Major Korean shipbuilders
In the first week of November 2006 Damen Shipyards Bergum handed over the new building dry cargo vessel ‘Blue Bay’ to its owners Blue Bay GmbH & Co. KG of Oldenburg Germany. The vessel, the first vessel in a series of 4 units, will be managed by Otto A. M
Four vessels including FPSO, ice class oil tanker, LNG vessel, and large container vessel constructed by Samsung Heavy Industries(SHI) were honored of being selected as the Best Vessels of 2006 simultaneously by Maritime Reporter, Marine Log and Naval Architect, the top three magazines specializing
A total of 4 next generation welding robots named
VT Group plc, the support services and shipbuilding company, today announces its interim results for the half year ended 30 September 2006. These results are prepared under International Financial Reporting Standards.
Boustead Naval Shipyard (BN Shipyard), formerly known as PSC Naval Dockyard Sdn Bhd, is confident of delivering the remaining four new generation patrol vessels (NGPVs) to the Royal Malaysian Navy within 36 months.
The Navy is coming to the rescue of one of its mightiest veterans, joining the operation to free the World War II aircraft carrier USS Intrepid from deep Hudson River mud that has blocked efforts to move the ship to a dry dock for renovation, officials announced Saturday.
Two vessels, the oyster dredger ‘Jacoba Prins’ and the Damen Double Ended Roro Ferry, ‘Dokter Wagemaker’, both built by the Damen Shipyards Group, were nominated for the Dutch KNVTS award. Maaskant Bruinisse B.V., a member of the Damen Shipyards Group and specialized in the shellfish industry, won t
The shipbuilding subsidiary of Manitowoc Co. Inc. has received an order for lighterage systems by the U.S. Navy valued at $65.8 million. The contract with the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Department of the U.S. Navy, represents the second option for the Improved Navy Lighterage System (INLS
The real estate arm of family-owned Shaheen Business and Investment Group (SBIG), Vantage Real Estate Development, has launched a $2.5 billion residential resort and hotel on Egypt’s Red Sea Coast. The complex also offers residents an “unparalleled level of service,” said Alex Upson, Vantage Real Es
The Marine Group of San Diego has announced two key additions to its management team – Fred Larsson as director of superyacht operations and Bill Waite as director of business development – as the company prepares to unveil a new state-of-the-art facility, complete with a 660-ton travel lift, in Dec
Rescue teams say improved weather conditions will assist in the search for the four missing crew members of a supply tug that went missing en route from Richards Bay to Cape Town last week.
The search for four crew members of a supply tug that went missing off the KwaZulu-Natal coast last week would continue, the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) said on Tuesday. Spokesman Craig Lambinon said the search was “ongoing” for the vessel which had been scheduled to enter the East London h
South Korea will not join a US-led scheme to stop and search suspicious North Korean ships, officials say. Seoul has been under increased pressure to join the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) since North Korea conducted a nuclear test on 9 October.
