Fancy a long holiday in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)? Tourists of all nationalities can now get a five-year multiple-entry visa for the UAE. This decision was taken during a Council of Ministers meeting on Monday in the UAE. This meeting was chaired by UAE Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. Tweeting the…
Operations at the Australian small seaport of Eden have been impacted by the major bush fires raging across the South Coast region of New South Wales, threatening the area. Two passenger ships that were scheduled to call at the port over the past week canceled their visits as they sought to minimize the risk to…
A fire broke out on board Cosco Pacific, a very large containership owned by Cosco Shipping, while the vessel was underway from Port Klang, Malaysia to the largest container port in India, Nhava Sheva Port on January 4, 2020. As informed by COSCO in a customer advisory, the fire, which broke out in one of…
Four persons were killed and three abducted following a pirate attack on a Nigeria-flagged hopper dredger in the Gulf of Guinea on January 2, 2020. The 2,153 GT Ambika was attacked when operating some three nautical miles from the mouth of the Ramos River and nine nautical miles east of the Forcados Terminal in Nigeria,…
On January 1, 2020, Ilya Espino de Marotta took office as Deputy Administrator of the Panama Canal, becoming the first woman to ever hold this position. Espino de Marotta began her career at the Panama Canal in 1985 as the sole female engineer at the shipyard. She now works alongside more than 1,000 women and…
Qatar Petroleum and Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) have inked a 15-year sale and purchase agreement for the supply of up to 3 million tons per annum of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Kuwait. Under the deal, LNG deliveries to Kuwait’s new LNG receiving terminal at Al-Zour Port is set to start in 2022 to support…
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited (APSEZ), India’s largest port developer, operator and part of the Adani Group, has decided to acquire a controlling stake in Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd (KPCL). As informed, the 75 percent stake will be bought from the existing shareholders of KPCL for INR 135.7 billion (USD 1.9 billion). Located in…