On April 20, 2006, Benetti christened the hull of 59m Xanadu. The party gathered the owner, Sir Stanley Thomas and his friends, together with the Benetti building team, owner’s representative and project manager Neil Cheston from CNI, Gregory Morisson, surveyor, and Andrew Winch’s team in the Benett
The NSW Government has helped bring together leading members of the superyacht industry to form an association to drive the multi-million dollar growth sector in this State. said David Campbell Minister for Small Business. Mr Campbell said the NSW Superyacht Industry Association formally known as
ESL Shipping Oy, a subsidiary of Aspo Plc, has secured a contract to order two new ice-strengthened dry cargo vessels from the Indian ABG Shipyard Ltd. Expanding ESL Shipping
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Approximately 40 people attended the naming ceremony of H.5286, a 115,000 TDW Crude Oil Tanker for Lundquist. The vessel was named the
Contracts covering cargo access equipment for 8 PCTCs (pure car and truck carriers) have been secured by MacGREGOR, the commitments including RoRo systems for eight 6,500-unit carriers. Recent orders call for MacGREGOR to supply complete liftable car deck sets for eight 6,500-unit PCTCs ordered by t
It looks as though movistar has gone for the northerly option. They had one tack to the east at 0925GMT and then turned north again at 1040GMT. Since then they have been down to three knots, and are currently wandering about looking for the slightest breath of wind as the wriggle their way north tow
Emirates Dredging Company LLC (EDC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of AI Nasser Holdings (ANH), has signed an agreement with IHC Holland (IHC) to build one cutter suction dredging vessel and a land booster station. The dredging vessel to be delivered in 2007 is a 1,100 kw power-on cutter with significan
At about 2300GMT on Saturday 13th ABN AMRO ONE tacked and took a big hit as they opted to go from being the most northerly boats to being the most southerly. On the other had, movistar decided to do the opposite, committing themselves to being the most northerly boat in the fleet. So what? You [&hel
According to the latest VOR website report ABN AMRO One has suffered three incidents including keel problems and a collision that has resulted structural damage. It seems that during the day yesterday during Leg 7 from New York, Mike Sanderson and team discovered the keel was not fully canting and i
Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyard in Ulsan. Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world’s biggest shipbuilder, has reported a dramatic swing from loss to profit in the first quarter to March on the back of brisk sales. South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world’s biggest shipbuilder, has reported a d
Halul Offshore Services (HOSC) will buy four new safety standby vessels at a cost of about $16mn (over QR58mn) and yesterday signed a contract with a Singaporean shipbuilder Pacific Ocean Engineering (POE). The contract for the vessels, expected to be built in 16 months at the POE
According to a report by London-based shipbroker E.A. Gibson, shipowners may have to spend as much as $7.5 billion on new oil tankers to replace vessels that will be phased out by 2010. It estimates that to fill the shortfall and in addition to those newbuildings already ordered, at least 80 oil tan
The SS France, once the epitome of Gallic glamour, is nearing her end, hauled behind a tugboat to the breaker’s yard. But Greenpeace is not allowing her to go quietly Somewhere in the Indian Ocean, a vast ship is slowly heading west. It is not travelling under its own power – its engines have long [
