Transet, the operator of South Africa’s beleaguered ports and rail network got a strong vote of confidence from the African Development Bank Group as it looks to move forward with a five-year modernization and growth of its operations. Last week, the bank which was established...
Yemen's Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for a drone strike that hit an apartment building in the Israeli city on Thursday night, killing one resident and wounding four. If confirmed, it would appear to be a rare example of a foreign-launched strike reaching a target...
Rio Tinto and its Chinese partners have secured all regulatory approvals to move ahead with the massive Simandou iron ore mine and railroad project, the "largest greenfield integrated mine and infrastructure investment in Africa." First production will begin as early as next year. The Simandou range...
Russia and China have picked the contested waters of the South China Sea to conduct their annual joint naval drills, and the exercises are now getting under way. On Sunday, a flotilla of Russian Pacific Fleet and PLA Navy warships left Zhanjiang, China, headed for the...
Greece is extending a long-running series of naval drills in the Bay of Laconia, which have successfully forced tankers that previously used the area for ship-to-ship transfers to relocate elsewhere. After the implementation of G7 price cap on Russian oil, the bay became a hotspot for...
On Saturday morning, a tanker struck a small charter boat in a shipping channel in Port Aransas, Texas, killing one person and leaving one missing. At about 0530 hours on Saturday, a good Samaritan called Sector Corpus Christi on Channel 16 to report a collision between...
[By: Thordon Bearings] Thordon Bearings has secured an order from French shipbuilding giant Chantiers de l'Atlantique to supply its award-winning COMPAC seawater-lubricated propeller shaft bearings for installation to a pair of wind-assisted passenger ships operated by luxury travel operator Accor. When the first 220m (722ft) long, 22,300gt...
The California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) today announced the award of $27 million to support data system development and interoperability across California’s five containerized ports, the first-ever state-level funding in the country focused on improving data functionality across a statewide network...
On Thursday, an environmental NGO sued the U.S. Department of the Interior over the unexamined risks of overdue decommissioning for thousands of inactive offshore oil and gas wells in the Gulf of Mexico, the overwhelming majority found in shallower waters off Louisiana. According to the Government...
Over the weekend, the U.S. Coast Guard shadowed a small flotilla of Chinese warships in the U.S. exclusive economic zone, north of the Aleutian Islands. On Saturday and Sunday, the National Security Cutter USCGC Kimball spotted three Chinese naval vessels at a position about 100 nautical...
