Thrustmaster of Texas, Inc. (www.thrustmastertexas.com) the largest U.S. based manufacturer of bow thrusters and Z-drives for the marine industry, is breaking ground on a new 60 acre, 200,000 square foot factory near it’s current location in Houston, Texas. The new factory is scheduled for opening b
Adventurer Jason Lewis is seeking a permanent home for the pedal boat which carried him thousands of miles during his 13 year round-the-world trip. Mr Lewis, from Askerswell, Dorset, used only human power to become the first to circle the globe on human power alone.
With the US entry Rosebud declared the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race overall IRC handicap winner yesterday, divisional places within the fleet are being decided today with yachts finishing in Hobart under spinnakers before a gentle southeast breeze. Ray Roberts’ Cookson 50, Quantum Racing has won I
Some 2,000 Palestinians returning from a pilgrimage to Mecca are stranded on two boats off the Egyptian coast. Egypt is insisting that they must re-enter Gaza through Aouja, a border crossing controlled by Israel.
Hundreds of cruise ship passengers are celebrating after being told their world trip will go ahead. Travelscope Holiday’s cruise on the MV Van Gogh, due to leave Falmouth on 4 January, was under threat after the firm went into administration.
Almost soundlessly the first steel pile for the 445-metre-long 21-metre-wide mega cruise ship pier was driven into Great Bay Thursday afternoon on the signal of Port Affairs Commissioner Theo Heyliger and Carnival Corporation Chairman Mickey Arison. Work on the new pier will be in full swing as of t
Kent’s main boating river will see ’15 essential projects’ carried out this new year totalling £2m, the Environment Agency has said. Projects on the River Medway this winter will include a £400,000 refurbishment of Hampstead Lock.
Matt Allen, the Commodore of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, the organising club for the Rolex Sydney Hobart, has crossed the finish line in the Rolex Sydney Hobart at the helm of his modified Volvo 70 Ichi Ban. She crossed at 6:01pm this afternoon, the third boat to finish the race.
Matt Allen’s Jones 70 Ichi Ban, which moved into third place when Skandia broke the top of its mast, suffered its own misfortune at 10.30am this morning when their port rudder blade snapped.
Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co., the world’s third-largest shipbuilder, said on Friday it has won a 606.1 billion won ($644.8 million) order to build a drillship for an unidentified company in Oceania.
North east of Tasman Island, barring mishap, the race leader Wild Oats XI is certain to take line honours and rewrite Rolex Sydney Hobart history as only the second yacht in 63 years to win line honours in three consecutive years.
At approximately 2.30am whilst under A2 spinnaker, sailing off Bicheno on the Tasmanian east coast with 150 miles to go, Skandia’s mast broke between the third spreader and the forestay.
Shell China Exploration and Production Company Limited has acquired a 55% equity interest in a coalbed methane venture in Shanxi Province and will take over as operator. China’s Ministry of Commerce recently approved an agreement for Shell to acquire Verona Development Corporation’s majority equity
Xcite Energy, a heavy oil company focused on the development of discovered resources in the UK North Sea, is pleased to announce that the 9/3b-5 appraisal well on the Bentley field has now spudded. The Company anticipates reaching its target depth in the second week of January, and expects testing t
