On Oct.30, at Quay A, a naming ceremony was held for H.4441, a 4,300 Unit PCTC for A.P.Moller. H.4441 was named
Four foreign dredging companies have been shortlisted by the Jawaharlal Nehru port to execute its Rs 8 billion project for dredging the harbour entrance channel, reports Business Line. This is seen as another indication that overseas companies are steadily gaining ground in the domestic dredging mar
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On Oct. 30, Capt. Wei Jiafu, President and CEO of COSCO Group, met with Hon. Mr. Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller, the 93-year-old retired Chairman of AP Moller-Maersk Group and Mr. Michael P. Rasmussen, Chairman of AP Moller-Maersk Group and their delegation.
An affiliate of Vietnam shipbuilding giant Vinashin Monday started work on the first of three 105,000 oil tankers under a contract last July with the state-run oil giant PetroVietnam. The US$56 million freighter to be 245m-long, 43m-wide and 20m-height will be built by Dung Quat Shipbuilding Industr
The Yokohama District Court ordered Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd. to pay a combined 210 million yen in damages Monday to former employees who say they contracted pneumoconiosis by working at its shipyards. It is the first ruling on a case involving lung disease linked to employment at a shipyard, a
A new passenger ferry beginning service this week between Meridian and Sapelo Island is sure to make special deliveries. The catamaran-style boat, the Katie Underwood, is named in honor of Sapelo’s last midwife. Underwood, whose parents were born into slavery on Georgia’s fourth largest barrier isla
A boat which ran aground on rocks off the Summer Isles is being towed to nearby Ullapool. The Harvest Caroline – a fish farm supply vessel – dragged its anchors after suffering engine failure. The coastguard said the skipper’s wife was evacuated safely from the boat. Five crew remain aboard.
The Port of Long Beach Green Flag programme to reduce ship speeds has yielded nearly 90% compliance, the port authority reported this week.
Today the 47th edition of the Fort Lauderdale Boat Show, one of America
If you’ve got it, might as well flaunt it, so how about cruising around in this 485-foot extreme super yacht with transatlantic range at sustained speeds of 40 knots? This tri-hull concept has four engines totaling 33,000hp, pushing individual water jets that get it sprinting up to 50 knots.
The replica of the 18th century Swedish merchant ship “Gotheborg” bid farewell to Shanghai Saturday after its record two months of berthing in China’s largest commercial center. During the period, the ship received about 83,000 visitors since it arrived in the metropolis on Aug. 29, and more tourist
The sales center for the landmark 16-acre Porto Hussong resort and mega yacht marina in Ensenada is now open, ready to help vacationers or retirees interested in being first in line for their piece of prime Mexico real estate; recently enhanced by Donald Trump
Trawlermen have vowed to keep looking for three crew still missing from a fishing boat lost in the North Sea. The official search for the Fife boat Meridian has been called off but crews said they would keep searching.
