Brunel’s historic steamship, the ss Great Britain, has won the Gulbenkian Prize for museums and galleries. The dockyard attraction, which recently underwent an
A SCOTS shipyard could be back in the running for a
The only floating, production, storage and off-take (FPSO) vessel in New Zealand waters, the Whakaaropai, has set sail after sitting off the Taranaki coast for the past 10 years. The Whakaaropai
42(a) of the Factories (Shipbuilding and Ship-Repair Regulations (Cap 104 Rg11)) arising from the fire on board the vessel Almudaina at its Benoi yard on 29 May 2004. Keppel Shipyard was charged for failing to ensure that the site for hot-work, No 3 Starboard Cargo tank, was free from any hazardous
Hope is fading fast within the movistar team, who have been out combing the Atlantic for their abandoned yacht, after yesterday
Russel Bowler says he is
If the Chesapeake Bay is the centre of sailing in the USA, then the Solent is the centre of sailing in the World. Cowes Week, Admiral
On May 6, 2006, Benetti launched the new 58m Sunday. She will privately cruise in the Mediterranean waters this summer. The yacht comprises five decks. Her profile is very similar the that of her predecessors, the 56m Allegro and galaxy, but Sunday
THE Edinburgh-based arm of Scottish engineering giant Weir Group has landed contracts totalling
Wheter global warming is indeed the cause, there is no doubt that extreme weather events are on the increase, warned Hans van Rooij, president of the International Salvage Union. ‘This has some important implications for salvage provision, particularly the availability of heavy salvage units needed
The General Dynamics Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) team has applied its proven open architecture and open business model approach to provide the U.S. Navy with the most capable, most affordable, best-of-industry, non-proprietary solutions for Independence, the first General Dynamics ship, now under con
On the morning of May 24th, 2006, Mr.Wu Bangguo, Chairman of the Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC), who was on an official visit to Greece, paid a special visit to COSCO Vessel M.V. YUE HE and met the crews on board at the Port of Piraeus. Mr.Zhang Fusheng, Executive Vic
China’s major ports handled 26.94 mln twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of containers in the first four months of 2006, up 22.1 pct year-on-year, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Communications. Cargo turnover rose 16.4 pct year-on-year to 1.41 bln tons during the January-April
Two Dutch sailors, foundering for three days in the storm-churned North Atlantic with torn sails, a failing engine and a sinking boat, were rescued by the cruiser Vella Gulf 1,300 miles due east of Boston, the Navy said Tuesday. The Navy coxswain operating Vella Gulf
