Luna Rossa Challenge finds itself in a hole this afternoon after dropping its third consecutive match in the Final of the Louis Vuitton Cup. The Italians now trail 3-0 in the ‘first to five’ series.
With less than two weeks to go to the start of the Superyacht Cup Ulysse Nardin (16-19 June) participants are preparing for the big gathering in Palma, Majorca. With up to 60 yachts racing, all measuring more than 27m overall, the event promises to be one of the most spectacular gatherings of large,
NEWPORT NEWS , Va. — Northrop Grumman’s Newport News shipyard, which has been building submarines that carry conventional torpedoes and cruise missiles, wants to get involved with designing and perhaps building ballistic missile submarines.
A major rescue operation launched in difficult weather to save a fishing boat in trouble was sparked by a damaged distress beacon.
The government has said every effort is being made to help save a Falklands warship from the scrapyard and bring it back to its home port.
Cargotec’s MacGREGOR business area providing marine cargo handling solutions has established a new division, MacGREGOR Offshore. The acquired companies, Norwegian Hydramarine and Singaporean Plimsoll will be the foundation for the new division. The offshore division will be headed by Henrik Vildenfe
The 107 metre Auto Express vehicle-passenger catamaran, launched at Austal’s Mobile, Alabama facility on January 18, 2007 for the Hawaii Superferry Corporation has been officially named “Alakai” (Hawaiian for “ocean path”). The ferry will now transit to the Hawaiian Islands to commence service in Au
At least 16 bodies have been found in the sea off the island of Malta. A spokesman for the French navy, which discovered them, said there was no sign of a boat and it was not possible to identify where they came from.
The shipyard cranes famous for mapping the skyline along the River Tyne in Newcastle are being dismantled and sent to India.
Jan Gremmen, Commercial Director at Heesen Yachts, has decided to take early retirement and will be leaving the yard on July 1st this year. After almost thirty years of continuous, dedicated service to the company, he is making way for Fabio Ermetto, who management believes will prove a worthy succe
The Earthrace boat suffered structural damage to its main hull during its crossing of the Mediterranean Sea. During this crossing she encountered a vicious storm on route from Port Said, Egypt to Malaga, Spain. This was the third severe weather system that Earthrace had endunred in 3 weeks, the othe
The French crew of Volvo Ocean Race Extreme 40 are confident of defeating Basilica in their home country after a narrow loss to the British catamaran in the German opener of the iShares Cup Extreme 40 sailing series.
In 2005, Radio Holland Connect, the satcom competence centre within the Radio Holland Group, introduced broadband satellite services. We felt the maritime market would be well served with an ‘always on’ connection, which is key for their business processes. Land based industries had already experien
Tokyo, June 1, 2007 – Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation today launched the Orient Phoenix bulk carrier for Panama-based Black Ship Line, S.A. at its Kobe Shipyard. The carrier, identified as Kawasaki hull No. 1578 and the 15th 55,500 DWT bulk carrier developed by Kawasaki Shipbuilding, will be deliv
