Workers who provide safe passage for ships on the River Clyde have started two days of strike action. The Pilots Group, which is represented by the Unite union, is in dispute with the river authority, Clydeport, over new working conditions.
It’s bad luck if the bubbly doesn’t break when christening a ship, so P&O recruited the Royal Marines to launch supersize liner Ventura. What are other tricks of the trade? It is traditional when launching a ship for VIP to swing a champagne bottle at the bows.
Startek Shipyards Pvt. Ltd. has unveiled two unique inland dredgers with hi-end technology at Royapuram Fishing harbour. Crawl-Cat 400 is an amphibious cutter suction dredger, while C90 Conver is a bucket/grab dredger. They will be flagged off to Dredging and Desalination Pvt. Ltd, Kolkata, and Andh
Witnesses have told an inquest how they tried to warn three people not to sail into heavy seas, moments before their boat capsized. Two brothers and a woman, all from Middlesbrough, died after their 24ft cabin cruiser overturned near Whitby Harbour in North Yorkshire in November.
An extra ship is having to be laid on to transfer gigs to the Isles of Scilly for the World Pilot Gig Championships. The move was necessary after the islands’ freight ship failed a maintenance inspection. The Gry Maritha could be out of action for six weeks after being deemed unfit to sail because o
Noil Energy ASA, operator of production licence 001 B, has concluded drilling of wildcat well 16/1-9. The well is located about 20 km north-east of the 15/3-1 S Gudrun discovery in the North Sea. The primary exploration target for the well was to prove petroleum in the Middle Jurassic and Upper Tria
Dame Helen Mirren has named a new £300m cruise ship at Southampton – with the help of the Royal Marines. The Oscar-winning actress declared: ‘I wish the ship luck and love and calm seas on her voyages,’ to mark Ventura’s official entry into service.
The Daily News reports that the Columbia River dredging project is approaching two-thirds completion, and supporters of the project are waiting to see if the final US$36 million appropriation from Congress is passed, so the job can be finished in 2009.
The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) made progress on a packed agenda when it met for its 56th session from 9 to 13 July in London. Mr. Michel Jarraud, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) addressed the openin
France. SeaMobile Europe, a division of SeaMobile Enterprises and leading provider of satellite based broadband communications and networking services, announced at the NAB show in Las Vegas a significant product update to its popular Media ClipWay software that allows journalists to cost effectivel
The skippers of two Cornish fishing boats involved in a collision did not maintain an effective lookout, an official report has said. It was initially thought the Lady Hamilton of Helford hit a submerged tree trunk before sinking off the coast of Falmouth in October last year.
Work will begin next week on the largest single capital project undertaken at Lerwick Harbour, with £12m being spent providing improved vessel access and deeper berths in the Shetland base. There will also be opportunities through land reclamation for future development. Almost 490,000 cubic metres
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President: Akimitsu Ashida) today announced that MOL has signed a time charter agreement with Gulf LPG Transport Company W.L.L. (‘Gulf LPG’) of Qatar for the first, in a series of four Liquefied Petroleum Gas(LPG) carriers currently being built at the Hyundai Heavy In
A Canadian navy frigate was watching over a Panamanian-flagged merchant ship that was without power and adrift in the North Atlantic late Thursday following an engine fire. Cmdr. Alex Grant of HMCS Toronto said his vessel arrived at the scene about 1,900 kilometres east of Cape Cod after receiving t
