Huisman, the Schiedam-based worldwide specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, will open an engineering office in Enschede in July 2009. Huisman Twente, which will be the name of the Engineering branch office, will offer employment and internship/graduation opportunities in the east par
SAFEDOR is completed. The maritime research project on risk-based ship design and approval has been concluded after four years of intensive study. Representatives from the 53 project partners of all sectors of the maritime industry and guests are meeting today and tomorrow at the International Marit
On Saturday, 25 April 2009, the longest, highest-displacement yacht Moonen Shipyards has built, the 38-metre Moonen 124, was brought out of her construction hall and launched into the Lek River. She had been under construction in Moonen’s Groot-Ammers hall since 3 May 2008, when her steel hull and a
The captain of an Italian cruise ship has given the BBC a dramatic account of how his crew fended off a pirate attack near the coast of Somalia. Capt Ciro Pinto said six pirates in a speedboat approached his ship, the Melody, and opened fire, but then fled after security men fired in the air. [&hell
The master of a ship failed to ensure the safety of three crewmen who died from a lack of oxygen in a compartment, Sheffield Crown Court has been told. Finlay MacFadyen, Robert O’Brien and Robert Ebertowski were working in an enclosed space on the Viking Islay ship off the Yorkshire coast in 2007. T
About 65 firefighters are tackling a blaze in a warehouse building close to the port area of a Norfolk resort. Crews were called to Swanstons Road in Great Yarmouth early on Sunday morning. Group manager Peter Mitchell of Norfolk Fire and Rescue said they had to deal with a major fire as well as bio
One of the world’s largest cruise ships is to be based year-round in Southampton in a move thought to be worth millions to the local economy. The 4,300-passenger Independence of the Seas was launched in 2007 and has been using the port for its summer sailings. The Hampshire port will become the Roya
A French naval frigate has docked in the Kenyan port of Mombasa carrying 11 Somalis accused of piracy. French commandos captured the men last week after an attempt to hijack a Liberian tanker. The Somalis will be handed over to Kenyan authorities for prosecution under a special agreement with the EU
Last Friday, April 24th, Van Oord’s latest trailing suction hopper dredger, VOX MÁXIMA, was named and launched at the IHC Merwede yard in Kinderdijk, the Netherlands. Her Royal Highness Princess Máxima of the Netherlands officiated during the naming and launching accompanied by dignitaries including
A fantastic debut for Canados International at the Croatia Boat Show in Split. Canados Open 90 won the prize for the best open premiering at the show and the Rome based yard announced the agreement with Best Boats Yachting as its new sole agent for Croatia and Slovenia markets. The 2009 Internationa
Oceanco’s new 86m steel hull Y706 arrived at the company’s shipyard in Alblasserdam, The Netherlands, on Saturday 18 March. Transported by barge in the short distance from Oceanco’s exclusive hull builders Zwijnenburg BV, the Y706 hull was upon its arrival joined with her two-part tri-deck aluminium
Latest VVOS Release Offers Seamless Integration with Jeppesen Marine C-Map Worldwide Cartography for Improved Navigation Safety ENGLEWOOD, COLO., April 23, 2009 – The latest version of Jeppesen Marine Vessel and Voyage Optimization Solution (VVOS), released this month, offers seamless integration wi
Bocimar contributes EUR 18.2 million (2008: EUR 8.7 million) to the consolidated result for the first quarter of 2009. After the dramatic fall in the fourth quarter of 2008 the markets for the transport of dry bulk recovered in the course of the first quarter of 2009.
Fugro N.V. (Fugro), the world’s leading geotechnical, survey and geoscience company, today announced that it has entered into a global cooperation agreement with Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS), the market leader in marine electromagnetic (EM) imaging. The agreement is in effect through 2011.
