Drunk crewmembers have been blamed for running a ship aground off Latvia’s north-western coast on Jan 21. Latvia’s naval coast guard service head Hermanis Cernovs told LNT television that five of the nine crewmembers of the Malta-registered ship were under the influence, including the captain.
BAE Systems and VT Group plan to relaunch their British shipyards as big exporters of warships if a planned restructuring of their interests can be agreed. BAE and VT, formerly Vosper Thornycroft, are in talks to merge their shipbuilding assets, which include the Govan and Scotstoun yards on the Cly
The Viet Nam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin) has issued an additional 500 billion VND (31.25 million USD) in bonds to mobilise capital for its shipbuilding projects. This is the corporation’s third bond issuance, which is underwritten by the Ha Noi Housing Bank Securities Company in the
Coastguard officials hope to begin pumping 3,500 tonnes of oil from the stricken ship MSC Napoli to prevent more fuel leaking into the sea. Some 200 tonnes of oil have already leaked from the cargo vessel, which is beached off the Devon coast.
Inland shipping is likely to play a more important role in China’s cargo transportation, Li Shenglin, minister of communications, said yesterday. Rail and road transport carry the bulk of the cargo across the country, but major inland waterways will be developed in next 15 years to share a larger pe
A major effort to try to reverse the decline in tuna stocks worldwide is getting under way in Kobe, Japan. Five regional bodies responsible for managing stocks of tuna, one of the most valuable and endangered species, are at the meeting.
Around 200 tonnes of oil have leaked from a cargo ship beached off the coast of Devon. Coastguards are confident the main fuel tanks have not split. It is believed the leaking oil is coming from the ship’s engine room. The MSC Napoli contains 3,500 tonnes of heavy fuel oil but the Maritime and Coast
The ss Great Britain has been short-listed for another prestigious European award. In May, Brunel’s only surviving ship, restored in her original dry dock in Bristol, won the Gulbenkian prize, with a cash award of £100,000.
NAUTILUS Minerals Inc has contracted Canyon Offshore to provide the vessel, a remote operated vehicle (ROV), and drilling equipment for a major exploration, evaluation drilling and environmental base line study programME, starting March, over its Solwara projects in Papua New Guinea.
Russian border police have seized a Japanese fishing boat in waters near a chain of disputed islands, officials in Tokyo have said. A spokeswoman for the Japanese Coast Guard said she did not know what had happened to the six people on board.
Feadship has announced the launch of the 67.00-meter (219’10”) twin screw motoryacht Anna. She is the largest yacht in terms of volume ever built by the De Vries yard in Aalsmeer, the Netherlands. This latest scion of the Feadship fleet is being kept pretty much under wraps for the time being. Only
On January 12, ISA launched the motoryacht GEMINI, the fourth hull of the award-winning ISA 120 series. MY GEMINI, like the nearly all the models of the series, is the result of the close cooperation of ISA team, the architect Vallicelli and the Cristiano Gatto Design team the interior designer. MY
The seven Indian crew members onboard a merchant ship that was attacked by LTTE rebels off the Jaffna peninsula are safe, the ship’s owners said Monday. The MV City of Liverpool, which was damaged in yesterday’s suicide attack by Tamil Tigers, is now in the port of Kankesanthurai and undergoing repa
On the 19th of October 2006, Nakheel awarded the 115 million USD contract for the New Island Development to Jan De Nul Group. The project consists of constructing a new island 50 km offshore in 20 metres deep waters. The island will have the shape of a crescent and its primary function is to provide
