On saterday September 15th, 2007 the launching was taking place of the first vessel of the type CF 7200. Madam Yulia Tymoshenko, head of the Fatherland Party and former President of Ukraine, did act in the launching ceremony among the watching eye of several hundred spectators.
Stealthgas Inc., a ship-owning company serving the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) sector of the international shipping industry, announced today that it has entered into new time charter agreements for M/V ‘Gas Sophie’, M/V ‘Gas Czar’ and M/V ‘Gas Nemesis’. In addition, the Company has entered into a
The Matthew, the replica of the ship John Cabot sailed from Bristol to Newfoundland in 1496, will visit Gloucester Docks for the first time. The square-rigged caravel is being used in sequences for a television adaptation of a Terry Pratchett comic fantasy book being filmed in the docks.
Shipbuilding companies APJ Bharti Shipyard and Essar have expressed interest in setting up two shipyards in West Bengal. Principal industry secretary Sabyasachi Sen said the representatives of the two companies had made presentations to the state government in this regard.
On 15 September 2007, the ‘Norwegian Gem’ was transported from the Meyer shipyard in Papenburg along the River Ems to the North Sea. The latest luxury liner in the Norwegian Cruise Line fleet will be powered by five 12V48/60B engines from MAN Diesel, the Augsburg-based large-bore diesel engine speci
Paragon Shipping Inc. (Nasdaq: PRGN) has announced that it has taken delivery of the third of the three drybulk carriers that it had contracted to acquire using the net proceeds of its recent public offering together with bank borrowings.
Incheon, South Korea’s second-biggest port, plans a 2 trillion won, or $2.2 billion, expansion to handle rising trade with China. The state-run Incheon Port Authority expects to build a new container pier by 2013 to more than triple container cargo volumes, Suh Jung Ho, the port operator’s chief exe
The historic Russian port city of St Petersburg has been officially announced as the race finish for the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09. This will be the first time in the race’s 34-year history that the fleet will visit a Russian port and follows the confirmation in late May that Russia will have its own
A big cargo ship was freed from a Columbia River sand bar, hours after being grounded there Monday. The ‘Hanjin Beijing’ was on its way from the Port of Portland, headed toward the Pacific Ocean and ultimately Japan, when it apparently ran aground on sand and a soft bottom a few miles downstream, ne
A massive container ship headed for Portland ran aground in the Columbia River on Monday. The 872-foot long Hajin Beijing became stuck near Columbia City, Wash.
Plans for a huge deep water terminal on Teesside, which could create up to 7,000 jobs, have taken a step closer with the removal of the last objection. PD Ports wants to create a £300m deep-sea container terminal at its current facility at Teesport.
Feadship De Vries Makkum has celebrated its royal status in style. In the pressence of 1100 guests, the Queen’s Commissioner of the Friesland province, Ed Nijpels, unveiled the crown on the roof of the ‘Makkum Cathedral’.
Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance Dr. Salman Shah held important meetings with key Chinese bankers, financial institution and shipbuilding companies for cooperation in setting up two giant shipyards in Pakistan during his visit to China.
IT is 37 metres long, weighs 300 tonnes and has its own hot tub, dining room and bar. M4 is the biggest boat to grace this year’s Southampton Boat Show. For anyone not short of a few pounds, it can be all yours for a cool £11.5m. The latest mega-yacht from south coast boatbuilders Sunseeker [&hellip
