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 ‘UAE’
Gulf Maritime 2008
The Middle East’s most comprehensive maritime event
The Gulf Maritime exhibition over the last five editions, has come to be considered as a credible and highly effective maritime trade platform that is capable of meeting the complete sourcing requirements of the commercial, government, leisure, and military maritime industry in the Middle East.
The Gulf Maritime exhibition has [...]
International Freight Week 2009
International Freight Week is the Middle East’s only Intermodal Event. The next edition of International Freight Week will take place 18-20 October 2009 at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre.
Expansion remains the order of the day as far as the shipping, ports, and logistics sectors in the UAE are concerned, according to the latest [...]
MEOST 2008
Middle East Ocean Science Technology & Expo
The MEOST 2008 team thanks all visitors, partners and supporters for a very successful show.
Dates and venue for MEOST 2009 will be announced shortly.
When: January 21-23, 2008
Where: Abu Dhabi, Uae
www.meost.com
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 [...]
SEATRADE MIDDLE EAST
SMEM is your priority gateway to the shipping industries of the UAE, Bahrain, East Africa, Egypt, India, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia! In 2006, almost 6,000 executives from 63 countries attended Seatrade Middle East Maritime (SMEM).
Where: Dubai, UAE
When: December 14-16, 2008
TRANS MIDDLE EAST 2008
Trans Middle East is the largest annual containerised ports, shipping and transport logistics exhibition and conference in the Middle East. Next year’s 4th Trans Middle East 2008 UAE Exhibition and Conference will be hosted by Dubai Cargo Village taking place at the luxurious 5 star Al Bustan Rotana Hotel Dubai - a member of The [...]
Gulf Maritime 2009
The Middle Easts premier maritime event, dedicated to the complete commercial, government and military maritime industry.
Where: Sharjah, UAE
When: TBA
Meost 2009
Middle East Ocean Science & Technology Expo
Dates and venue for MEOST 2009 will be announced shortly.
