The 52m (170ft) sloop Kokomo, which was launched earlier this month, at Alloy Yachts International, Auckland, commenced construction in August 2004. She has a beam of 10.2m (33.5ft), draws 4.9m (16.1ft) and has a design displacement of 340 tonnes. The main engine is a 1200hp Caterpillar 3412E with o
The fleet is starting to feel the effects of the high pressure ridge coming south west from Ireland, with quite patchy runs across the board. The weather chart (courtesy of the Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Centre) shows the ridge almost on top of the fleet position. Just to the south
SS Nomadic’s triumphant return to Belfast was thrown into disarray last night following the death of a Harland and Wolff worker who had been helping to bring her to the Odyssey Arena. Hundreds of well-wishers lining the quay listened in silence as Social Development Minister David Hanson revealed th
A Hampton Roads warship has been ordered to assist in the evacuation of Americans from Lebanon, the Navy said Monday. The USS Gonzalez, a Norfolk-based destroyer with a crew of about 300, will provide protection for a Lebanese-flagged cruise ship that could ferry hundreds of U.S. evacuees to the isl
A huge Ukrainian ship canal project slicing through the Danube Delta threatens serious damage to wildlife in one of Europe’s most prized wetlands, a scientific report for the United Nations said. The canal would destroy nesting and feeding sites for unique bird colonies and spawning and nursery area
Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL.N: Quote, Profile, Research) (RCL.OL: Quote, Profile, Research), the world’s second largest cruise group, said on Tuesday that it had ordered a third 118,000 gross-registered-ton ship from German shipbuilder Meyer Werft. The first of the vessels, built for its Celebrity
Based on recent increases in demand for air freight, the peak shipping season is about to be underway, a major logistics provider said today. Rates are expected to climb accordingly, said Trans Global Logistics in a bulletin to customers. In several key regions, demand for air freight began to build
Spanish trade union CC.OO. is to challenge the privatization of the IZAR factories as it thinks the Government has broken the agreement reached with the trade unions in December 2004. Izar employeesThe privatization of the shipbuilding company IZAR comes to an end Tuesday when the state-owned holdin
Norwegian shipbuilder Aker Yards said Monday it had signed a 320-million-euro deal with Russian mining giant Norilsk Nickel over four container/cargo ships for arctic operations and an option for a fifth newbuilding. The newly contracted vessels are to be built by Aker’s German shipyards, not the He
A ship has been towed out of a Tyneside shipyard after work to complete the vessel was handed over to a rival shipyard in Scotland. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced last week that the unfinished ship Lyme Bay would be handed over from Swan Hunter to BAE Systems, at Govan.
Following two days of talks at the Food and Agriculture Organisation’s (FAO) Rome headquarters last week, six countries (Comoros, France, Kenya, Mozambique, New Zealand and Seychelles) and the European Community have signed a multilateral agreement on the management of fishing in a vast area of the
Aker Yards has signed a contract with the large Russian mining company Norilsk Nickel for delivery of four container/cargo ships for arctic operations, with an option for a fifth newbuilding. This order of Aker Yards’ Business Area Merchant Vessels has a total value of approximately EUR 320 million
The consortium of Keppel FELS and Technip has completed the offshore mating of the 25,000-tonne topside and the 4,500-tonne spider deck with hull structure, weighing 17,500 tonnes, for one of the world
A charter with Stena Drilling for the Stena Don semi-submersible has been extended by Statoil for three years plus a one-year option. Worth a total of just under NOK 4 billion, including the option, this contract will come into effect in December.
