A CONTAINER ship collided with another ship and sank at the mouth of the Yangtze River last night due to poor visibility caused by dense fog. The 14 crew members on board were rescued hours after they were pulled into the cold water in the accident, said the Shanghai Maritime Safety Administration’s
after hitting rocks, has prompted a series of safety seminars in Northern Ireland. The family of Conor Bogues, whose body has never been found, called for more to be done to protect fishermen after the tragedy a year ago.
Hawaii Superferry Inc. confirmed Thursday night that its first ferry has successfully moved from drydock onto a barge, the first stage of launching it. The 100-meter vessel has been under construction at the Austal shipyard in Mobile, Ala., since June 2004.
Luna Rossa ITA 94 was launched today from the Team base. As in the past editions Miuccia Prada was the godmother of the event. At 11.30 a.m. she smashed a bottle of Gran Cuvée Brut 2002, a Franciacorta from the Bellavista wine cellars, on the bow of the new boat.
The operation to salvage a British freighter abandoned by its crew after it was holed and took on water 50 miles (80km) off Cornwall is continuing. The 26 crewmembers of the 62,000-tonne MSC Napoli were rescued by two helicopters from RNAS Culdrose. No-one suffered major injuries.
A luxury cruise ship, Sky Wonder, with 1,600 people on board ran aground on a sandbank about three kilometers from Buenos Aires, Navy Prefecture said on Thursday. The ship set off from Buenos Aires on Wednesday, heading for the Atlantic resort of Punta del Este in Uruguay.
The wreck of a Dutch East India Company ship discovered by divers off the Kent coast in 2004 is to be protected. The armed merchant vessel the Rooswijk sank in a storm in December 1739 with the loss of all 250 on board.
A container ship broke from its moorings during the storm that hit the Netherlands Thursday, rupturing a pipeline to the oil terminal and causing a severe oil spill, port authorities said. The Claudel broke loose shortly after midday and rammed a quay belonging to the Maasvlakte Oil Terminal (MOT).
OSHA reports that workers in the ship repair industry will be safer thanks to the partnership between OSHA and the Virginia Ship Repair Association, Inc. (VSRA). The VSRA has over 160 member companies that work in or support the ship repair industry in Virginia and along the Mid-Atlantic coast of th
Another important milestone in the development of Austal USA was achieved on January 18 with the successful launch of Hull 615, a 107 metre high speed vehicle-passenger catamaran for Hawaii Superferry. The impressive launch process was watched by a large local crowd given Austal USA’s location oppos
Sales of Statoil’s E85 biofuel grew by 270% in Sweden last year compared with 2005, and this product is due to be available at 260 Swedish service stations by the end of 2007. “Our commitment to renewable motor fuels is long term and an increasingly important part of our product portfolio,” says Hel
Fugro has completed the acquisition of Aperio Limited, United Kingdom. Aperio has 35 employees and an annual turnover of EUR 3 million. Fugro has also acquired GECO Umwelttechnik GmbH in Austria. GECO employs 15 people and has an annual turnover of around EUR 1 million. The purchase price for these
Twenty-six crew have been rescued from a damaged British container ship in the English Channel 50 miles (80km) off the Lizard in Cornwall. The crew of the MSC Napoli abandoned ship after it got into difficulties. There are no reports of any injuries.
Gales and heavy rain in the South East have halted ferry sailings and Eurostar and caused road and rail havoc. Winds of up to 70mph have forced the closure of the Kent port of Dover and Newhaven port in East Sussex.
