New Customs and immigration procedures for European visitors coming to St Lucia by yacht, is threatening the future of that sector. according to Rodney Bay Marina General Manager, Cuthbert Didier, yachtsmen from Europe now require a visa to come to St Lucia. Also, yachts now have to give Customs and
Picture this. The start line of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup just before the Racing Division sets off. Beautiful. Except you are sat on a cruising boat about two hundred feet directly in front of the line. From a small boat just beside the pin it is impressive enough as the 30-metre/25 tonne Alfa Romeo
New 2008 models from the world’s top boat builders, along with an enviable selection of pre-owned brokerage vessels will be available in the water for show-goers’ personal inspection during the 29th annual Lido Yacht Expo, Sept. 6-9 at Lido Marina Village.
Now a shipbuilder has signed a contract to get paid in Korean won. Samsung Heavy Industries said Thursday it won an order from a Norwegian company to build a floating production storage offloading facility (FPSO) and five 12,000-TEU container ships for US$1.3 billion. The FPSO order is to be settled
Buyers have been found for several parts of a boat firm which went into administration with the loss of 130 jobs in a West Sussex town. A newly-formed company will take over three of BA Peters Ltd’s six luxury boat dealerships – in Chichester, Brixham in Devon, and Swanwick, Hants.
Ericsson Racing Team has entered a new phase in its preparations for the 2008-09 race with the establishment of the team’s training base in Lanzarote. Ericsson’s training boat, the former ABN AMRO ONE (pictured above), the winner of the 2005-06 event under the stewardship of Mike Sanderson, will als
For the ever growing need of crude and because of its rising price, development of wells in deep water is becoming more common every day. To keep up with the pace of developments in that sense, the requirements for its support industry are getting more stringent. Deeper wells usually are at a bigger
Nordic Tankers has taken delivery of another handy-size product tanker. It is a 38.500 tons deadweight newbuilding from the Guangzhou Shipyard International in China. The vessel will be delivered from the shipyard late September, and taken over by the Company under the name Nordic Hanne during Janua
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.
A Chinese cargo ship tilted on one side near Tannirbhavi here and efforts are on to bring it to shore safely, officials said. Mangalore Superintendent of Police, N Satish Kumar, said the iron-ore laden ship has not been abandoned.
Alfa Romeo took line honours in the second race at the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup in a day of high drama with who Australian rival, Wild Oats, suffering a spectacular mast failure that rolled the yacht and flung all the crew into the sea.
Maersk Group and Xiamen Port (Group) held a grand opening ceremony today for the Xiamen Songyu Phase I Container Terminal at Songyu Port, Xiamen. Madam Wu Yi, Vice Premier of the State Council, presided over the opening ceremony in the presence of Madam Ma Xiuhong, Vice Minister of Commerce. More th
Multinational team led by Wärtsilä and MAN Diesel successfully complete the major HERCULES cooperative research project into the technology necessary for higher-efficiency engines with ultra-low emissions for ships. A team of more than 40 European engine component suppliers, equipment manufacturers,
Aker Kvaerner has been awarded a five year contract by Cuu Long Joint Operating Company (CLJOC) for the supply and installation of surface wellheads and valve trees in the Vietnamese Cuu Long Basin. The contract, valued at approximately NOK 300 million, is by far the largest for surface business in
