For the first time ever, fans of the Volvo Ocean Race can watch live video updates of the Portsmouth In Port race on Monday 29 May. Brought to you in conjunction with Tandberg Television and Livewire Digital, not only will you be able to view the action from the racecourse, but our faithful pundits
During the tragic incident when Hans Horreovets died, the Race Headquarters management team asked both Brasil 1 and Pirates of the Caribbean to divert to go to the assistance of ABN AMRO TWO. The boats didn
A Singapore court has fined a state-linked company less than US$20,000 for safety lapses that led to the deaths of seven foreign workers in a shipyard fire, the company said. Keppel Corp Ltd, the world’s largest maker of offshore oil rigs, said in a statement that its Keppel Shipyard unit was fined
Qatar Gas Transport Company (Nakilat) and Qatargas-II have signed 25-year timecharter deals to build the world
Ninety jobs at a north Devon shipyard are at risk after the cancellation of a
Associated British Ports Holdings plc, which owns the East Anglian ports of Ipswich, Lowestoft and King
As part of mock drills, warships participating in a large multinational exercise took off into the Turkish Mediterranean Friday in pursuit of a cargo ship said to be carrying weapons of mass destruction. The exercise, with 34 countries participating, was a practice session to prepare for interceptin
Coastguards from the United States, Japan, China, South Korea, Canada and Russia will hold a joint maritime exercise for six days from Saturday, chasing a ship suspected of carrying weapons of mass destruction. Officials said this week it would be the first time China had taken part in such a joint
We refer to the announcement made by Keppel Shipyard Limited (Keppel Shipyard) on Thursday, 25 May 2006. The Company has today been fined $30,000 for strict liability offence. Yesterday, Keppel Shipyard pleaded guilty to a Charge under Section 42(a) of the Factories (Shipbuilding and Ship-Repair Reg
SINGAPORE
The keel laying function for a 2000 DWT barge (Yard No 356 & 357) for M/s M Pallonji & Cooperation Pvt Ltd, Mumbai, was held yesterday (May 24) at Dempo Shipbuilding & Engineering Pvt Ltd, Baiguinim, Old Goa. The pooja was performed by Mr Yatish S Dempo, Director, Dempo Shipbuilding & Engineering Pv
The tendering process for a fisheries protection vessel
The world’s largest cruise ship, Freedom of the Seas, arrived at its home port of Miami on May 25th, greeted on an overcast morning by hundreds of onlookers, Royal Caribbean employees, and fireboats shooting welcoming sprays of water. The 160,000 ton ship, which ultimately will carry as many as 4,37
Three years after the Coastal and Inland Shipping (Cabotage) Act 2003 was signed into law by President Olusegun Obasanjo, indigenous ship owners say they have not benefitted in any way, even as the National Maritime Authority (NMA) said it has worked out a new guideline for the implementation of the
