The second edition of the Perini Navi Cup, the regatta entirely dedicated to Perini Navi yachts, has just closed. Fourteen sailing yachts, varying in size from 33 to 88 meters, challenged each other in a spectacular race in the waters off Porto Rotondo, Sardinia. The winner is the 88 meter clipper T
Police are investigating a break-in at a fish farm which resulted in a large number of farmed halibut being released directly into the sea. Strathclyde Police said that the farm near Oban, in Argyll, was targeted on Wednesday night or Thursday morning. Damage estimated at hundreds of thousands of po
Mumbai/Ratnagiri, Sept. 17 (PTI): A ship carrying about 8,000 tonnes of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) has been stuck inside the Ratnagiri port in Maharashtra’s Konkan region, a senior Coast Guard official said today. The middle of the ship Cuebride carrying Norwegian flag has been stuck in “soft mud
A still unidentified ship that anchored near a Marinduque port four days ago is now suspected of having dumped used oil in the waters of the province after “oil sheen” was found floating in the area Sunday morning. Residents of coastal barangays in Marinduque discovered the “oil sheen,” describing i
Tourism Development and Investment Company (TDIC), the tourism asset development company wholly-owned by the Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority, said yesterday it has issued a tender for the dredging and bulk filling of 40 million cubic metres of earth for its flagship Saadiyat Island project. The tender,
Although the essential security alarm system at Chittagong and Mongla ports for ships, remained off for the last four consecutive days, the government and high officials of the Chittagong Port Authority seem to be in no hurry to immediately restore the system. When contacted, State Minister for Ship
A ceremony to launch a 12,500 DWT freighter took place Saturday in Vietnam
Wrexham has remembered the World War II ship sunk in the Atlantic that the people of the town “adopted”. HMS Veteran was attacked by German U-boats after picking up 78 survivors from two other vessels which had been torpedoed. Townspeople had raised some
The 54.64M (180FT) ketch Adele is beginning a refit in Auckland. The biggest superyacht ever to have a refit done here, the work is being done by the specialist marine companies making up the Westhaven Marine cluster. Designed by Hoek Naval Architects and built by the Dutch shipyard Vitters, the yac
The Maltese Falcon, an 88m/288-ft sailing yacht built by Italian boatbuilder Perini Navi (Viareggio, Italy and Portsmouth, R.I.) for American millionaire and venture capitalist Tom Perkins was introduced on July 14 in Italy. Perini Istanbul, the boatbuilder
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The Royal Navy is celebrating its biggest ever drugs bust in the Caribbean after stopping a boatload of cocaine worth up to half a billion pounds. The smugglers set fire to their boat and illegal cargo when they were caught in a dramatic night-time operation off the north-east coast of Barbados. Whi
The U.S. Coast Guard this morning is coordinating efforts to remove a cargo ship lodged on a Fort Lauderdale reef. The Clipper Lasco was en route to Port Everglades yesterday afternoon when it ran aground at 1 p.m., U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Dana Warr said. The 645-foot vessel sailing from Fran
Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group, or Vinashin, has obtained the Government’s approval for upgrading the Pha Rung Shipyard in the northern port city of Hai Phong, according to a decision on Monday. Under the decision signed by deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung, Vinashin will spend take out St
