(sfgate) A strange looking vessel took a leisurely sail on San Francisco Bay on
Wednesday – a shakedown voyage for a plastic, fantastic adventure that
should finally start next month.  Source

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• Scientists go to great garbage patch in the Pacific

     (USAtoday) A group of scientists is sailing out to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch to study the mass of floating plastic trash that could be twice the size of Texas, The San Jose Mercury News reports.  The debris is located about 1,000 miles west of California and includes everything from old fishing

• Trash boat: boat made from recycled bottles is preparing to sail the Pacific

     (ABC) It’s a work of modern art and an engineering marvel — a 60-foot catamaran kept afloat by recycled plastic bottles. Source

• 50% of marine debris is plastic

     (sail-world) Alistair McIlgorm of the National Marine Science Center in Coffs Harbor Australia says ‘6.4 million tons of debris reaches the world’s oceans each year.’ ‘Of that, 80 percent is thought to come from land based sources, more than half of the rubbish is believed to be plastic’.  Source

• MSC hikes prices from Spain

    Mediterranean Shipping Company will apply a general rate increase on all eastbound cargo from Spanish ports to destinations in the Middle East and the Far East. It is applying an increase of $100 per container as of Feb.

• Pacific Garbage Patch \ u0026quot on the rise

     (sailworld) US scientists have returned from an expedition to the ‘Great Pacific Garbage Patch’ – estimated to be ‘the size of Texas’- with samples of plastic debris they pulled out of the ocean — soda bottles, cracked patio chairs, Styrofoam chunks, old toys, discarded fishing floats and tangled nets.  

• Dredging to finally begin on the Westerschelde

    The Dutch government has finally decided to comply with the Scheldt Treaties approved in 2008. Port alderman Marc Van Peel has reacted with cautious enthusiasm. Antwerp Port Authority welcomes the decision by the Dutch government to implement the treaty on deepening the Scheldt estuary, hailing it as an important step. Read

• Nordstjernan closes the deal to acquire a part of Rosti Maersk Division

    Nordstjernan AB and Rosti A/S have agreed that Nordstjernan’s subsidiary Stella Plastic Holding AB will acquire 100% of shares in Rosti Technical Plastics Holding A/S (RTP), after customary approvals from competition authorities today. Read at Nordstjernan closes the deal to acquire part of Maersk’s Rosti division

• Horizon on a roll with high-performance aluminum cylinder

    Horizon Conveyor Equipment Ltd, the UK-based conveyor equipment manufacturer, has introduced a new range of aluminium rollers to complement its comprehensive range of high-strength, low-weight plastic rollers. Read at Horizon on a roll with heavy-duty aluminium roller

• MSC Adds Terminal Charge to Asia-Europe Cargo

     Mediterranean Shipping Co. said it plans to impose a full-load terminal-handling charge on top of present rates as of March 1 for cargoes moving from all ports in Northern Europe, including Scandinavia and the Baltic countries, to any destination in the Far East. MSC said the charge is applicable to cargo

• Worlds largest cruise ship sailing to U.S. ports

     (AP)  It’s five times larger than the Titanic, has seven neighborhoods, an ice rink, a golf course and a 750-seat outdoor amphitheater.

• Weights changed in Rogers Commodity Index

    Jim Rogers and Beeland Interests, Inc. announced the following adjustments to the Rogers International Commodity Index? (RICI?)

• China s CO2 emissions per head quarters of the U.S. –

    Calculating the cost of carbon emissions reduction: China’s per capita carbon dioxide emissions account for 25 percent of U.S. equivalent.

• Cammell Laird countries, 44 million MoD warship contract

     A shipbuilding firm in Wirral has secured a ?44m contract to build part of one of the biggest and most powerful warships in the UK. More than 350 jobs will be created at the Cammell Laird Shipyard to help construct the flight deck of aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth. Commissioned

• Dubai financial problems has no impact on Maasvlakte 2

    A subsidiary of Dubai World, DP World, is one of the companies behind the consortium Rotterdam World Gateway (RWG) that will be operating the first container terminal on Maasvlakte 2. However, insofar as this can be determined, the financial problems that Dubai World made the news with last week will

• Atlas Iron Limited Hits All Key objectives for the delivery of 1 million tonnes in the first 12 months

    Atlas Iron Limited is pleased to announce that it has shipped over 1 million tonnes of iron ore in its maiden year of operations at the Pardoo Direct Shipping Ore (DSO) Project in Western Australia’s Pilbara. Atlas has shipped the ore through FMG’s Port Hedland port facility. The strong production