Ten months after launching
More than 2,000 cruise passengers spent the day visiting Kent tourist spots as Dover welcomed a ship which is to become one of its biggest customers. MSC Lirica, which docked on Tuesday, was the first of Italian-owned MSC Cruises’s ships to stop at the port. Ten more visits are planned next year. “I
Brian Alder, 61, from Manchester was on holiday on luxury cruise ship when it was hit by a vomiting virus that spread to 200 passengers. He emailed the BBC News website with the story and soon some of the other 2,000 people on board were also contacting the site. Their
It seems as though the crew of Victoria Clipper just can
900 teu container vessel, yardnumber 568 “OOCL Sweden” has been delivered, after succesfull seatrials by Volharding Shipyard.
Further to Singapore Petroleum Company Limited
Nippon Yusen KK (NYK) (9101.TO) said Wednesday that it has signed a 25-year charter contract accord to transport iron ore with China’s Beitai Iron & Steel Group Co., riding on the wave of the booming Chinese economy. Under the accord, the Japanese marine transport company will transport a total of 7
ISS (International Superyacht Society) today released its lists of finalists 2006 International Design Awards. These yachts represent the very finest naval architecture, design, interiors, engineering and builds the large yacht industry presents in the preceding calendar year. The individual selecti
A Suffolk port has joined forces with the lighthouse authority Trinity House in efforts to rebuild areas devastated by the Asian tsunami in 2004. A 20ft container, filled with machine parts, generators and radar equipment will leave the Port of Felixstowe on 6 September for the waters of Sri Lanka.
A BOOMING South Tyneside shipyard has clinched another contract, the Gazette can reveal. The Skandi Neptune support offshore vessel will arrive at A&P Tyne in Hebburn later this month, creating work for dozens of men. And there are hopes the borough yard will secure an even bigger order within the n
Transas Scandinavia AB has announced that it has won the contract to supply Laurin Maritime with eight of the company`s simplified voyage data recorders (S-VDR) and the installation of two of their Dual ECDIS systems on vessels Barcarolle and Bolero. Transas, specialists in system integration, have
Russia is on the verge of finalising plans to build an oil pipeline linking it to Greece via Bulgaria. President Vladimir Putin is meeting Greek and Bulgarian leaders during a visit to Athens. The proposals for the 175-mile (280km) pipeline has been under negotiation for the past 14 years. Pressure
Visitors will have the chance to sail on the world’s largest tall ship for the first time when she returns to Southend Pier next month. The four-masted Russian-based, Sedov, is coming to the town – one of the crew’s favourite locations – from Thursday, October 19 to Sunday, October 22. For the first
A record 46 Maxis will take to the starting line today, Monday 4 September, for the first day’s racing in the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup 2006. The cream of the crop assembled in Sardinia’s Porto Cervo this morning with an easterly breeze of four to six knots, this event marks the biggest-ever gathering of
