The passenger liner QUEEN MARY 2 now en route for Durban will be arriving off the Durban port 24 hours later than scheduled, after having being windbound overnight in Cape Town on Thursday.
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First View – Container ship at anchorage off Umhlanga
Sunrise and a container ship at anchor off Umhlanga awaits the call to enter the port of Durban.
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US says NATO will keep Strait of Hormuz open
The US Ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) says that if necessary NATO will take responsibility for keeping the Strait of Hormuz in the neck of the Persian Gulf open to international shipping.
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South Sudan and Kenya sign agreement to build pipeline to port of Lamu
Faced with political concerns over being dependent on an often belligerent northern neighbour, the newly independent country of South Sudan has signed an agreement with Kenya regarding the building of a strategic oil pipeline to the northern Kenyan port of Lamu.
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Cape Town’s Chevron refinery goes down for maintenance
Cape Town’s Chevron 100,000 barrels a day refinery is due to shut down on 17 February for planned maintenance lasting a period of 43 days. During the first two weeks all production units at the refinery will be down but Chevron says it has made placed contingency plans in the system to overcome any shortages of fuel.
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Costa Concordia: Nautical Institute calls for the official enquiry before laying blame
The Nautical Institute says it learned with great sadness of the loss of life associated with the sinking of the COSTA CONCORDIA and has expressed its condolences to the bereaved families and sympathies to the injured and traumatised survivors. However, the institue says it notes with extreme disquiet the alacrity with which the ship’s owners, Costa Cruises, blamed all on the Master, Captain Francesco Schettino, accusing him of unprofessional conduct before any investigations could have taken place.
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Cyclone Funso continues its path in the Mozambique Channel
Cyclone Funso has continued to move in a southerly direction moving slowly down the Mozambique Channel, with the outer edges of the storm coming ashore near Vilanculos and Inhambine during the course of yesterday .
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PICS OF THE DAY - CAECILIA SCHULTE
a photographic record of just some of the many ships that continue to grace our ports
First View – QUEEN MARY 2
Costa Concordia: Smit readies for the removal of oil
Shipwatch: News of ships and shipping lines
Piracy: German warship forces the release of 15 captive seafarers
West African dredging news
Cyclone Funso - latest
Pics of the Day – QUEEN MARY 2 Read More .....
Tuesday, 24 January 2012
First View – AHUVA
Cyclone Funso threatens Mozambique coast
Dredging Africa 2012 Conference in Durban next week
Cruise News: Queen Mary 2 refit completed ahead of current world cruise
Chinese dredger refloated in Ngqura harbour
Japanese wood chip plant for Maputo
YESTERYEAR – BLACK OSPREY and CITY OF GUILDFORD Read More .....
Monday, 23 January 2012
First View – DEEPSEA METRO II
Transnet orders six mobile cranes for Durban
Sisulu says warship report is untrue
Cruise News: World’s largest liner, Queen Mary 2 arrives in SA tomorrow
Tanzania calls for investors to build Tanga-Musoma railway
Pics of the Day – LAVELA Read More .....
Thursday/Friday, 19-20 January 2012
First View – A GARDEN VIEW
Grindrod brings Vitol on board as partner in Maputo coal terminal
Jack-up rig off Nigeria catches fire – 152 workers evacuated
Mombasa tackles dwell time to ease port congestion
Rehabilitation of Beira – Zimbabwe railway gets underway
Shipwatch: News of ships and shipping lines
Pics of the Day – MAJ BERNARD F FISHER Read More .....
Wednesday, 18 January 2012
First View – MSC METHONI
Costa Concordia death toll rises
Piracy: Tanzania facing the cost of pirate action in its waters
Madagascan search and rescue centre commissioned
South Africa Swazi rail project set to take off
Cyclone Dando makes landfall over Mozambique coast
Pics of the Day – BRITISH ENVOY Read More .....
Tuesday, 17 January 2012
First View – MAERSK PEARY
Nigerian strike suspended as govt cuts back on increases
Vale to rehabilitate Malawi Railway as coal gateway to Nacala
Tanzania reduces cargo dwell time to 7 days for cargo from South Africa
Piracy: Royal Marines tag 13 pirates suspects
STS Konecranes for Beira
Yesteryear – those classic ships – Oceanic Independence Read More .....
Monday, 16 January 2012
First View – COSTA CONCORDIA
Costa Concordia capsize a wake-up call, says Union
Nigerian strike set to continue
Transnet’s Brian Molefe on the commissioning of the new multi-product pipeline
Piracy: Pirates attack Spanish navy ship
Pics of the Day – MARY ARCTICA Read More .....
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