The world cup sailing event Lysekil Women’s Match will be held for the fourth year in a row in Lysekil on 29 July – 2 August with Stena Bulk and Preem as the main sponsors. The competition is the world’s largest match racing event for women with prize money of about SEK 400,000. For 2009, […]
Dockwise Ltd. announces that three new contracts have been awarded to their subsidiaries Dockwise Shipping and ODL for the transportation of a semi submersible drilling rig, for the transportation of the hull of a production platform and for a FEED study of a jacket design respectively. Dockwise Shi
On Saturday 10 May 2008 Odense Steel Shipyard presented its latest newbuilding, a 7,000 TEU container ship, for the A.P. Moller – Maersk Group. Mrs Ingrid Steenstrøm Nielsen, married to Mr Finn Buus Nielsen, Managing Director, Odense Steel Shipyard, honoured A.P. Moller – Maersk and the Yard by nami
Nets made from a material used in the manufacture of bullet-proof armour and aircraft cockpit doors is being tested on fish farms. The trials in Sutherland and on the Western Isles are being run at a cost of £100,000.
An 80 tonne crane at a Govan shipyard has snapped while carrying out routine operations. BAE Systems confirmed that three employees were involved in the incident which happened at the company’s site on the Clyde at about 0800 BST. One man is being treated in hospital for minor injuries while two oth
One of the world’s largest cruise ships has been officially named by a member of the public who won a national competition for the honour. Elizabeth Hill, from Baslow in Derbyshire, won the chance to name and christen the 160,000-tonne Independence of the Seas. Built in Finland, the £400m vessel wil
Salvagers have begun preparatory work on the operation to dismantle the stricken Riverdance ferry. Contractors have started working on the inside of the ship, which is grounded off Cleveleys, near Blackpool. After everything is cleared from the hull, the ship will be cut up into sections and driven
Latvian authorities have begun evacuating hundreds of people from a cruise ship stuck on a sandbank. So far tugs have failed to free the Bahamas-registered Mona Lisa, which ran aground off Latvia on Sunday with nearly 1,000 people on board.
Wärtsilä and Emerson Process Management today announce expansion of their powerful global offshore alliance. Under this expansion, they can now deliver integrated energy and automation systems for Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessels and semi submersible oil and gas drilling rigs. The
Oman has awarded Daewoo Shipbuilding and local firm Galfar GECS.OM a construction contract worth 170.2 million rials ($442.2 million) at Duqm port, a Galfar official said on Tuesday.
A French yacht. A Japanese tanker. A Spanish fishing boat. After several years of decline, pirates are striking with increasing frequency on the high seas.Attacks in the first three months of this year were up 20 percent compared with the same period in 2007, analysts say. Last year saw more pirate
Shipwrecks, gold bullion, and a chance of a share in buried treasure… no, it’s not the Caribbean, but Lough Swilly in County Donegal. The owners of a ship which sank in the lough in 1917 are to sell shares in the 20 gold bars which it is believed are still in the wreck.
Dockwise Ltd. announces that five contracts have been awarded to their subsidiary Dockwise Shipping for the transportation of three drilling rigs and two voyages with dredging equipment. Dockwise Shipping will transport miscellaneous dredging equipment for Van Oord Dredging & Marine Contractors and
Austal has successfully launched its landmark 127 metre Littoral Combat Ship INDEPENDENCE (LCS 2) in what proved a momentous occasion for the company as it celebrates its 20th year. Since its keel laying in January 2006, INDEPENDENCE has steadily progressed within Austal USA’s purpose built construc
