The Australian Transport Safety Bureau says it hopes to interview the captain of a foreign merchant ship, suspected of colliding with a fishing trawler off Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.
To meet the needs and support the growth of offshore newbuilding work in China, DNV is committing extensive resources and moving its Asia head office from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Shanghai, China
Imtech (technical services provider in Europe) announces its acquisition of Metubsa S.A., a Spanish specialist in industrial maintenance. With 70 employees, Metubsa’s estimated revenue in 2007 is 4 million euro. The acquisition sum (including earn-out) is based on five times the EBITA for 2007. This
In this newly created function, John Harrison will as General Counsel be responsible in the Executive Committee for all group legal, corporate and compliance matters and will report to the Chairman and CEO of TECHNIP, Thierry Pilenko. Prior to his appointment and since 2003, John Harrison was Genera
Golden Ocean Group Limited is pleased to advise that the Company has fixed out on time charter the two Panamax vessels Mulberry Paris and Mulberry Wilton. The vessels presently traded in the spot market will be delivered to their Charterer by the end of the first quarter of 2008 and will be on time
With over half of its population living below sea level, the Netherlands is particularly at risk from the effects of climate change. One new idea is to build an island in the North Sea — in the shape of a Tulip.
The California state pilots board suspended the license Friday of Capt. John Cota, who was the pilot onboard the container ship Cosco Busan when it sideswiped the San Francisco Bay Bridge on Nov. 7 and spilled about 58,000 gallons of bunker fuel into the water.
Is it a bird? Is is a plane? No it’s a yacht – well sort of….. Appearing recently in the International Yacht Show, it’s the Focus 21 from France and it can not only sail the seven seas, it can fly over them as well. The Yacht’s design is one of a giant wing with […]
In a move to further its global market presence, CMA CGM Group today announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire US Lines based in Santa Ana, California (USL). US Lines is the vessel sharing partner of ANL, expert of the Australian-New Zealand market, and subsidiary of CMA CGM Group. The t
Nautica International has launched its new inflatable tube-mounted side door. So unique they patented the design. The dive door is an opening in the side of the inflatable boat – right through its tube. Hinged so it opens downward into the water, the door becomes a ladder with 2 inbuilt steps.
A sailor died after the keel snapped off a yacht, capsizing the vessel hours after it had undergone maintenance work, a Devon inquest heard today. The Max Fun 35 yacht, Hooligan V, sank off the Devon coast at Prawle Point, after its keel came off on 3 February.
A father and son have died after falling from a fishing boat off the Irish coast. The pair were thrown from the small boat in heavy seas in Donegal Bay.
Police evacuated the B.C. Ferries terminal at Tsawwassen Sunday and arrested a 32-year-old passenger who was overheard saying that he was going to set off a bomb on the Spirit of Vancouver. Bomb-sniffing dogs from the Delta police and RCMP swept the terminal, but failed to locate any explosives. Fer
ABG Shipyard announced on Monday that the company received Rs 64.87 million from the ministry of shipping, government of India as ship building subsidy for yard no. 210.
