A large visitor was turning heads on the waterfront this week. The mega yacht “Princess Mariana” pulled up to the dock on Water Street on Wednesday. Since then, the 250-foot yacht has been catching people’s attention.
Dockwise has contracted SMIT Salvage to salvage the Mighty Servant 3. Dockwise has chosen Smit out of four competitors for their experience and the fact that they have equipment ready near the North Angolan coast where the vessel is resting at the sea bottom in approx. 53 meters of water after it sa
Evergreen and Cosco Container Lines(COSCON) are to split their current ESA service, which links Asia, South Africa and the East Coast of South America in order to create two, new upgraded services – a new ESA service between the Far East and South America and FAX, a new, enhanced Far East – South Af
TOKYO – Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL, President: Akimitsu Ashida) today announced a further upgrade of container services to/from Vietnam with a new service called Vietnam Hong Kong New Loop 3 (VH3). This is part of the company’s strategy for serial expansion of container services to meet booming
TOKYO – Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL, President: Akimitsu Ashida) today announced that the company has decided on the Brasil Maru as the name of the world’s largest iron ore carrier, which will sail under a long-term transport contract with Nippon Steel Corporation.
Around-the-world British sailor Dee Caffari has given a strong hint that she might take part in the Volvo Ocean Race after taking on the 2008 Vendee Globe. Caffari, who is bidding to break the Gallic stranglehold on the single-handed around-the-world race, told the Volvo Sailing Podcast in an exclus
Wärtsilä Corporation today inaugurated the first phase of a new reconditioning workshop in Shanghai, China. It will provide high-quality reconditioning services to owners and operators of marine engines, gearboxes, controllable-pitch propellers, thrusters and other ship equipment. This first phase r
Aker Yards has entered into a contract with Gulf Offshore NS. Ltd. for building of two Platform Supply Vessels based of the Aker design PSV 09 CD. The total value of the contract is approximately NOK 530 million. Delivery is scheduled in 4Q 2009 and 2Q 2010.
Latest models from many of the world’s leading powerboat manufacturers will be shown together for the first time at a new, free to enter, boat show. Titled the Festival of Power, it will be held at Port Solent Marina, Portsmouth, on Friday 29 – Sunday 1 July 2007 from 10am to 5pm.
Today at the inauguration of a new 36MW solar photovoltaic (PV) production line, the board of Tata BP Solar confirmed that this represents another step towards realizing the designed potential of the 300MW plant. The new production line has seen Tata BP Solar more than double its cell manufacturing
Owners of small fishing boats along the coasts of east and south-east England have been thrown a lifeline by Europe. Britain has exchanged with Germany 1.5% of its quota for North Sea prawns for permission to land an extra 150 tonnes of high-value sole.
The Korean cargo vessel manned by a Filipino crew that refused to leave Belfast harbor in northern Ireland on Tuesday “was a major marine accident waiting to happen,” crew representatives said on Thursday.
CAN Geophysical ASA (SCAN) today announced that the company has agreed to sell its three new building high capacity 3D vessels, including complete seismic equipment, to Ship Finance International Limited (Ship Finance) based on a total price of USD 210 million, or USD 70 million per vessel. The agre
The Sydney ferry Sirius has ploughed into a whale-watching ship in Darling Harbour before hitting Pyrmont Bridge, in the second ferry accident within two months. About 100 passengers were aboard the Sirius when the latest in a string of embarrassing accidents involving Sydney Ferries occurred about
