The Port of Saldanha ushered in Captain Alex Miya as its new Harbour Master on 1 July following the retirement of Captain Peter Stowe, a Transnet veteran of 20 years who fulfilled the role since 2004. Captain Miya will be responsible for enforcing the regulations of the Port of Saldanha to ensure safe navigation of [...]
PROGRESS EVIDENT IN RICHARDS BAY TERMINAL’S TURNAROUND
Despite strike-related challenges early in the year, Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) Richards Bay approached 2010 ...
Interim guidance on use of privately contracted armed security personnel on board ships agreed by IMO Maritime Safety meeting
Interim guidance on the employment of privately contracted armed security personnel on board ships transiting the high-risk piracy area off the coast of Somalia and in the Gulf of Aden and the wider Indian Ocean was approved by IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC), which met at the Organization’s London Headquarters for its 89th session from [...]
A NEW STRADDLE CARRIER FROM KONECRANES
Terminal quayside container unloading operations need to be linked flexibly with yard stacking operations. The new Boxrunner straddle carrier from Konecranes is the flexible link between ship-to-shore cranes and automated yard cranes. The new Konecranes Boxrunner straddle carrier offers unique container handling performance to two distinct container handling operations. The first is represented by large [...]
Port East London Tender Number PEL 111
Port East London Tender Number PEL 111 Description of work Hull Painting and Mechanical Maintenance Work to Z Peller Tug “Impunzi” at the Port of East London. Tender Deposit R300.00 (Incl. VAT) Opening Date 19 November 2010 Closing Date 22 December 2010 Contact Person Mr.Frank Taylor – Marine Technical Manager Telephone Number +27 43 700 [...]
3% RECOVERY REBATE ROTTERDAM HARBOUR DUES 2011
Rotterdam Harbour has announced that in 2011, the Port of Rotterdam Authority (PoR) will give a once-only recovery rebate of 3% on the tariffs for sea and inland harbour dues. The rebate is intended to support the companies in their further recovery from the crisis and in this way to strengthen the competitive position of [...]
FIVE DIE IN ATTACK ON GUARD BOAT OFF CAMEROON
Five people were killed this week off the coast of Cameroon when pirates targeted a boat heading towards an offshore oil field off Cameroon’s coast. The attack took place on Tuesday night in the Moudi oil field close to the Nigerian border, leading to suspicion that the attackers may have been Nigerian militants, although no [...]
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