A bulk carrier has destroyed a pier after losing control in Barranquilla Port, in Colombia. Media reports suggest that the Hakata Queen was aiming to leave with 30,000 tonnes of coal onboard, prior to the incident occurring on Friday morning (9 September 2022). The footage below shows the incident. It’s taken on a mobile phone […]
Walcon Marine has completed a two-stage project at Shoreham Port. This saw the complete replacement of an existing marina after many years of service, together with the installation of a brand new facility in a freshly dredged area a short distance away. The works followed an earlier project in the spring of 2020 when Walcon […]
Damen Shipyards Group has signed a contract for a Shoalbuster 2711 – the second vessel of its kind ever to be built. The new vessel will be the second Damen vessel to be operated by the Ports of Jersey, which has operated a Damen Shoalbuster 2709, named Duke of Normandy (pictured above), for the past […]
Survitec has rebranded its established liferaft rental and exchange service. The company says this is to meet the increasing market demand for service flexibility. The new look RaftXChange service brings together the company’s liferaft equipment rental and servicing scheme under one proposition with the ability to upgrade to the enhanced RaftXChange+ service. “The RaftXChange model provides […]