On Wednesday 31 August, the second of four Holland Class Oceangoing Patrol Vessels, "Zeeland" built by Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding for the Royal Netherlands Navy, left Vlissingen, The Netherla...

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The global oil tanker fleet will expand almost three times more quickly than demand this year, according to Clarkson Research Services Ltd, a unit of the world’s largest shipbroker.

Containership orders are increasing at a dramatic rate, analysis from Braemar’s Seascope’s research division has revealed.

Officials carefully re-floated and removed the cargo ship 'Tropic Sun' last evening, August 31 after it was grounded for a few days at the western tip of Salt Island in the area of the Wreck of the Rhone National Park.

On Aug 31, 2011, at 1.30 p.m. the "Dana 1" manoeuvred into a wrong harbour basin while entering the port of Neustadt coming from Flensburg in order to take a cargo of grain, and subsequently ran aground.

One of the biggest offshore oil rig vessels of the country, Badrinath (old name Gattisburg), is now stranded 1.9 nautical miles from Karwar port. It has been anchored near Devgadh island.

URUMCHI (A.A) - Association of Turkey UighurIndustrialists and Businessmen and the Municipality of Urumchi signed a strategiccooperation framework agreement Thursday in order to encourage Turkishentrepreneurs to invest in Urumchi's development zone.The signature ceremony was attended by the association's President SabirBogda and Deputy President of the Urumchi Development Zone, Esat Husur. Theceremony was also attended by the Deputy Mayor of Urumchi, Yuen Baosing.Sabir Bogda said that they will provide free service to Turkishentrepreneurs planning to invest in Urumchi."The presence of the Uighurs in the region presents a great advantage toTurkish businesspeople,"Bogda said.The Municipality of Urumchi has reserved 1,100 decares of land for Turkishinvestors.Urumchi is the center of the Xinjiang Autonomous Region in China.(SOL)