NEWCASTLE property developer Jeff McCloy seems to have pulled off a big gamble after sinking tens of millions of dollars into building a giant floating gin palace in his home town. Yesterday McCloy’s 41m catamaran, Seafaris, was named a finalist in the 2007 World Superyacht Awards. McCloy wanted a s
A lifeboat station in Cornwall has taken delivery of a state-of-the-art inshore vessel. St Ives’ IB1-type D-Class lifeboat, the Colin Bramley Parker, features a GPS tracking system and a bigger engine with electric start.
Marine Contractor Van Oord and the Academy for Financial Management of the Avans Hogeschool in Breda signed a cooperation agreement today. Both parties want to expand the already existing cooperation concerning the business administration curriculum. Van Oord is the first international company with
A barge removing containers from a stricken ship in Lyme Bay is to stay in port for at least 72 hours because of concerns about severe weather. The Bigfoot will stay at Portland because of possible swells near the wreck of the MSC Napoli.
Holland America Line Glacier Bay & Great Land Grand Tours now offer guests the convenience of arriving and departing from Vancouver, B.C. Clientele seeking the best of Alaska and the Yukon will appreciate these comprehensive 19-and 20-day CruiseTours that combine a seven-day cruise with a land tour,
A £40m ship designed for oceanographic research to monitor climate change has been formally named. The Southampton-based RRS James Cook has been described as the “world’s most advanced research ship” by the Natural Environment Research Council.
Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has delivered the software build for the Total Ship Computing Environment Infrastructure Release 4.0, the new open architecture baseline software application for the DDG 1000 Zumwalt class destroyer. Among its major capabilities, TSCEI 4.0 supports IBM(R) blade server pr
YINCHU, the largest vessel to capsize in the Huangpu River since 1949, is expected to be raised from the water tomorrow, maritime officials said today. Salvage work has been ongoing since the 15,000-ton ship sunk in December.
Ship Finance International Limited (NYSE:SFL) (“Ship Finance” or the “Company”), today announced that it is has agreed to acquire two newbuilding Capesize dry bulk vessels from Golden Ocean Group Limited (“Golden Ocean” or the “Charterer”) based on a total delivered price of $160 million, or $80 mil
Four trawlermen had to be rescued when their fishing boat began sinking off the Tyneside coast. The skipper of the Eyemouth-based “Margarets”, which had earlier sailed from Blyth, made an emergency call when water started to fill the fish room.
Golden Ocean Group Limited ( “Golden Ocean” or the “Company”) is pleased to advise that the Company has fixed out two out of four Daehan Capesize Vessels ordered in December 2006 (vessel no 3 and no 4). The vessels are fixed out for a period of 5 years at a net rate of USD 36.800 […]
Maersk Contractors has been awarded a drilling contract by Woodside Energy Ltd. for lease of a deepwater development semi-submersible to operate in Australia. The drilling contract has a duration of three years and will commence when the rig arrives in Australia in the second quarter of 2009.
Cargotec’s MacGREGOR business area providing marine cargo handling solutions has received orders for nine selfunloading systems for bulk carriers. The systems which are of MacGREGOR Nordströms model, will be manufactured in Europe and in China. The value of the received orders is approximately EUR 1
Qatar Gas Transport Company (Nakilat) is acquiring eight Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) tankers, valued at over QR2bn, to transport the produce from QatarGas 4 whose major market is the North America. As part of its massive ship acquisition programme, Nakilat has signed agreement with two Korean shipya
