Representing both Buyer and Seller, Gage Powell from the Florida Ardell office recently completed the sale of the 133′ Lurssen ketch Twirlybird V. The yacht was built by Lürssen Yachts in 1993 to a design of Ron Holland. The trial run on the yacht was especially interesting, consisting of an ocean v
ABG Shipyard Ltd has announced that the Company has delivered two vessels as per the following details: (1) LAMNALCO MACAW The 53 meter long 90 Tonne Bollard Pull Azimuth Drive Propulsion AHTS is able to carry out Anchor handling Towing Rescue, Offshore Supply, Transport Pipes, fresh water, diesel o
The Royal Navy’s newest warship has set off on an 8,000-mile journey to the South Atlantic to patrol the Falkland Islands. HMS Clyde will stop off at the Canary Islands and then Brazil before beginning its five-year tour of duty.
Luxury Yachts Ireland has replaced PetersOpal as the sole Azimut importer and distributor for Ireland and Northern Ireland, following the collapse of PetersOpal last week. Anthony Camilleri from Luxury Yachts Ireland told MBM: “This forms a major opportunity for our company which has enjoyed great s
The three massive cranes for the Port of Prince Rupert’s new $160-million container terminal were expected to be delivered by ship Monday evening, capping off one of the final elements into a transportation project touted as having benefits throughout northern B.C. The cranes — which will be able to
A cargo volume of 48,873 tonnes comprising 33,267 tonnes of import and 15,606 tonnes of export cargo was handled at the Port Qasim (PQ) during 24 hours ended 0800 hours on Monday. Brisk Shipping activity was observed at the PQ where four ships scheduled to load and offload containers and chemicals w
The port, to be built at a cost of Rs2,300 crore to handle 25 million tonnes of cargo will also have the fifth largest container terminal of the country Mumbai: Pondicherry Port Ltd, which is developing a port at Puducherry at a cost of Rs2,300 crore to handle 25 million tonnes of cargo, plans to [&
THIRTY years ago, a cargo ship sprung a leak and was scuttled off Pulau Pinang in the Redang group of islands. It flattened the reef where it was grounded, but eventually it was cut up for scrap, leaving just the keel and a section of the stern in the water. Today, these remnants of that […]
Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. , an international marine fuel logistics company that markets and physically supplies refined marine fuel and lubricants to ships in port and at sea, today announced financial and operating results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2007.
A crew has been winched to safety by helicopter after a ship hit rocks off the coast of Anglesey. Holyhead Coastguard said all six crew are safe after abandoning the 105-tonne vessel off Skerries Rocks.
The wreck of a World War I German submarine is to be moved because it is a danger to shipping off Dover. The U-boat, which has been in the Dover Strait since 1918, is 23.5m (77ft) below the surface, which does not leave enough clearance for modern ships.
Fans of the Hollywood film trilogy Pirates of the Caribbean are being invited to raise funds to help restore the fire-damaged Cutty Sark. The Black Pearl pirate ship from the film trilogy is a full-size replica of the original HMS Bounty – built for the 1962 film Mutiny on the Bounty.
A man is missing after the fishing boat he was on sank in the sea off Campbeltown, in Argyll and Bute. The 64-year-old was on a fishing trip with two other members of his family – aged 15 and 43 – when the boat went down close to Davaar Island. His companions were rescued from […]
KPMG has set a deadline of Friday to find a buyer for Peters Opal, one of Europe’s largest yacht brokers, after it was placed in administration last week. The company, based in Chichester and operating from six marinas in the UK and four in Spain, holds licences to distribute Azimut, Bavaria, Legend
