The new year starts for Perini Navi with the launching of project C.2085, henceforth known as Selene, a 56 meter aluminum ketch created by Perini Navi. The launching ceremony was held on Sunday January the 14th at Perini Navi’s Picchiotti facility in Viareggio in the presence of all Perini Navi work
A dive support vessel with 94 people on board which lost power after being hit by a wave in North Sea storms is to be towed to safety. Coastguards said no-one was in any danger on board the CSO Orelia but two other ships, the Far Strider and the Far Sovereign, had been standing by.
Shell fishing in the North Sea could be helping lobsters and crabs to breed, researchers in Scarborough have said. Research by the University of Hull’s Centre for Coastal Studies says the crustaceans may use trapping pots as a source of food and shelter.
The port authority yesterday hit out at the council saying council officials had misled elected members as well as the Shetland public, and had also tried to mislead port authority officials, a claim that was refuted by Mr Cluness. Shetland Islands Council will now be faced with a massive legal bill
A cargo ship which had been adrift in the North Sea in a Force 10 storm, narrowly missing two gas platforms, was under tow back to port. A rescue tug reached the 4,500-tonne Vindo at about 0900 GMT on Friday. The ship, which has a core crew on board, is being towed to the Humber.
Ferrari is passe as Ferretti becomes the new toy for the big boys. And if this is news for you, probably you haven’t felt the winds of change. If hot wheels are still trendy, flying takes you a notch higher…and sailing — that perhaps is the ultimate passion for the well heeled. Owning a yacht [&hell
The central Chinese government and nine regional governments will pump more investments into expanding shipping services on the Yangtze River, the country’s longest waterway. The funds will be used for six major tasks including dredging shipping routes in the mainstream of the Yangtze, port construc
Ship Finance International Limited (NYSE: SFL) (“Ship Finance” or the “Company”), today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire a newbuilding jack-up drilling rig currently under construction, the West Prospero (Seadrill 4), from a subsidiary of Seadrill Limited (“Seadrill”). The
The “Performance Luxury Yacht 2007” award based on the “Best of the Best” opinion poll. Pershing, the Ferretti Group brand and famous Italian shipyard specialised in the production of luxury yachts, was yesterday (January 11 2007) in Shanghai to receive the prestigious Performance Luxury Yacht 2007
Statoil will take on a record 134 apprentices at onshore facilities, platforms and office locations in Norway in 2007. Last year the figure was 119. “In 2007 we’re taking on a record number, despite the fact that this year, we will not have cook or security apprentices,” says Else Sørstrønen Amundse
Peters Opal hosted no less than four press launches at the Collins Stewart London Boat Show across nearly all of its six major brands. The launches all took place on the impressive stands of each brand.
Eyeing Record, Tycoon Builds a Bigger Yacht; Challenging the Saudis. At a shipyard in Hamburg, Germany, on a construction dock hidden from public view, workers are toiling away on a special boat. It’s called “Eclipse.” And if all goes according to plan, it will become the largest privately owned yac
A drifting 4,500-tonne cargo ship has narrowly avoided colliding with two gas platforms in the North Sea. The Vindo, which suffered engine failure on Thursday afternoon, missed one of the rigs by just 700 yds (630m), the coastguard said.
A joint venture company formed by DML and Weir Canada Inc – the Canadian Submarine Management Group (CSMG) – has been declared the preferred bidder for the Victoria In-Service Support Contract (VISSC) to provide specialist engineering expertise and in-service support for Canada’s Victoria class subm
