An Australian passenger liner has made a major impact on cruising, writes Kristie Lau. One of Australia’s unique cruising experiences has been ranked second in a listing of the world’s best expedition cruises. The Berlitz Complete Guide To Cruising And Cruise Ships 2008 annual assessment examined ab
As part of its ongoing venture of building superyachts in China the Megyacht Group LLC (MYG) has set up Wuhan Megayacht Manufacturing Ltd. This project is understood to have a 15 year time span and will involve an investment of RMB3 billion (US$404 million) to create some 2,000 jobs building yachts
The boat projects Skylge 125 Ft, presented by Hoek Design Naval Architects (Holland), and Trekker 75, by the designer Patrick J. Bray, from Bray Yacht Design & Research (Canada), won the third Barcelona Boat Show- -Madrid Diseño de Yates (SNB-MDY) Awards for Technical Innovation and Yacht Design.
Van Oord Nederland has been awarded the contract to build a quay in the Autrichehaven area of the port of Terneuzen, the Netherlands. The client is ESM and the total contract value amounts to EUR 6.9 million. By adding extra dock capacity, the port authority is responding to the huge demand for port
De Valk International has announced the sale of the Jongert 2700M ‘Matokaoma’. One of the first and most successful of the yard’s Modern Line, she is also renowned for being the first yacht to feature the sophisticated Jongert sliding roof on her wheelhouse.
BP today announced that natural gas production from the Mango field, offshore Trinidad, began on the evening of November 17, 2007. The field, in the South East Galeota Block, was first discovered in 1971 and further appraised in 2000.
After years of running his own business, Paolo Vitelli has decided to commission his own yacht. ‘I want to create my own monument,’ the 60-year-old Italian entrepreneur says as he gazes across the sprawling ship building yard
Barges and tugs working alongside the wrecked MSC Napoli have been moved to safety as strong winds batter the vessel off the east Devon coast. The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said the remaining section of the ship in Lyme Bay has moved and is listing at more than 30 degrees.
Cosco Pacific Ltd, Asia’s third-largest container-terminal operator, said one of its ventures and Pan Asia International Shipping Ltd. will form a $1 billion container terminal operator in China to handle growing trade.
Island Global Yachting (IGY), one of the world’s premier owners, developers and managers of luxury marinas and yachting lifestyle destinations and Nautical Center Prgin (NCP), one of Croatia’s leading marine industry companies, announced today a joint venture to develop Croatia’s first dedicated meg
A cargo ship with 30 Russian crew and six passengers sank in the Sea of Japan on Sunday, and 22 have been rescued, Russia’s Interfax news agency reported. The vessel sank during a storm 180 miles (288 kilometers) off Russia’s far eastern port of Nakhodka in the morning
On October 30th 2007, the second Damen Container Feeder 800 out of a series of 6 vessels was handed over to HS Schiffahrts GmbH & Co. KG MS ‘Karin Schepers’, a single ship company under management of HS Schiffahrt, Haren, Ems Germany. The next day, she left the building yard, Damen Shipyards Galati,
A crew member has died after falling down a flight of stairs on a boat, according to police. The 48-year-old man was on board a boat berthed at Greenhead in Lerwick, Shetland, when the accident happened.
Salmon spawning in the River Taff are being threatened by poachers, the Environment Agency has claimed. Officers took some of the fish out of Blackweir pool in Cardiff’s Bute Park on Friday in order to transfer them to the agency’s hatchery in Brecon.
