(BBC) From the outside, the world’s biggest and most expensive cruise ship looks like a floating block of flats.  It
is only when you are on board the Oasis of the Seas that you start to
get a sense of the scale of this enormous liner, which can cater for
more than 6,000 passengers.  Source and WATCH THE VIDEO

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• China Dongguan PSA Container Terminal launches international calls Liner

    PSA Dongguan Container Terminal (PSA DGCT), an important gateway to Southern China located on the Pearl River, welcomed its  first direct international liner service last week. PIL’s 1,334 TEU 24,689dwt vessel Koja Wijaya became the first international liner call on September 17. The weekly PIL RS3 service calls at Dongguan, Huangpu, Nansha,

• NOAA National Weather Service in the application of new wind Hurricane Scale

     (noaanews)  NOAA’s National Weather Service will use a new hurricane scale this season called the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.  The scale keeps the same wind speed ranges as the original Saffir-Simpson Scale for each of the five hurricane categories, but no longer ties specific storm surge and flooding effects to

• Asian Liner plans for Horizon

    Beginning December 11, 2010, Horizon Lines will launch a weekly trans-Pacific liner service calling the U.S.

• Shipping industry contributes $ 183 billion to world economy

    IHS Global Insight, a recognized global leader in economic and financial analysis and forecasting, has estimated that the liner shipping industry contributed direct gross output or GDP contribution to the global economy amounting to US$ 183.3 billion. Direct capital expenditure US$ 29.4 billion, direct jobs to 4.2 million and compensation

• Vale plans to build large vessels to transport ore

    It is reported that at the request of the government, the ore giant Brazil’s Vale plans to build the large-scale ore transporting ships in the local shipbuilding company. Vale is talking about several large-scale ore transporting ships carrying 400,000 tons, and at present the bidding procedure is awaited to be completed, but

• Passengers return safely to Tampa after cruise ship mishap

     (tbo) The cruise ship that bumped another liner while leaving port in Cozumel, Mexico returned to Tampa this morning.  Source

• World Shipping Council Hires General Counsel

    Butler, who will join the WSC on Sept. 1, is currently a partner in the law firm of Sher & Blackwell in Washington, D.C

• Safmarine launches new service in the Horn of Africa

     Safmarine will begin its first direct, fully-containerised shipping service between the Far East, the Arabian Gulf and the Horn of Africa at end-June.? The new service will provide direct sailings to the ports of Djibouti and Port Sudany – both currently served via transhipment via either Salalah or Jeddah.The

• MOL Asia announces the creation of MOL (HK) Ltd. Agency

     We are pleased to announce the setup of a new company named MOL (HK) Agency Ltd., which will commence operation on September 1, 2009. Under the leadership of Managing Director Hiroshi Ogawa, this new company will provide local agency functions for MOL’s Global Liner and non-Liner services servingHong Kong. MOL

• First Iranian ocean liner in the

    The first Iranian-made ocean liner dubbed as “Iran-Arak” is ready to be launched, ISCA news agency reported.  The ocean liner is 185 meters long, 30 meters wide, and has the capacity of carrying over 30,000 tons of cargo, or some 2,200 containers. It has been made by Iran Shipbuilding and Offshore