Papenburg, 14/15 October 2006 Upon completion of extensive tests and engine trials the 93,500 gt cruise ship
Three people were killed and three others were missing after an offshore natural gas pipeline exploded when a tug pushing two barges struck it on Thursday, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The tug and barges hit the gas line at about 12:30 p.m. in West Cote Blanche Bay, about 100 miles (161 kilometers) so
The keel for a fisheries research vessel of the Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (CIFT) was laid on Thursday. S. Ayyappan, Deputy Director General, Fisheries, of the Indian Council for Agricultural Research, laid the keel in the presence of K. Devadasan, director, CIFT. It is the Kerala Shi
A federal jury today convicted a ship captain of criminal misconduct in a deadly docks crane collapse on Mobile’s waterfront. Wolfgang Schroder, 58, was convicted in U.S. District Court of misconduct in the March 2 accident at the Alabama State Docks container facility. At sentencing in February, Sc
BAE Systems has won a seven-year contract from the U.S. Navy to maintain Navy warships at Pearl Harbor. The company employs more than 300 people in Hawaii. The Naval Sea Systems Command contract is a multiship, multioption award. For the first year it’s worth $87 million. The Navy has an option to e
Sealegs International says it has shipped its first amphibious boat to Kuwait and has received orders for five more. It says two boats are scheduled to be shipped each month to Kuwait over the next three months, the group’s fastest entry into a new country market. It says the six Kuwait orders repre
The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat an $18.7 million contract to perform reactor- plant planning yard services for nuclear submarines and support yard services for moored training ships. Electric Boat is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) . Work will be per
Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp. of Seattle has won a $6.5 million contract to overhaul the Alaska state ferry Malaspina, the company announced Thursday. The work is to be done at Todd’s facilities in Seattle, and is to be completed by April 5, 2007. Todd performs a variety of overhauls of large commerc
When Holland America Line recently added a new Culinary Arts Center to the final ship in the fleet, all structural changes originally envisioned for the company’s $225 million Signature of Excellence initiative were complete. The comprehensive Signature of Excellence upgrades announced nearly three
Wally has sold the Tunisian controlled company WMagic to Camuzzi Nautica, which will continue the exclusive production of the WallyTender and 47 WallyPower units for the Monaco-based Group. WMagic is a high technology shipyard located in Biserte, set up by Wally in 2000 for the construction of advan
Gulfport Energy Corp. on Thursday reported a fire north of its oil and gas production facilities in the West Cote Blanche Bay production field in southern Louisiana. The company said it is gathering information about its contractors at the scene. The fire involves two contracted vessels performing w
POSCO, global No.3 steel manufacturer, said yesterday its third-quarter net profit rose about 24 percent to 880 billion won from the second quarter. But its earnings dropped more than 17 percent, compared to the same period a year ago when it marked 1.06 trillion won. In a regulatory filing, POSCO
The first day of the Superyacht Cup in Palma took place in a fresh 15-18 knot breeze yesterday and a total of 17 superyachts took part. Celebrating its 10th Anniversary this year’s event has attracted a record fleet with nine yachts over 35m in length. The first day of the event sponsored by Fortis
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