More than 100 jobs will be created in Hampshire after shipbuilding company VT Group won a £150m contract to build three off-shore patrol vessels.
Zapatero, visited Port America’s Cup today accompanied by the Minister of Public Works, Magdalena Álvarez, the President of the Regional Government, Francisco Camps, and the Mayoress of Valencia, Rita Barberá.
On Saturday 14th April, Port America’s Cup will celebrate one of its most long-awaited moments, the official opening Boat Parade for the 32nd America’s Cup. The final stages of the event will begin two days later with the first racing of the Louis Vuitton Cup. The winner will face Alinghi in the 32n
During the 2005-06 race, event organizers adopted the Save the Albatross campaign after becoming aware that around 100,000 albatross die each year after being caught on longline fishing hooks. In 2008-09 the race will increase efforts to protect these magnificent seabirds, and the new route will cre
Earthrace has now left San Diego and is continuing on her round-the-world speed record attempt. The unique wavepiercing vessel was involved in a collision off the coast of Guatemala with an unlit fishing skiff, resulting in considerable damage that has been mostly repaired in San Diego. She is now 8
As the sun rises above the Aral Sea, Alek, a local fisherman, steers the boat, leans forward and pulls the net out of the glittering water. It is full of carp, sturgeon and flounder – just two years ago he could not have even dreamt of this catch.
The number of cruise ships calling at the Isle of Man’s Douglas harbour is expected to rise this year.
Rescuers searched Monday for 20 crew members who were missing after a Chinese ship and a foreign cargo vessel collided off the east China coast, officials said.
Transocean Inc. (NYSE:RIG) today announced that its affiliate, Transocean Offshore International Ventures Limited (“Transocean”), has entered into an agreement with Pacific Drilling Limited (“Pacific Drilling”), providing Transocean with the exclusive marketing right for two currently unnamed deepwa
China’s seas contributed 2.09 trillion yuan (272 billion U.S. dollars), or 10.01 percent, of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) last year, according to a report on China’s marine economy in 2006.
At least 20 crew members are missing after two Cambodian and Chinese cargo ships collided off the east coast of China, state media has reported.
The fate of Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust’s (JNPT) crucial Rs 800 crore dredging project is likely to be decided next week. Once that is decided, clarity will emerge on what kind of large vessels can berth at the port. Four international dredging companies — Boskalis, Van Oord BV of Netherlands, Jan D
The first public cruise around the wreck of the beached container ship Napoli has taken place. The Pride of Exmouth, a 250-seater passenger boat, toured around the wreck, keeping clear of the 500m (1,640 ft) exclusion zone.
Port of London Authority chairman, Simon Sherrard, has called for Government to approve without further delay the long awaited London Gateway, a container port and business park development that DP World plans for the north bank of the Thames in Essex.
