Superyacht industry leaders and decision makers will have a higher profile than ever before at METS 2006. Exhibition and conference organisers are preparing to welcome hundreds of international delegates and market representatives to this year
Dozens of yacht owners have been tapped by Italian authorities for not paying Sardinia
Town officials are scrambling to capitalize on a chance to dredge Greenwich Harbor for the first time in nearly four decades. The murky harbor beside Grass Island hasn’t been cleared of sand and silt since 1968. An application nearing approval could lead to dredging by mid-October, said Susan Jacobs
U.S.-listed tanker shipping group Teekay (TK.N) said on Monday it increased its stake in Norwegian offshore services group Petrojarl (PETRO.OL) to more than 40 percent and called a mandatory bid for the rest of its shares. Teekay launched the bid at 70 crowns per Petrojarl share, valuing the entire
Alinghi, the Defender of the 32nd America
A total of 450 kilos of ammonium nitrate, a key ingredient in making improvised bombs, was recovered on a ferry docked in a port in Zamboanga City, 875 kilometres south of Manila. The chemicals were placed in nine sacks, which the crew said were declared by its unidentified owner as containing dried
Strong winds brought by typhoon Shanshan overturned a car ferry in southwestern Japan, leaving at least one person dead as the storm battered the region, a news report said Monday. The automobile ferry, which was being tugged by a cargo ship for delivery to the Maldive Islands, overturned Sunday eve
A new fast ferry catamaran for the east end of the Island has been officially launched with Transport Minister Dr. Ewart Brown hinting at plans underway to reduce the public
Global Oceanic Carriers Limited (AIM:GOC), the AiM-listed Greek-based drybulk shipping company, today announces that it has entered into agreements to add two further vessels to its fleet and is proposing to enter into new ship management agreements for all of its fleet. Full details of the vessels,
Bath, Maine | The great-granddaughter of the U.S. naval officer who defeated the Spanish fleet outside Cuba’s Santiago Harbor christened the latest U.S. Navy warship to bear the Sampson name on Saturday with a bottle of champagne. Clare Parsons, 68, of Wilmington, N.C., ended the ceremony with the c
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Statoil and Plains Exploration & Production have today signed an agreement whereby Statoil will acquire PXP
Kalmar has booked new tailor-made crane orders, including two super post-Panamax ship-to-shore (STS) cranes for MSC Home Terminal in Antwerp, on top of the 15 cranes already delivered to the terminal in 2004, and one Panamax STS container crane for Sweden
Crews started removing about 2,000 tons of an aluminum ore product from a cargo ship stuck about one mile east of Fort Lauderdale beach on Sunday night, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. The Clipper Lasco ran aground on Thursday when the 645-foot vessel became lodged in a reef. The boat, sailing fr
