(marinelink) NATO’s contribution to international efforts to combat piracy off the
Horn of Africa and in the Gulf of Aden entered a new phase on 17 August
after the North Atlantic Council (NAC) approved Operation Ocean Shield.  Source

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• Right Whale Ship Strike Reduction Rule take effect Sunday

     (coastguardnews) The Coast Guard reminds operators of vessels 65 feet or greater in length that the Right Whale Ship Strike Reduction Rule takes effect Sunday, requiring those vessels to slow down while operating in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic waters where North Atlantic right whales are known to migrate, calve and nurse. 

• Ships, the U.S. Atlantic coast Must Slow for whales

     (ENS)  The U.S. Coast Guard reminds operators of vessels 65 feet or greater in length that the Right Whale Ship Strike Reduction Rule took effect for the first time on Sunday. The new rule requires those vessels to slow down while operating in the U.S.

• Maersk plans big changes on the Trans-Atlantic

    Maersk Line is making some major changes in its trans-Atlantic services. The world’s largest ocean container carrier will begin notifying customers in October of the rates and services it is planning for the trade over the next 12 months. It has already notified customers that it is changing the interval

• Atlantic Petroleum comments on media analysis of debt

    P/F Atlantic Petroleum the international upstream oil and gas company, announces factual corrections to an analysis published by the financial periodical, Økonomisk Ugebrev (Economical Weekly). Atlantic Petroleum is aware that the article has led to certain misunderstandings in the market place, which the Company hereby seeks to correct. In respect of the conclusions

• Hanjin Shipping plans increase fuel charge

     Hanjin Shipping is introducing a rate restoration program for the Trans-Atlantic trade effective September 1st, 2009. The amount of rate increase for all shipments between Europe and North America in both directions is USD 150 per TEU and USD 225 per FEU. Hanjin Shipping comments that despite the company’s continuous efforts to

• PD Ports completes first phase of the container terminal expansion plan

    PD Ports has completed the first phase of its latest expansion programme to further develop its existing container terminal handling facilities at Teesport on the North East coast. Read at PD Ports completes first phase of container handling expansion plan

• Panama Canal Gets like to dredge the entrance Atlantic

     The Panama Canal Authority said it has received bids from a number of global engineering and construction firms for the contract to dredge the Atlantic entrance to the canal. The Atlantic entrance dredging project is part of the Canal’s $5.25 billion expansion program to ensure larger, wider ships can reach the

• Panama Canal Gets like to dredge the entrance Atlantic

    The Panama Canal Authority said it has received bids from a number of global engineering and construction firms for the contract to dredge the Atlantic entrance to the canal. The Atlantic entrance dredging project is part of the Canal’s $5.25 billion expansion program to ensure larger, wider ships can reach the new

• Hanjin Shipping Announces 2010 Trans-Atlantic Rate Recovery Program

    Hanjin Shipping has announced a rate recovery program for the Trans-Atlantic trade in the year 2010. The program, consisting of three quarterly rate restorations, will be applied to all shipments between North America, Northern Europe and the Mediterranean, both east and west bound. Details are as follows: < 2010 Trans-Atlantic

• Trans-Atlantic ACL Raise Prices

     Atlantic Container Line said it will raise rates on east- and westbound trans-Atlantic cargo, effective April 1. The increases, which are the same for cargo moving in both directions, are $250 per 20-foot container and $400 per 40-footer. The move continues a trend in multiple trade lanes after carriers reduced capacity

• UK North West Development Agency in 2010 Ocean Gateway includes regional strategic plan

    It has emerged the North West Development Agency has included the £50bn Atlantic Gateway vision for the River Mersey and Manchester Ship Canal within their 2010 regional strategy plan. Read at UK North West Development Agency includes ocean gateway in 2010 regional strategy plan

• EU draws a line in the waters of Somalia

    The European Union has said it cannot be counted on to respond nor can it be held responsible for ship hijackings outside the defined EU NAVFOR area of operations in the waters off Somalia. In a statement from the Council of Ministers regarding the hijacking of the stone-dumping vessel Pompei

• NOAA Institutes Red Snapper Ban

     (soundings)  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Fisheries Service announced an interim rule that will prohibit commercial and recreational fishing for red snapper in federal waters off North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and the Atlantic coast of Florida.  Source

• Tsakos shipping company donates trophy Tema Traditional Ccouncil

    Sectel Limited, Tema on behalf of Tsakos Shipping and Trading Company has presented a trophy and 500 US dollars to the Tema Traditional Council (TTC) towards the community’s annual Ga traditional Homowo Gala competition. The trophy would be presented to the winning team after the final match on Sunday, August 23 at

• Ocean carbon uptake varies year to year

     (sciencenews) Data gathered by cargo ships plying the North Atlantic between 2002 and 2007 show that the ability of surface waters there to sop up CO2 varies considerably but somewhat predictably from year to year.