A roll-on roll-off ferry which ran into trouble in high winds in the Irish Sea has run aground off Blackpool. A total of 19 crew members and four passengers were flown to safety from the Riverdance, after it was hit by a freak wave in bad weather.
The crew of a ferry in the Irish Sea are being airlifted to safety after it was hit by a freak wave in bad weather. Four passengers and four crew members have so far been rescued after Liverpool Coastguard received a Mayday call from the ship at 1943 GMT.
Ericsson have added three Swedish round-the-world debutants to their Nordic crew line-up for the 2008-09 Volvo Ocean Race. The trio, Martin Krite, Martin Strömberg and Anders Dahlsjö, all have roots on Sweden’s west coast. Dahlsjö and his colleagues are relishing the opportunity of taking part in th
Japan’s prime minister insisted a bitter dispute over whaling won’t hurt bilateral relations, a day after Australia expressed its disappointment as whalers resumed their hunt. As the row dragged on, hunt supporters and opponents held a rare meeting in Tokyo in a bid to strike a compromise in the int
In 1999 the Royal Huisman shipyard signed a contract with a German client to build a 47m sailing yacht for delivery in June 2001. Two years before the same owner had taken delivery of a 31m Jongert, Erica XI of Hamilton and this new yacht was to be named Erica XII.
The start of the salmon fishing season on the River Dee was launched as fisheries experts predicted it could be the best for several years. Chef and animal welfare campaigner Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall was the first to cast off at the annual celebration.
Attempts to salvage a ferry which ran aground off the Blackpool coast in bad weather may take another two to three days, Liverpool coastguard has warned. Severe weather is hampering the ship’s recovery and high tides which shunted it onto the sand on Thursday night will be lower over the next few da
BP and its partner, Marathon Petroleum West of Shetlands Ltd, today announced a new oil discovery in Block 204/23, following drilling on the South-West Foinaven prospect, some 190 kilometres west of the Shetland Islands. The exploration well 204/23-2 was drilled using the Paul B Loyd Junior semi-sub
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. (HHI) delivered 11 ships in January including a 10,000 TEU containership and a 216,000㎥ LNG carrier. Nine vessels were delivered before their contracted delivery dates.
South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co. said on Thursday it has won a $492.5 million order to build two liquefied natural gas carriers for an Asian shipper.
Hong Kong shipping company has cancelled construction of two giant ore carriers because of problems with financing due to tight global credit conditions. Norway-listed Jinhui said on Thursday that it terminated two contracts worth $122 million each.
Dutch Dredging has ordered a PDS2000 Hopper Guidance and Monitoring Systems (GMS) for the Trailing Suction Hopper dredger ‘Amazone’ Dutch Dredging based in Sliedrecht, Holland, has awarded RESON Rotterdam a contract to upgrade their existing Guidance and Monitoring Systems (aboard the ship TSHD Amaz
On Saturday 22 December 2007 at 14.30 hrs, the 9,000m³ trailing suction hopper dredger BREYDEL was launched at the IHC Merwede shipyard in Kinderdijk. The ship is being built for the Belgian contractor DEME N.V. (Dredging, Environmental and Marine Engineering N.V.).
Reference is made to an announcement by Jinhui Shipping and Transportation Limited dated 23 November 2007, where Jinchao Marine Inc. and Jinning Marine Inc., both are wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company, entered into two shipbuilding contracts with China Shipbuilding & Offshore International (H
