The largest Royal Navy warship to visit Belfast for more than 30 years is expected in the city later. The crew of the HMS Albion will take part in the Belfast Maritime Festival being held at Clarendon Dock over the weekend.
Hanse Yachts have added yet another luxury model to their fleet of production yachts: the Hanse 630e is the new flagship and the largest yacht in their range. She was a finalist in this year’s ‘European Yacht of the Year’ awards. Built entirely of epoxy, its comfort and elegance will set new trends.
The 32nd America’s Cup Match has become a five race series, after Alinghi and Emirates Team New Zealand have split the first four matches. Each team has two points; the first team to earn five points will claim the America’s Cup.
A fuel leak is being blamed for a fire on board the French supply ship L’Astrolabe. The details of the blaze are in a report released by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau.
Ministers will be able to intervene from today to delay the introduction of ship-to-ship oil transfers in the Firth of Forth. Yesterday, the Scottish Parliament passed its first regulations since the election of the SNP government in May, putting barriers in the way of ship-to-ship oil transfers.
The first unit of the new model of the 70 WallyPower is underway at WallyEurope facility and the construction proceeds on schedule. All the interiors but the main salon have been fitted out, the main systems (generators, air conditioning, water makers) and propulsion system (engines with water jets)
(Sandefjord/Norway, June 29 2007): Recently, DF-Marine chose to implement the international ERP system MultiPlus. MultiPlus is owned, developed and implemented by the Norwegian international software house MultiPlus Solutions AS. For MultiPlus Solutions, signing a contract with DF-Marine is of subst
Alinghi, the Defender of the 32nd America’s Cup, beat Emirates Team New Zealand on Friday afternoon in perfect sea breeze conditions to take a 3-2 lead in the 32nd America’s Cup Match.
BP and D1 Oils plc announced today that they are to form a 50/50 joint venture, to be called D1-BP Fuel Crops Limited, to accelerate the planting of Jatropha curcas – a drought resistant, inedible oilseed bearing tree which does not compete with food crops for good agricultural land or adversely imp
Singapore, 28 June 2007 – Global transportation and logistics group Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) today announced that it intends to invest in eight large, high-speed container ships worth a total of approximately US$1 billion, subject to the satisfactory completion of contractual terms and documentati
As part of its wish to consolidate and expand its activities in the chemical tanker sector, Nordic Tankers has adjusted the ownership of the three ships currently co-owned with Eitzen Chemical. The adjustment means that Nordic Tankers will acquire ownership holdings in the vessels Sichem Copenhagen
On 1 July this year, 65 men and women will embark on one of the most ambitious, dangerous and important experimental archaeology projects ever undertaken. They will attempt to sail a reconstructed Viking warship from Roskilde, Denmark, to Dublin, across some of the roughest seas in the world.
By a majority decision the Jury dismissed the protest that Emirates Team New Zealand filed against Alinghi following race four. The Jury was not satisfied that Alinghi broke America’s Cup Class Rule 31.6, which reads: ‘Mainsails shall be able to be lowered to the deck without the necessity of a crew
A yachtsman had a lucky escape when his boat was in collision with a small cargo ship off the coast of Cornwall, coastguards said.
