The government of Tanzania has signed a contract with the Chinese state-owned company China Harbor Engineering Company (CHEC) for expansion of the cou...

Cosco Shipping expand port assets with two acquisitions
Cosco Shipping acquired 15% share from Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) for 18.97 billion CNY (or 2.79 billion USD), by which will receive lar...

Two people died after yacht Solaris and speedboat TK 0393 collided off Kerch
Two people died after yacht Solaris and speedboat TK 0393 collided in Black Sea near port of Kerch, Russia. The accident occurred during the night on ...

Oily sheen from petroleum products was detected at Port of Azov
Oily sheen from petroleum products was detected at Russian seaport of Azov in Black Sea. The pollution was detected in June 8 at the area AMP 3151-316...

Russia’s port capacity could surpass 1 billion tons in 2017
Russia’s port capacity could grow by 3.8% in 2017 and surpass 1 billion tons, according to the forecast of Executive Director of the Association...

Empyrean Energy started 3D seismic survey off Hong Kong
Empyrean Energy started 3D seismic survey of its Block 29/11 in the offshore zone of China. The company fully owns the license of exploration of the b...

Russia increased security of waterways and banned navigation of ships during FIFA Confederations Cup 2017
Russia banned navigation and shipping in Kazan, Moscow, St Petersburg and Sochi from 12:00 to 24:00 local time during the matches of the FIFA Confeder...

Recreation passenger boat evacuated after heavy smoke from engine room
Recreation passenger boat Boot 3 with 50 people on board was evacuated after smoke came out of the engine room. The vessel was pushed by the port auth...

Saudi Aramco and Bahri head joint-venture with Lamprell and Hyundai Heavy Industries for building largest shipyard in the Middle East
Dubai shipbuilding company Lamprell, specializing in servicing the offshore industry, signed an agreement with Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia’s nati...

Russian government approved the resolution on marine and fishing investments
The Government of the Russian Federation approved resolutions on fisheries investment quotas. The head of the government, Dmitry Medvedev, signed decr...