Zurich, Switzerland, June 6, 2006
New Delhi – India’s Supreme Court Monday permitted asbestos- lined ocean liner SS Norway into the country’s territorial waters. The direction came after a pollution control agency had last month barred the ship from entering western Gujarat state’s Alang shipyard where it was due to be scrapped. A t
Tasmanian Treasury officials are concerned the Melbourne to Devonport ferry service is facing similar problems to the axed Sydney service and is unsustainable. The Tasmanian Government-owned ship will be sold after its last voyage in August. The discount airfares and rising fuel costs that helped fi
The Pha Rung Shipyard, a member of the Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin) on June 3 handed over a dry-cargo ship of 6,500 tonnes to Dong Do Shipping Lines Company under the Vietnam National Shipping Lines Corporation, Vinalines. The ship, named Dong Ba, is 102.79 metres long and 17 metre
At midnight local time the yachts were 20 nautical miles east of the Fastnet, at 1000GMT they were a scant 35 miles to the west. It must be a new record, the slowest passage so far during a Volvo Ocean Race or a Whitbread. Even Lizzie Green, the event oracle for historical information can
Sailing in idyllic sunny conditions, with the breeze building to 11 knots from the morning
With half of the food onboard already consumed and not even a third of the way into leg eight of the Volvo Ocean Race, it will be a slimmer set of sailors who eventually arrive in Rotterdam after their scenic tour of Ireland. Mark “Crusty” Christensen is already planning for adjusting the food quota
In a separate development, the Israel Navy is finalizing details of a contract with a German shipyard for two more submarines, which will reinforce Israel’s strategic deterrence capability, or launch a retaliatory strike against Iran from the sea in the event of a missile attack. Defense News says t
We have been working closely with Vinashin for several years now, and several major Danish companies have become involved as investors as well as suppliers. Only a few weeks ago Aalborg Industries and Vinashin opened a new factory in Hai Phong to produce marine boilers here. Earlier this year MAN B&
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The latest launch from Dutch superyacht builder Bloemsma & van Breemen, has completed sea trials and begun its shake down cruise. The 27.31 metre motoryacht, called Griffioen, has been built to the plans of De Vries Lentsch Design, which was also responsible for the naval architecture; premium Dutch
The government has lost Rs 12.596 million because of a delay in the construction and delivery of a
The first four boats (Singapore, Durban, Victoria and New York) have refuelled and are sailing south again. The process has taken less than three hours from tying up to casting off so far, and the local agent, Martin Peraza, is doing a good job there. They have also taken the opportunity to take on
Plans to build three new J Class yachts have been revealed by the J Class Association which has also announced changes to the J Class Rule to introduce a maximum rating and do away with the current waterline length limitation. The American J Yankee, the British yacht Endeavour II and a Thor Holm des
