Maritime News- Tanker To The Rescue Of Extreme Sailor January 6, 2009The official AMVER blog brings us news of a rescue currently underway: Vendee Globe organizers lost all communications with French yachtsman Jean Le Cam after his sailboat capsized 200 miles off the coast of Cape Horn early Tuesday morning. An international effort, including a tanker dispatched by the Amver system, was underway to rescue the sailor. Search [ […]John
- Popsicle Stick Ship - Interesting/Odd Ship of The Week January 6, 2009MAKE Blog brings us this interesting ship: He used to break bones, now former Hollywood stuntman Robert Mc-Donald uses popsicle sticks to break world records. McDonald has built three Viking-ship replicas out of ice cream sticks. All have been seaworthy. including his latest beast, built from 15 million popsicle sticks over three years. He’s now workin […]mike
- Bush to Protect More of The Pacific January 6, 2009Today, President Bush will designate vast stretches of American-controlled Pacific Ocean including islands, reefs surface waters and sea floor as marine national monuments that will serve to limit fishing, mining, oil exploration and other kinds of commercial activities in the designated areas. Areas of interest include parts of the Mariana Trench (shown a […]mike
- Tanker To The Rescue Of Extreme Sailor January 6, 2009
Posts Tagged ‘shipping’
CMA Shipping 2009
North America’s Premier International Shipping and Trade Conference and Exposition
The 24th Annual Shipping Conference and Exposition will be held at the Hilton Hotel in Stamford Connecticut on March 23, 24, and 25th, 2009.
Oslo Shipping Forum 2009
Designed and produced for shipping CEO’s from listed and private shipping companies, brokers, key investors in shipping, bankers and entrepreneurs. The forum has become a regular fixture in the Norwegian shipping calendar since it first introduced in year 2005.
Booming offshore sectors, building the world’s [...]
CMA SHIPPING 2008
A gathering of 2,100 industry leaders, owners and ship managers controlling over 5,000 vessels attended the CMA Shipping 2008 Conference for 3 days of business discussions, networking, information exchange and good fun.
Complementing the presence of the owners and operators were charterers, financiers, suppliers, shipyards, national exhibits and professional service providers, creating one huge dynamic marketplace.
The [...]
Posidonia 2008
The only gathering of the Greek global shipping community
Your welcome to the heart of Greek Shipping …
… by the owners of the world’s largest fleet, continuing to break records for new orders and purchases
An all-time record was set in 2008 for Greek owners’ spending on newbuildings and modern second hand vessels that adds over 800 [...]
Urban Transport World 2009
Urban Transport World Australia 2009
Investment and development for operators, developers, government and investors
Responding to the national urban transport challenge
A well-functioning transport system is vital to the continued success of the Australian economy and to our quality of life. A well-designed strategy is needed to support economic growth and encourage partners to work together to reduce the [...]
International Freight Week
The United Arab Emirates, in a bid to secure long-term sustainable economic growth, is diversifying its focus on four key areas: Oil & Gas, Tourism, Finance & Banking and Trade & Logistics. Middle East economies could save up to US$74 billion by changing the way global logistics are managed.
The Middle East is ideally placed as [...]
Load & Haul 2008
Where: Jakarta, Indonesia.
When: November 17-19, 2008
SHIPEC America 2008
Fairmont Turnberry Isle Resort
December 2-5th 2008
SHIPEC America is a meeting forum targeted at major American shipowners and operators and vendor companies from the following categories:
Shipyards, Propulsion and Manoeuvring, Coatings, Navigation, Communications, Safety, Deck Gear, Fuels and Lubricants, Monitoring and Control, Outfitting, Marine communications, Cargo Gear, Engine manufacturers, paint suppliers and more.
The SHIPEC [...]
SHIPEC Europe 2008
23rd - 26th October 2008, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dublin
SHIPEC Europe is a highly focused industry forum for senior executives in the European shipping industry who wish to ‘talk business’ in a more targeted fashion. The unique face to face meeting forum brings together Managers, Technical Purchasing Managers, Superintendants, Purchasing Directors and Presidents of leading shipowning, [...]
Shiport China 2008
Full Name: The 6th International Shipbuilding, Ports and Marine Equipment Exhibition for China
Shiport China 2008
November 5 (Wed)-8 (Sat), 2008, Dalian World Expo Center
(Originally October 23 (Thu)-25 (Sat), 2008, and the show date has been changed since Feb. 1, 2008)
With ten years of experience since 1998, Shiport China has grown into the largest maritime event in [...]
