Scottish fish processors are calling for a public inquiry after ferry services from Shetland were cancelled for most of last week.
Three people have been rescued from the sea off the coast of Dorset. The two separate incidents happened within minutes of each other on Saturday afternoon.
After the Offshore Container Terminal (OCT) of the Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) was held up for over a year for want of security clearance from the Centre for a Chinese firm, now it is the turn of the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT).
An Indonesian ferry involved in a deadly mid-voyage fire on Thursday has sunk with several safety investigators, police and journalists on board.
Austal and New World First Ferry Services (Macau) Limited (First Ferry (Macau)) have announced the order of two new high-speed catamarans for operation between Macau and Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong. With five Austal 47.5 metre high speed passenger catamarans already in service in the New World First Fe
The management of Odense Steel Shipyard Ltd. has decided to initiate negotiations for a reduction in the number of employees due to difficulties in obtaining new orders. According to the Management the reduction may amount to approximately 140 salaried employees in the administration, design and eng
Wärtsilä Corporation and the Norwegian gas transportation company BW Gas ASA signed a contract in January 2007 for the training of BW Gas personnel at Wärtsilä Land & Sea Academy. The contract is for two years.
Noreq AS, the Norwegian supplier of maritime deck equipment, has been awarded a contract by one of the world’s leading offshore companies, Saipem (Portugal) Comercio Maritimo, worth approximately NOK 6 million. Noreq will supply lifeboats and davits for Saipem’s laying barge, the «Castoro Sei», in c
A disabled Japanese whaling vessel has restarted its engines and sailed under its own power, a whaling official said.
Pirates are reported to have hijacked a UN-chartered cargo ship delivering food aid to north-eastern Somalia.
Today at Fincantieri’s Marghera shipyard there was the delivery ceremony for the cruise ship ‘Carnival Freedom’, ordered by the world’s leading cruise operator, Carnival Group, for the brand Carnival Cruise Lines.
Unknown gunmen have killed a Lebanese construction worker on his way to work in Nigeria’s oil-rich city of Port Harcourt, say security sources.
His Highness Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, Heir Apparent of the State of Qatar, today laid the foundation stone for the Pearl Gas to Liquids (GTL) project, a world-scale integrated project that will make Qatar the GTL capital of the world.
It’s by far the biggest private yacht to be hauled out on the new Travelift at Marine Group Boat Works. And if you happen to talk to vice president Todd Roberts, who supervised lifting the 193-ft. mega-yacht Ronin from the water, it’s the largest Travelift haulout ever accomplished on the West Coast
