The Board of Directors of Hydro have agreed to recommend to their shareholders a merger of Hydro
BAE Systems’ yards on the Clyde last year recorded their strongest growth “in generations” on the back of contracts to build warships for the Royal Navy and Malaysia, and a new generation of amphibious warfare support ships for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
Korean shipbuilders hold the world’s top five spots in order backlog. London-based shipbroker Clarkson said the world’s biggest shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries retained the top spot last month, with an order backlog of 13.47 million compensated gross tons.
Koninklijke Vopak N.V. (Royal Vopak) has announced that it will begin constructing the new Vopak Terminal Linkeroever for the storage and transhipment of liquid chemicals in Antwerp (Belgium) in February 2007. After the environmental permit was issued recently, Vopak made a start on the preparatory
Kalmar, the business area providing container handling solutions within Cargotec, has made an agreement to acquire the majority of the shares of its Spanish distributor Kalmar Espana, the leading distributor and service provider for material handling customers in Spain. The parties have agreed not t
ABG Shipyard has secured an order for construction of a vessel at a price of euro 16.54 million (about Rs 100 crore) from Vroon Offshore, The Netherlands. According to an official release issued by the company to the BSE today, the order is for a 78mts long LOA diving support vessel.
It’s regarded as one of the most impressive superyachts on the water – a frequent visitor to some of the most upmarket international locations. The $A130 million ($146m) vessel, Boadicea, anchored in Tauranga , has stunned local boaties and proved a head-turning distraction to drivers crossing the H
The first Superyacht Cup Antigua based at English Harbour, the historic Nelson’s Dockyard, Antigua completed the third and final day with a win for Patient Falcon. This gave the 29 meter, Nelson Marek designed sloop, owned by Don Smith the the overall Superyacht Cup in Antigua. In second place came
A naval ship builder is reporting record levels of investment and a growing workforce of nearly 4,000. BAE Systems Naval Ships has run the Govan and Scotstoun yards in Glasgow since 2001.
Although close to a third of the world’s superyachts are owned by Gulf Arabs, most are moored at locations outside the Gulf, suggesting that the UAE and the Gulf have the potential to become a sought-after destination ranked as ‘superyacht friendly’.
Having built a $30 million yacht, Westport Shipyard now will try its best to break it. Evviva, the second 164-foot-long craft to come out of Westport’s Port Angeles assembly plant, hit the water Sunday morning and will start two weeks of sea trials today.
Rederi AB Transatlantic, through its 50%-owned company TransViking, has entered into an agreement with the Finnish company Finstaship regarding the chartering out of one of its combined anchor-handling/icebreaking vessels for a six-month period, with the option of a two-month extension. The agreemen
There are three opponents of Russia’s strategy to become a global liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter — the Western Gray Whale, the US Government, and Gazprom. Until this week, and for quite different reasons, all three, including the LNG producer itself, Gazprom, — Russia’s energy champion, the wo
The crew of sinking yacht Felicia have been rescued in high seas 700km off the Namibian coast by a merchant ship. Cape Town’s Maritime Rescue Coordinating Centre (MRCC) confirmed shortly after 5pm on Friday that the four crew members of the Felicia had been taken safely aboard the car carrier Don Pa
