Rolls-Royce, a world-leading provider of power systems and services for use on land, at sea and in the air, has signed an innovative 10-year contract with the UK Ministry of Defence worth £1 billion to help keep Royal Navy submarines at sea.
Having cross the starting line at Ambrose light at 18h 02′ 55′ Gmt Thursday July 19 near New York bay, maxi trimaran Groupama 3 has literally run the 2 925 miles of the Atlantic passage. She has set a new reference time of 4d 03h 57′ 54′.
Sdn Bhd hopes that with the revival of double-tracking project, parallel measures be initiated to expand rail terminal handling capacity linking its container terminal to the national grid. “Double-tracking rail link to Northport will expand rail terminal handling capacity at the port and help draw
Publicly listed PT Samudera Indonesia will build a container terminal worth Rp375 billion at Samarinda port, East Kalimantan, PT Samudera Indonesia`s Corporate Secretary Diana P Iskandar said here on Tuesday. The terminal will be operated by PT Samudera Indonesia itself and for this purpose it has e
The Volvo Trophy for the best overall national team performance at the ISAF Youth World Championships has been awarded to Australia (259 points) with Denmark second (248) and New Zealand third (230 points). Great Britain finished sixth.
After the sale of the Wally 101 last April and the Wally 100.3 two weeks ago, the largest Wally so far is signed: the Wally 50m, a blue-water sloop combining all the comforts and amenities of a mega yacht with the Wally performance and ease of handling as requested by the owner.
Royal Huisman’s latest launch has already turned heads in Valencia and Palma. Meteor was launched in May 2007, to the delight of her owners who had set a demanding brief for the yard and for naval architects Gerard Dijkstra and Partners in collaboration with John G. Alden.
Mean Machine have announced the withdrawal of their entry for the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09 after failing to secure the full funding for their campaign. The Dutch syndicate, headed by Peter de Ridder, had been in negotiations with a number of potential backers but with the start of the next event in
Hong Kong has moved a step closer to becoming a port of call for 2008-09 following a round of meetings this week between Volvo Ocean Race organisers and government representatives. The latest development follows the recent confirmation of Qingdao as an Asian stopover. The race’s commercial director
Pierre Lacagne, says: “The Monaco Yacht show is exclusively dedicated to luxury yachts. Buyers and industry specialists come from all around the world. It is the perfect showcase for NAHEMA. We have sold the first NAHEMA 120 and production of the moulds has started in Australia at the Mould Cam Comp
The Barcelona International Boat Show will be marked by growth, taking up five pavilions of the Gran Via exhibition centre and two docks in Port Vell, where the on-water exhibition will feature mega yachts for the first time. The total area amounts to 115,000 m2 . From the 3rd to the 11th of Novembe
A guide for tackling an infectious vomiting bug on board cruise ships has been compiled by health experts. Norovirus causes sickness and diarrhoea and is easily transmitted in confined places, such as hospitals and schools. But the bug has also struck thousands of people on cruises in recent years,
Three men had a narrow escape after their boat capsized off the coast of Shetland. A father and two sons were fishing off Gletness when their boat was hit by a swell of water on Sunday night.
Kent firefighters have tackled a fire on board one of the car decks of a passenger ferry at the port of Dover. They were called to the Eastern Docks just after 0930 BST after a fire broke out in a boat trailer on board the Maersk Dunkerque ferry.
