BMW Oracle Racing is set to launch the New Year in style with a unique visit to the Collins Stewart London Boat Show at ExCeL from 5-14 January. This is the first time an America’s Cup yacht has exhibited at the London Boat Show at ExCeL and visitors will be able to view the full-scale […]
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been selected to supply electronic navigation systems for six new high-speed vessels under construction at Austal Shipyards in Henderson, Western Australia. The equipment is being supplied by Northrop Grumman’s Sperry Marine business unit through contracts awarded by
Tim Hart said going to his first day of work Monday was like heading to the first day of school, except when Hart arrived he was met by friends he’d already made. On Saturday, the Tuckerton Seaport’s board of trustees announced that Hart was the new executive director of the seaport.
Typhoon Utor may change course and hit the mainland, officials from the Central Committee for Flood and Storm Control warned after a meeting in Ha Noi yesterday, urging central coastal provinces to take precautions.
The Indonesian Navy claimed Wednesday that piracy on the busy international water way of Malacca Strait has fallen sharply to two cases this year from 15 cases last year.
Gulf Energy Maritime (GEM), the Middle East’s largest independent commercial product tanker operator, has appointed UAE national Ahmed Essa Hareb Al Falahi as chief executive officer with the task of spearheading the company’s strategy to climb the world’s leading tanker operator rankings.
BC Ferries announced that the keel-laying of a new 125-car intermediate size ferry took place today at Vancouver Shipyards in North Vancouver. The event marked the beginning of construction on the third new vessel that the company has commissioned since 2004 and was recognized at a special ceremony
Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), will divest its entire 72% interest in the rig, West Berani, to SeaDrill Asia Limited (SeaDrill Asia) for approximately US$72 million. This divestment follows the completion of the semisubmersi
The latest yacht to come out of ISA is set to wow the yachting industry with its Aquamarina (named after the yacht) special metallic paint finish on her hull and blue pearlescent on her superstructure. These exciting colors add a new dimension to the already widely acclaimed curving lines and extern
Imtech (technical services provider in Europe) announces that it has won in competition a five-year technological maintenance contract worth about 300 million euro for the locations Shell Pernis and Shell Moerdijk. Pernis, near Rotterdam in the Netherlands, is the location of Shell Nederland Raffina
Yardnumber 9364 arrived mid-November 2006 by means of a tug trip of 30 hours in Dunkerque and is taken into service. Because the
General Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly-owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), today held a keel-laying ceremony for the fifth ship in the U.S. Navy
Transocean Inc. (NYSE:RIG) today announced that a subsidiary of Woodside of Australia (ASE:WPL) has awarded the semisubmersible rig Sedco 703 a one-year contract for drilling operations offshore Australia, where the rig is currently operating. The contract is expected to commence in August 2007, fol
The moving of the Hull FB239, 60m, Xanadu, took place in Livorno on December 12, 2006, and corresponded to a significant moment of Benetti Livorno facility: the full capacity of the fitting activity with 9 yachts in progress in the sheds. The ceremony gathered the owner and his friends, the Benetti
