Kolkata, July 28 (IANS) Jessop, a company of the Ruia Group, is planning to invest Rs.12.5 billion in West Bengal to set up a shipbuilding and repairing project and a coach manufacturing unit for underground railway systems. The group is also contemplating a public offering of Jessop, which in turn
A new Navy patrol boat designed to monitor Australia’s northern waters for illegal fishing will be commissioned at Port Pirie in South Australia tomorrow. The Armidale class ship, to be called HMAS Pirie, is the latest in a new fleet of ships dedicated to border security operations. Lieutenant Comma
The stranded Safmarine Agulhas is to be removed from East London harbour. The 17 000 ton vessel ran aground as she was leaving the harbour last month. Peter Kroon, the principal officer of South African Maritime Safety Authority, says discussions are currently under way on how best to remove the shi
A company which wants to scrap former US naval ships on Teesside has submitted an amended application. Able UK wants to dismantle up to 13 so-called ghost ships at its facility in Graythorp, Hartlepool. It applied to Hartlepool Council last October for hazardous substances consent to store a range o
As bigger container vessels enter into service, the container shipping industry is beginning to feel the pinch as demand has not picked up as much of late, says Winston W.F. Loo, managing director of Barwil Unitor Ships Service Malaysia. Barwil is part of the Wilhelmsen Maritime Services Company, th
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As luck would have it, time ran short, and the silt and mud in La Isabela Bay on the north coast of the Dominican Republic ran deep. Despite these setbacks, Indiana University archaeologists are confident they are closer to discovering some of Christopher Columbus’ lost ships — and the answer to a 5
TECHNOLOGY has made sea transport safer but the stranding of the Safmarine Agulhas near East London harbour last month has shown once again that ships are as vulnerable as ever to the capriciousness of nature. Images of containers being offloaded from the stranded vessel over the past few weeks were
ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, Alaska — A Mitsui O.S.K. cargo ship, listing in rough seas near Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, might be leaking fuel from its tanks, the U.S. Coast Guard said. “Observers have reported a light and broken sheen extending two miles around the vessel” carrying 430 metric tons of fuel oil
With the help of infrared cameras and advanced electronics, the gas processing plant at K
Poland’s Navy has identified a sunken shipwreck in the Baltic Sea as almost certainly being Nazi Germany’s only aircraft carrier, the Graf Zeppelin. The oil firm Petrobaltic discovered the shipwreck on July 12 on the sea floor about 38 miles north of Gdansk. Suspecting it could be the Graf Zeppelin,
Aker Kvaerner has been awarded a two year frame agreement to supply subsea christmas trees to Brazil’s national oil company Petrobras. The contract has a value of approximately USD 84 million. The scope of work comprises 30 subsea christmas trees with associated tools. First call-off is to comprise
The first ropax vessel of the series of five newbuildings has been delivered by Fincantieri to Finnlines in Castellamare Shipyard, Italy. The name of the vessel is MS Finnstar and she will start plying under the Finnish flag between Helsinki, Finland and Travem
The automaker had 4,700 vehicles aboard the automobile carrier Cougar Ace that began taking on water on Sunday and listed so heavily that the 23 member crew had to be rescued on Monday by the US Coast Guard. The 199.3 metre Mitsui OSK. Lines ship was still afloat on Wednesday with its keel and prope
