Aker Yards ASA has purchased 1 500 000 own shares at a price of NOK 78.6484 per share. Following the transaction, Aker Yards ASA holds a total of 4 000 000 own shares, representing 3.52 % of the total outstanding number of shares.
The stricken container ship MSC Napoli has been refloated, nearly six months after it was grounded off the south Devon coast. The 62,000-ton vessel floated free a mile off Sidmouth after 58,000 tons of water was pumped from her holds.
SSW shipyard is setting new international standards in feeder shipping. With the launch of the 152 metre-long ‘Anne Sibum’ on Saturday in Bremerhaven, the first ship of the new ‘SSW Super 1000’ series came off the slipway. This series has already come to be seen as the new standard for all feeder fr
PUMA Racing Team skipper Ken Read stepped up his preparations for the 2008-09 Volvo Ocean Race with a record-breaking run across the Atlantic to take the big-boat honours in the HSH Nordbank Race from Newport, Rhode Island to Hamburg, Germany.
Becker Marine Systems Communication, a subsidiary of Becker Marine Systems, the Hamburg/Germany based global market leader of high end manoeuvring systems, is pleased to announce an exciting breakthrough in global yacht communications, the umc.global network.
ICTSI Ltd., a wholly-owned unit of International Container Terminal Services, has finalized agreements to put up a $180 million multi-user container terminal at the Port of Buenaventura in Colombia as well as acquire Sociedad Puerto Industrial de Aguadulce S.A. (SPIA).
At 439 feet, the Royal Clipper — with five masts and 42 sails plus a state-of-the-art navigation system — is the largest full-rigged sailing ship in the world. The 200 pampered guests can help sail if they wish, or even climb the mast (in a safety harness) if they are daring.
Statoil has completed the drilling of Ballena, the second of the three wells that are part of the exploration campaign in Block 4 of Plataforma Deltana, located offshore eastern Venezuela. Out of two intervals tested, one flowed gas at significant rates.
Dockwise Yacht Transport (DYT) has announced new European headquarters in Genoa, Italy, to better service its European clients. Bert Nieuwenhuizen, a Dutch national who for the last seven years has managed the export business of Boero Colori, the Italian yacht-paint producer, will manage the office
Marine Subsea Inc. has signed a contract with Ulstein Verft for building an offshore construction vessel specialized in inspection, maintenance and repair operations (IMR/OCV) of the ULSTEIN SX121 design from Ulstein Design. The value of the contract is about NOK 900 million.
Ship design company Ulstein Design was established in 2002 as part of the new Ulstein Group. Now, five years later, Ulstein Design has built up a solid clientele and today the company sold their design number 40. Almost half of these ships have the ULSTEIN X-BOW®, the familiar inverted bow.
The Italian Naval Architect and Designer Giancarlo Zema specializes in the design of innovative semi-submerged structures. The new Superyacht Poseidon 180′ represents his vision of Plaisir en Mer. (Pleasure at Sea!) You can have one for just US$50,000,000
BP Shipping took delivery this week of the British Emerald, the world’s largest liquefied natural gas carrier (LNGC), the first in a series of dual-fuel diesel-electric gas ships. Built by Hyundai Heavy Industries in Ulsan, Korea, at 155,000 cubic metres she is the largest LNGC to date.
Hercules Offshore, Inc. (Nasdaq: HERO) announced today that it has scheduled a conference call to discuss its second quarter 2007 financial results on August 3, 2007. The call will take place at 10:00 a.m. CDT (11:00 a.m. EDT). The financial results are scheduled to be released publicly prior to mar
