The GBD Year-End Dinner on December 16 gathered 500 maritime stakeholders, celebrating achievements and future initiatives in the sector.

The final piece of the tug fleet regeneration programme for Sohar Port has reached its finale with the technical delivery of the third powerful 80t bollard pull RAstar 2900SX variant

During 2006/7 the Italian operator Rimorchiatori Laziali SpA, part of Cafimar Group, bought a pair of 32m escort ASD tugs from the specialist Turkish tug builder Sanmar. Some  eight years later, the company acquired two more similar 80+ tonne bollard pull vessels from the same builder. Now the company has taken delivery of Laziale, the first of a yet another pair of powerful vessels headed across the Aegean Sea.

THE British Columbia Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA) staged a less-than-three-hour lockout to bring the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) to an agreement, ending the threat of an immediate shutdown of ports of Vancouver, Prince Rupert and several other secondary harbours on Canada's west coast

GERMANY's SecureSystem GmbH, a provider of smart shipping container solutions, has opened a US subsidiary based in Arlington, Virginia.

Telegraph.co.ukMaersk brings world's largestshipinto serviceTelegraph.co.ukHowever, the newship- named Maersk Mc-Kinney Møller - might not deliver those cost savings just yet as several of the just 16 ports certified to handle such a huge vessel have the facilities to its full capacity. With the Triple E class standing 20...and more »

LR2 Pioneer, Hong Kong China flagged 244 meters long tanker brought the first fuel shipment for Turkey's new airport terminal.