The 30 metre (98 footer) Alfa Romeo, described as the fastest and most successful super maxi in the world, is available for sale after its second highly successful European season ends in October, with its owner and skipper, Neville Crichton looking forward to his next sailing challenge.
The first 8,530-TEU container ship, of which China owns the full intellectual property rights, had been delivered to China Shipping Container Lines Co. Ltd. (Shanghai) and left for its maiden voyage to the United States on Sunday. It has made China the fourth country in the world, after the Republic
The Philippine Navy rescued 65 passengers and 17 crewmembers from a passenger ship that encountered engine trouble off the southern island province of Sulu on Saturday evening, a Navy spokesman said.
Navy top brass and politicians have attended a ceremony in Scotland to commemorate the loss of a legendary Russian ship. A bronze cross was unveiled on the coast of the Firth of Clyde to mark the spot where the warship Varyag ran aground more than 80 years ago.
A cargo ship has been refloated after running aground overnight on the island of Sanda, south of the Mull of Kintyre. One of the six crewmen had to be airlifted to safety and three others were taken ashore by lifeboat.
A massive bulk carrier was adrift and slowly sinking off Port St Johns on Friday night after all 18 crew members had been forced to abandon ship, according to the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI). The 154-metre Amul was en route from Port Elizabeth to Durban when it started taking on water and s
New 55’ deep-water terminal is the largest privately owned container terminal in the United States, largest investment in Hampton Roads area Portsmouth, Virginia (September 7, 2007) — APM Terminals Virginia officially opened its new $450 million, 291-acre container terminal (on 576 acres of land) to
Here we go: MEYER WERFT launched the production of the first steel plate for the second new giant passenger cruise vessel Celebrity Equinox for the cruise operator Celebrity Cruises (Miami). Richard Fain, CEO of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., pushed the button of the fully automated plasma torch.
Whitby’s new £1m lifeboat station was being officially opened by the Duchess of Kent on Friday. The new base replaces a 100-year-old station, known to crew members as “the old tin shed”, which was deemed inadequate for 21st Century needs.
A company which has Ukrainian majority ownership has put in an offer to save the historic Gdansk Shipyard at a price higher than face value – and has plans to retain production capacity higher than the European Union is demanding.
Samsung Heavy Industries, the world’s second-largest shipbuilder, said Thursday that it had signed the industry’s first contract for full payment in South Korean won, as the company seeks to limit gains in the currency fueled by record orders. The contract is for a 418.4 billion-won, or $446 million
Merchant vessel Cheng Le Men, carrying iron ore fines to China from New Mangalore Port, began listing to one side seven nautical miles from the port, off the Tannirbhavi coast, on Thursday. Captain Yang Jing Mu tried to bring the ship back to port, but the vessel ran aground some two nautical miles
BAE Systems has been awarded a contract by Maersk Line, Limited for the drydocking and preservation of the USNS Soderman (T-AKR 317), one of nineteen Military Sealift Command (MSC) Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off (LMSR) Ships. The 55-day work package will begin in mid-September and is valued at
With today’s grand opening of its $450 million Portsmouth cargo terminal, A.P. Moller-Maersk Group adds another piece to its sprawling business empire. Based in Copenhagen, Denmark, it is a true conglomerate with businesses ranging from container shipping and shipbuilding to oil drilling and even Eu
