Newfoundland has dramatically increased its official estimate for the amount of oil and natural gas off its shores, adding another decade to the life of its industry — and adding to the appeal of the stalled Hebron project. The Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board yesterday issued new estima
A Northern Ireland family have spoken of their “nightmare” aboard a luxury cruise ship hit by a vomiting virus. The Sea Princess will return to Southampton on Friday and miss out the intended destination of Lisbon, to allow extra time to disinfect the ship. More than 2,000 passengers aboard the ship
Northrop Grumman Ship Systems will build three more LPD multi-purpose transports. Northrop Grumman Co., Ship Systems’ parent company, announced late Thursday that it has received a $2.49 billion U.S. Navy shipbuilding contract to build and further develop two more San Antonio class ships. The contra
The fleet is now motor-sailing towards Panama. Currently, they still have over 1700 miles to go – which gives the crews just about enough time to indulge in some well-earned rest and relaxation and attend to some vital maintenance. Easy Cruising: Durban has constructed a canopy on their deck from a
The Volvo Ocean Race fleet departs from Portsmouth later today on the eighth leg of the race. The route west will take the fleet round Ireland and Britain and back down to Rotterdam before the final sprint to Gothenburg for the finish. Before reaching the open waters of the English Channel, the team
The bankruptcy trustee that manages the Davie Industries announced yesterday the sale of the shipyard to Norway’s Teco Management. Thibalult, Van Houtte and Associates said the transaction will be completed the end of June “even though certain conditions are still the object of negotiations.” The co
South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering, and Samsung Heavy Industries, said yesterday they had won orders to build liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers for Qatar. Daewoo said it had won a new order worth $690 million from the Qatar Gas Transport Company to build three LNG carriers.
Aker Yards and Damen Shipyards Group are planning to establish a joint venture owning the Damen Shipyards Okean yard in Mykolayiv, Ukraine. The plans will contribute to an increased steel- and shipbuilding capacity of Aker Yards. The Okean yard is able to build a variety of vessels, steel sections f
Construction of the second of a pair of twin bulk carriers for a Taiwan-based shipping company was completed yesterday in Shanghai’s Waigaoqiao shipyard. The new ship, which at 175,000 tons is the biggest of its kind in the world, was built by Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co Ltd in just 10 month
A luxury cruise ship has returned to port a day early after 200 passengers were struck down with a vomiting virus. The Sea Princess sailed to Southampton, missing out the intended destination of Lisbon, to allow extra time to disinfect the ship. A 30% refund has been offered to the 2,258 passengers
Friday at 1630GMT (1730 local time), from a start line just off Southsea castle, six Volvo 70s will start on the penultimate leg of the 2005-2006 Volvo Ocean Race to Rotterdam. The course takes the boats from Southsea towards Cowes and through a non-scoring gate just to the east of the Mecca of yach
Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co Ltd, China’s largest shipyard in terms of output, delivered a cargo vessel, the China Progress, to Taiwan-based Chinese Maritime Transport Ltd in Shanghai yesterday. The 289-meter ship, named by two girls from both sides of the straits, can hold 175,000-ton cargos
Engineering, Inc., a leading developer of NEi Nastran finite element analysis (FEA) software announced a collaborative effort with ShipConstructor Software (www.ShipConstructor.com), a developer of 3D product modeling software for the maritime industry, to develop a program that will solve a major p
The bankruptcy trustee that manages the Davie Industries announced Thursday the sale of the shipyard to Norway’s Teco Management. Thibalult, Van Houtte and Associates said the transaction will be completed the end of June “even though certain conditions are still the object of negotiations.” The com
