Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co, the world’s second-largest shipyard, said today it has won three orders worth a combined US$600 million to build six ships for three companies in Russia, Africa and Europe.
Mike Slade’s sailing team Ocean Marine have today announced ambitions for their new super-maxi build to become the fastest charter yacht on the planet. The predecessor to the team’s current 98ft Leopard of London(pictured), Leopard 3 will be launched in June 2007, and plans are already underway for
The annual catch of bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean Sea and eastern Atlantic Ocean is to be cut by one fifth in an attempt to conserve dwindling stocks. The 42-nation International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (Iccat) agreed the quota cut at a meeting in Dubrovnik, Croatia.
The latest Feadship launched by Royal van Lent is the 60.96-meter (200′) April Fool, delivered to owners who required the finest luxury motoryacht that money could buy. Dedicated to private entertainment, the onboard logistics synthesize all Feadship’s know-how and experience. Highlights include a f
Sri Lanka Navy patrol craft deployed at Western seas destroyed an LTTE vessel transporting military cargo this morning (Monday the 27th of November). The naval sources said that the naval units had detected the suspicious trawler sailing towards the Island in the sea, approximately 50 Nautical Miles
IHC Holland Merwede BV is proud to announce that its subsidiary IHC Holland Dredgers BV received the contract for two trailing suction hopper dredgers of 5,600m
MISC Bhd will spend about RM20 billion on new vessels in the coming years up to 2010 as it moves to expand its fleet to meet the increased demand for shipping, particularly from the oil and gas sector. The group is capitalising on its expertise in energy transportation to meet the demand, but it rem
A 10,500-tonne cargo ship built for Japan’s NOMA Marine Transport Company was launched in northern Hai Phong city on Nov. 26. The ship, built by the Bach Dang shipyard company, is the second of its kind made under a contract with NOMA.
On Saturday 25 November 2006 Odense Steel Shipyard presented its latest newbuilding, an 11,000 TEU container vessel, for the A.P. Moller
Jade Yachts Shipbuilding Corp is to deliver the first made-in-Taiwan steel super yacht, a technology breakthrough and milestone in the nation’s shipbuilding sector. “We hope to take the shipbuilding industry in Taiwan to a higher level in terms of quantity and quality,” Jade Yachts chairman Han Pi-h
The proposed Chicalim shipyard issue rocked the extraordinary general body meeting of Chicalim Village Panchayat on Sunday, which was held following directives from the Block Development Officer (BDO).
Aker Kvaerner has been awarded a contract for the supply of a large biofuel-fired boiler plant to
As we headed toward the Dominican Republic, I began to assess the situation. I was not confident that I would find a yard capable of hauling a 98-foot Azimut and repairing it. I began to file through all my contacts that might be able to help me with this problem and I came across my […]
China Communications Construction Co., the country’s largest designer and builder of ports, plans to seek as much as HK$16.1 billion ($2.07 billion) selling shares in an initial public offering, two people with knowledge of the plan said.
