Greek navy divers are continuing to search for two French tourists missing after a cruise ship sank off the Greek island of Santorini on Thursday. The 45-year-old man and his 16-year-old daughter were among 1,600 people aboard the Greek-flagged Sea Diamond when it ran aground and began taking in wat
The Challenger Commission met on Saturday morning to deal with an issue arising from a request for redress by +39 Challenge. The Jury had earlier ruled the fairest solution for all boats was to allow +39 to accept the offer of the use of a Version 5 mast from United Internet Team Germany. The Jury [
On a day that dawned with torrential downpours and fickle winds, by race time the skies had cleared and the wind soon stabilised to the point where the Race Committee could start the races after only a short delay. On the water, Alinghi continued its dominant performance in Valencia Louis Vuitton Ac
With Valencia Louis Vuitton Act 13 completed, the final opening act has been sailed, and the Louis Vuitton Ranking for challengers is complete. Based on this ranking, the challengers have been assigned bonus points which they’ll carry with them into the Louis Vuitton Cup. This ranking will also be u
The new 30-meter (100-foot) sloop Y3K was launched during a private ceremony. This Y3K is a direct development of the successful and highly awarded 29-meter (94-foot) Y3K, that was recently sold and re-named Angle’s share by her new owners.
Dubai: UAE-based and Panama registered Maritime Industrial Services Co (MIS) has won a Dh543 million ($148 million) contract to build and supply one firm and one optional Friede & Goldman Super M2 Rig, the company said in a statement yesterday.
SANTORINI, Greece (AP) — The Sea Diamond sank shortly before 7 a.m. (0400GMT), 15 hours after the accident occurred and the ship began listing and taking on water. Authorities said two French passengers — a 45 year-old man and his 16-year-old daughter — had still not been accounted for, and lists of
Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction Co., South Korea’s seventh-largest shipyard, said Friday it received a 261.2-billion-won (US$281 million) order to build five container ships for a European company.
Colombo Dockyard Limited (CDL) succeeds in securing order for construction of two numbers 250 passenger capacity ships for the Government of India. The significance of the award is that, this is the first time in the history of local shipbuilding industry that a Sri Lankan organisation (in this case
The Jury has ruled in the protest between +39 Challenge and United Internet Team Germany and awarded redress to the Italian team. In terms of the incident on the water, the Jury ruled that the German team broke Rules 10 (opposite tacks) and 14 (avoiding contact) of the Racing Rules of Sailing.
undergoing urgent repairs before continuing its around-the-world speed record attempt. Off the Guatemalan coast at night, the wave piercing trimaran ran down an unlight five metre fishing skiff of the Guatemalan coast killing a local fisherman, injuring another, whose life they saved with large volu
DRS Technologies Inc. on Thursday said it won a $7 million contract from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. to provide a high-speed network to expand communications on a Korean destroyer.
After being barred from port for more than a week, a Greenpeace anti-whaling protest ship has been allowed to dock in Japan. Authorities finally allowed the Esperanza into Yokohama port to take on food and water and exchange crew on condition that it does not receive members of the public.
The sands of Montauk resort ownership have shifted once again with this week’s $34 million sale of the Montauk Yacht Club Resort & Marina to Island Global Yachting, an ambitious international developer and operator of luxury facilities that plans to redevelop it to accommodate what a spokesman calle
