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 ‘Southeast Asia’
Maritime and Port Security Conference
At any time, there are about 1,000 ships in port. More than 12,000 oil tankers and 3,000 chemical tankers call at Singapore a year. With the substantial amount of oil and chemicals being shipped in and out of the island, safeguarding our waters and port terminals agains threats remains a top priority of the MPA. [...]
Broadband Maritime Conference
New Communications Networking Offshore & the High Seas
Marina Mandarin, Raffles Boulevard, Marina Square, Singapore, Feb. 18 & 19 2009
Conference Mission Statement & Introduction
London: Monday 28th July, 2008
Seventy per cent of Earth is covered by the oceans, but, we rarely occupy this part of Earth’s surface except on a temporary basis. The comparative hostility of the [...]
Osea 2008
The Oil & Gas Technology trade exhibition – OSEA, was established three decades ago to be THE industry event for Asia. This international event is projected to bring together in 2008, 16,000 [...]
Commercialising FLNG Asia 2008
From Design To New Construction, Commercialising FLNG Asia 2008 prides itself on bringing you the key stakeholders in LNG technology, shipbuilding and naval architecture from around the globe to discover how to harness the latest technologies for competitive advantage in FLNG vessels.
It is designed for global players with a special interest in LNG special vessel [...]
The 9th Asia-Pacific Manning & Training Conference
THE ONLY INDUSTRY EVENT working together with the Philippines’ leading Manning Association
Programme highlights for 2008
* Presentation of the Philippines’ manning roadmap
* Analysis of current manpower supply & demand
* Appraisal of industry & training institute initiatives to retain crews & enhance standards
* Assessment of pioneering technologies to empower seafarers
* Review of international regulations: STCW & Maritime [...]
Korea Ship Finance Forum
When: November 18, 2008
Where: Seoul, South Korea
Singapore International Bunkering Conference
This 15th Annual Bunkering conference is organised by the Maritime Port Authority of Singapore and is managed by IBC Asia
Where: Singapore
When: October 15-17, 2008
Kormarin 2009
This show will be the 15th biennial presentiation in the exhibition series,
with global acclaim as one of the leading shipbuilding, port and marine exhibition.
In conjunction with Naval & Defense [...]
TradeWinds Maritime Outsourcing Forum 2008
What role does outsourcing play in shipping today and going forward?
The industry faces major challenges on several fronts including a record number of new vessels joining the fleet between now and the end of the decade that must be financed and manned. Huge numbers of crew have to be recruited, trained and retained. All against [...]
