The Big Show is back. Fort Lauderdale is gearing up to welcome the 48th Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show. From October 25 – 29, 2007 the waterways will play host to the marine world’s best with more than $2 Billion worth of superyachts, boats, marine accessories, electronics, and more. An imp
With today’s heightened awareness of environmental factors, more and more boaters are looking for ways to keep waters clean and preserve the marine ecosystem. Always on the cutting edge of new advances, the 48th Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, October 25 – 29, 2007, will feature companies p
VT Shipbuilding has delivered the fourth bow section for the Royal Navy’s new Class of Daring Class destroyers to BAE Systems Surface Fleet Solutions’ Govan shipyard in Glasgow. The 50m. section, weighing some 1100 tons, was loaded out from VT’s advanced shipbuilding facilities in Portsmouth Naval B
Rear Admiral Salim bin Abdullah bin Rashid Al Alawi, Commander of the Royal Navy of Oman (RNO), has officially started manufacture of the UK’s first naval shipbuilding export order for nearly ten years at VT Shipbuilding’s facilities in Portsmouth Naval Base.
The new Moody 45DS is the first yacht in a completely new design line of traditional Moodys. Even before the official world premiere of this revolutionary deck saloon yacht at the London Boat Show next year, Moody Yachts will introduce its new deck saloon yacht to visitors of the Hamburg boat show w
Abu Dhabi Ports has signed a contract with an international alliance to implement the first phase of the Khalifa Port project at a cost of Dh5.5 billion. The alliance includes Archirodon Construction Company, Royal Boskalis and Hyundai Engineering.
Oil recovered from the Taranaki coast appears to be similar to oil produced from the Tui Area Development, Australian Worldwide Exploration Ltd. (AWE) said quoting informal advice from the Taranaki Regional Council.
Sunreef Yachts announces the first order for its 31 metres (102 feet) luxury, double-deck, sailing catamaran Sunreef 102 with a launching scheduled for early 2009. Designed by Sunreefs inhouse design team the sloop-rigged yacht is the largest catamaran manufactured by Sunreef Shipyard and will be on
Gulf Western Petroleum Corporation (“Gulf Western”) [OTCBB: GWPC | Frankfurt: GER], is pleased to announce they have been advised by the Operator that the drilling rig is on location at the Red Breast No. 1 drill site, and that the Red Breast No. 1 will spud today. After obtaining the log results fr
Plans to scrap so-called US ‘ghost ships’ on Teesside have finally been approved – four years after the first vessel arrived. In 2003, Hartlepool-based Able UK won a contract with the US Government to dismantle up to 13 vessels.
The bodies of at least seven Africans have been found in a boat off the Canary Islands, Spanish officials say. A sole survivor was found in the open-topped boat, but the Spanish interior ministry said up to 50 other people were missing.
The hull of a modern grand prix ocean racer depends on carbon fibre for its structural integrity but it is a more humble material – steel – which is at the heart of the matter for boat builders such as Eric Goetz, responsible for PUMA Ocean Racing’s Volvo Open 70.
By the early hours of this morning, two more yachts had finished the 2007 Rolex Middle Sea Race bringing the number of finishers up to thirteen. Four yachts remain on the course. Nord Star (RUS), Windsong (GBR) and Muzyka (ITA) are in a close bunch doing 8-9 knots halfway between Lampedusa and Malta
In his report on the accounts for the year ended June 30, 2007, David Moorhouse, Chairman of Lloyd’s Register, has announced that Group income rose by 17% to £497 million with good growth in operating surplus, marking the fourth consecutive year of record performance.
