A crisis is looming in superyacht crew availability as between 3000 and 4000 new recruits are sought to man yachts due to launch over the next 12 months. Industry research shows that there is US$1.5 billion worth of superyachts currently under construction but there are too few qualified crew to man
September 27 would witness the launch of direct container shipping services to North China region from Chennai Container Terminal (CCT). The new service called NCC would be operated on Thursdays.
The migrants are believed to be Palestinians from Gaza. The 15, suffering from exhaustion and hunger, were taken to hospitals in the city. Police said all 15 would be returned to Turkey.
The man who gave us his United Colours, who revolutionised the Italian fashion business, who made our brains hurt by yoking cheap and cheerful knitwear with images of Aids, prisoners on death row and babies trailing umbilical cords, has built the ship of his dreams. The boat is called Trib, and it i
Genco Shipping & Trading Limited (NYSE: GNK) today announced that it has reached an agreement to extend the time charter for the Genco Wisdom, a 1997-built Handymax vessel currently on charter with Hyundai Merchant Marine Co. Ltd. The extended time charter will be for an additional 35 to 37.5 months
We are pleased to announce that the Namegiving Ceremony for the VOS Tracker took place today, Friday 21 September, at the Maaskant Shipyard in Stellendam , Netherlands . The VOS Tracker is an Emergency Rescue and Response Vessel (ERRV) for safety standby and is the first in a series of four vessels
Concordia Maritime’s product tanker Stena President – the fifth of ten tankers in the P-MAX series – will be named today. The naming ceremony will be held at Brodosplit Shipyard out-side Split. After her delivery, the tanker will enter a 10-year charter with Argo Shipping and transport oil from e.g.
The operator of a cargo vessel from India and its chief engineer have pleaded guilty to environmental crimes and obstruction of justice for covering up illegal dumping of oily waste at sea, the US Department of Justice announced on Thursday.
WILLEMSTAD–An explosion on board the vessel Seamec II in the Curaçao ship repair company CDM killed five local workers Thursday morning. The youngest victim was twenty, but they were all experienced workers and some of them had been with the company for more than twenty years.
Linde has formed a Global Alliance with Single Buoying Mooring Inc. (“SBM”) to develop and market Floating Production, Storage and Offloading units (“FPSO”) for the growing Liquid Natural Gas (“LNG”) industry, based on Linde’s proprietary natural gas liquefaction technology. SBM is a public listed C
A tropical disturbance in the eastern Gulf of Mexico on Friday led several oil companies to evacuate staff from offshore rigs and reduce production of crude and natural gas.
The Nam Trieu Shipbuilding Industry Corporation on September 20 launched the construction of a cargo vessel of 56,200 tonnes. The vessel is 190 metres long, 32.26 metres wide and 18.1 metres high.
Thousands thronged Inverclyde’s waterfront yesterday to say a fond farewell to an icon of the Clyde. The QE2 set sail at 6pm to the sound of cheering crowds. As she left, well-wishers from all over the world joined the people of Inverclyde to give three cheers for a unique vessel.
British Columbia’s newest gateway for Pacific trade is open for business, and lots of it. The $170-million Fairview container terminal, a major expansion for the north coast port of Prince Rupert, was officially opened last week by a host of dignitaries from Canada, the United States and Asia.
