-China
Pirates are heading south, says the navy
An end to the HECTOR saga
South Africa, China sign rail agreement
African economic blocs set rules for free trade areas
News from the world of ships and shipping
Dormac announces expansion into African oil and gas market
Pics of the Day – BATTLEAXE and FLOATING DOCK at Walvis Bay
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Wednesday, 25 August 2010
First View – SUVARNA
South Africa open for business, Zuma tells Chinese
IMB issues warning about NVOCC shipments
UN lays out options for prosecuting pirates operating off Somali coast
Tanzania Ports Authority told to find a competent investor
Richards Bay Minerals to go out on strike from Friday
UK can halve maritime CO2 emissions
Pics of the day – SAS SPIOENKOP
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Earlier News . . . .
Tuesday, 24 August 2010
First View –CSAV RIO ILLAPEL
Zuma in China to boost ties
Walvis Bay used for smuggling vehicles into Africa
YESTERYEAR – those classic ships - RIJPERKERK
Japan builds naval base at Djibouti
Rail link connecting Zambia with Malawi and Nacala opens on Friday
Pics of the Day – COMPASS CHALLENGER and BOURBON HESTIA
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Monday, 23 August 2010
First View – DONG SAN
Piracy – Somali pirates demand US$ 4 million for Egyptian ship
Strong Rand hurts Grindrod
Terminal modernisation aims at reducing Luanda port congestion
Tanzania’s Ngaka Project has coal reserves of 800 million tonnes
News from the shipping lines
Pics of the day – ISMAIL K
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