Imtech (technical services provider in Europe) announces that it recently won orders from several ship owners and shipyards in the Netherlands, Germany, Russia, the USA and the United Arab Emirates for technological solutions on board various yachts and cruise ships. The total value of these orders
Everyone knows that Australia’s Sydney Yachts, part of Azzura Marine, builds yachts for south ocean conditions and they have won enough ocean races to prove that. In the 2007 Rolex Sydney Hobart there were 14 Sydney Yachts, considerably more than any other yacht builders.
Nine passengers had to be towed to safety after a boat ferrying them to their yachts in the Conwy estuary broke down. An inshore lifeboat was launched as the vessel was swept upstream by a strong current, at 11.30am.
Shetland crabs are to be tagged to see how far they travel around the island as part of a new research project. The programme – launched by the NAFC Marine Centre in Scalloway – will check if 2,000 local brown crabs are migrating into foreign fishing waters.
For the fifth time leading European boat-magazines have elected the best yachts and power-boats of the year. After the selection out of 90 boats the Fjord 40 got the title in the class up to 40 ft length!
Chinese search-and-rescue teams were helping the hunt for a Russian ship with 17 crew that went missing in the East China sea last week, state media reported on Monday.
A new freight vessel for the Channel Island of Sark is preparing to go into full-time service. The 21m (69ft) Sark Viking will sail between Sark and Guernsey four times a week during the high season.
Relatives, friends and colleagues of fishing crews lost at sea have gathered in Hull to mark the 19th annual Lost Trawlermen’s Day. Sunday’s service also marks the 40th anniversary of the loss of the St Romanus, Kingston Peridot and Ross Cleveland trawlers, which sank in 1968.
Today Meyer Werft in Papenburg started the construction of the fourth club ship for the German cruise operator. Michael Ungerer, Member of the Board of AIDA Cruises (Rostock), pushed the button of the computer-controlled plasma torch to start the production of the first steel plate for the new ship.
ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Norway AS has exercised a two year option in their term contract with Aker Kvaerner in Stavanger, Norway. The contract covers all ExxonMobil operated assets in the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
Golden Ocean Group Limited is pleased to advise that the Company has fixed out on time charter the Panamax vessel Golden Lyderhorn. The vessel presently traded in the spot market will be delivered to the Charterer by the end of April 2008 and will be on time charter for a period of 30 to 36 [&hellip
Sasol Ltd. has awarded a contract to SPD to plan and manage drilling operations offshore Mozambique. The multi-million dollar contract has a minimum duration of three years, and includes a drilling program of two firm, and four optional wells. The first well is due to spud in 4Q 2008.
A 669-foot tank ship carrying orange juice collided with a smaller dredging ship in Newark Bay on Thursday, forcing the Coast Guard to close a waterway that leads to some of the largest shipping terminals on the East Coast for about five hours. No one was injured in the collision, but the smaller sh
General Electric plans to dredge about one-third less of the PCB-tainted soil in the Hudson River than previously planned, according to a decision announced at a citizens’ advisory group meeting Thursday. Instead, GE will focus on a hotspot near Troy and expects to remove more of the contaminant as
