It’s official. A crewing crises is hitting the superyacht industry. With full order books and mega yachts being launched on an almost daily basis experts estimate that the crew shortage for this year alone will amount to over 3,000 persons. A new training academy with Royal Navy connections has been
VT Halter Marine Inc. announced today that it has received a contract to build three 330,000-barrel tank barges for Crowley Maritime Corp.’s subsidiary, Vessel Management Services Inc. The vessels are valued at approximately $254 million, including the cost of owner-furnished equipment.
The closure of the wharves at Sydney’s Darling Harbour tonight will be remembered as a sad but significant event in maritime history, a museum director says. The container ship Southern Moana is due to discharge the Darling Harbour wharves’ last cargo load tonight.
Feadship unveiled the newest member of the Feadstream family at the Monaco boat show, and received an overwhelmingly positive response. The all-new concept for the 55-meter F-stream design was also the recipient of some serious enquiries by potential owners, who shared the vision of Studio De Voogt
Lamprell’s revenue has leapt 50 percent in a year on year comparison of the first six months of 2006 and 2007. The oil and gas engineering specialist took in US$246.1 million in the first half of this year, in comparison to US$163.5 milllion in the same period of 2006.
The New Marina Extension includes: five SuperYacht Berths, twenty-one sixteen metre single shutes, six sixteen metre catamaran berths, plus a twenty-five metre berth, two twenty-two metre berths, a thirteen metre berth and finally an eighteen metre berth taking Southport Yacht Club’s marina capacity
More than 500 residents blockaded the entrance to Koja container terminal in North Jakarta on Thursday, hampering activities at the terminal owned by state port operator PT Pelindo II.
Shipbuilders don’t need to be near an ocean to build a boat that can sail around the world, either. Seventy miles from the nearest sea, gulf or bay, just off U.S. 441 in Alachua, Hunter Marine — one of the largest mid-priced sailboat manufactures in the country — builds about 600 oceangoing vessels
Plans which could lead to the scrapping of so-called “ghost ships” on Teesside are to be considered by councillors. Hartlepool-based Able UK wants to dismantle former US naval vessels at a facility in nearby Graythorp.
The German WSA water and navigation authority in Cuxhaven, which is responsible for the navigability of the mouth of the Elbe, has awarded the maintenance contract for preserving the depth of this section of the river to Van Oord and two other partners.
What is usually reserved for museums and galleries became a seagoing experience when SeaFair launched its first international fine art exposition on board a 228-foot, three-dock mega yacht. The Grand Luxe yacht, which is the fourth largest in the world, had its world debut on Tuesday night and will
On September 27, 2007 JSC Tatneft (Tatneft) and Shell Exploration Company (RF) B.V. (Shell) concluded Agreement on Principles of Strategic Partnership. The agreement was signed by General Director of Tatneft Shafagat F. Takhautdinov and Shell Country Chairman in Russia Chris Finlayson in the presenc
Rolls-Royce has signed a £24 million contract with a Singapore-based shipping company to supply complete marine power systems for four heavy lift vessels. The order marks an important milestone in the company’s growing marine power systems business. Rolls-Royce has options for eight more vessels wit
ABG Shipyard Ltd has informed that the Company concludes the order for construction of 12 Handysize bulk carriers of 35000 DWT each from M/s Bereederungsgesellschaft H Vogemann GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg, Germany for approximately US 360 Million (Rs 1439 Crores Approx). With this order, Company’s aggreg
