Cargotec’s MacGREGOR business area providing marine cargo handling solutions has received an order from the Polish-Chinese shipowner Chipolbrok for four ship board twin cranes. The ship board twin cranes will be delivered during 2007–2008 for four Chipolbrok vessels built in 1990s for upgrading thei
Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS), the wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited (Keppel O&M), has secured a contract from PetroVietnam Drilling Investment Corp (PVD Invest) to build a US$191 million jackup drilling rig. The contract was secured following Keppel FELS’s successful d
CMA CGM has officially acquired Moroccan maritime shipping company Comanav following publication of the privatization order signed by Prime Minister Driss Jettou. The company was officially transferred today in a ceremony held in Rabat led by Fathallah Oualalou, Finance and Privatization Minister, a
Tokyo, May 28, 2007 – Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation today delivered the Takahashi (hull No. 1585), a very large crudeoil carrier (VLCC), to Gios Maritima S.A. in Dalian, China. The 315,000 DWT, double-hull tanker was built at Kawasaki’s affiliate, Nantong COSCO KHI Ship Engineering Co., Ltd. (NA
The QE2 is moored off the coast of Guernsey as part of one of the island’s busiest weekends for cruise ships. The ship, weighing 70,000 tonnes and 960ft long, has a top speed of 32 knots and is one of the largest and fastest passenger vessels afloat.
The sister boat to that campaigned by American skipper John Kostecki, will have a distinct Nordic flavour and will be skippered by Sweden’s Anders Lewander (43).
South Korea launched its first Aegis destroyer at a shipyard in the southeastern port city of Ulsan on Friday, becoming the fifth country in the world to own such a ship, the Navy said.
The new SNP administration has pledged to give fishermen and their communities a “genuine voice” in decision-making. Environment Secretary Richard Lochhead declared the executive would be “relentless” in defending the interests of the fishing industry.
Gunmen have kidnapped six oil workers in Nigeria’s main oil-producing region, sources in the region say. The six were reportedly in a boat laying pipelines off the Bayelsa State coast when they were attacked.
Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) is proud to announce the Thursday, May 24th christening of the seventh of its eight 5,888-TEU vessels, built by the Imabari Shipbuilding Group.
Nova Scotians will hear next week about plans to build a US$300-million container terminal in the Strait of Canso, but attracting business to a new facility will have its competitive challenges.
A former Tyneside shipyard worker has won almost £1m damages after developing a fatal asbestos-related lung cancer. Grandfather Raymond Shanks sued Newcastle-based Swan Hunter, where he worked as an electrician for four years from 1965.
Passenger debarkation from a Carnival ship in Galveston was delayed Thursday following the discovery of a suspicious package, according to Carnival Cruise Lines. The company said the Ecstasy, had returned to Galveston at the end of five-day Caribbean cruise.
On Wednesday afternoon, Emirates Team New Zealand defeated Desafío Español 2007 for the fifth and final time to qualify for the Final of the Louis Vuitton Cup. The Kiwis will meet Luna Rossa Challenge, who dismissed BMW ORACLE Racing three days earlier.
