THE Clyde recaptured its place at the forefront of shipbuilding yesterday when HMS Daring, the Royal Navy’s most advanced vessel, was launched at Scotstoun.
Costa Crociere SpA, the leading cruise operator in Europe, will be offering cruises with departures from Dubai starting December in a marketing move which is unprecedented in the global cruise industry.
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Brussels is investigating France’s decision to send the ageing Clemenceau aircraft carrier to be scrapped in India amid concerns that the move contravenes European Union waste shipment legislation.
The U.S. Navy has awarded a $34.7 million submarine maintenance contract to the Northrop Grumman shipyard in Newport News, Va., dealing another blow to the Electric Boat shipyard, which had been competing for the work.
Scorpion Offshore Ltd. says its wholly owned subsidiary, Scorpion Intrepid Ltd., has exercised its option to construct its fifth LeTourneau Super 116 rig at Keppel AmFELS shipyard in Brownsville, Texas.
A collision between a chemical tanker and a bulk carrier in the Channel earlier this week has been described as a
TWO giant vessels will be built to help transport the A380 superjumbo wings to France. Airbus is to receive two large roll-on, roll-off transports to help ship parts of the A380 across Europe to France for the final assembly.
Among the vacancies created by growth in the sector and the retirement of long-term employees are jobs that require high levels of skill and extensive experience.
A fire broke out early Wednesday morning on a passenger vessel of the Negros Navigation Co. (NN) on the way here from Cagayan de Oro City, the Philippine Coast said Thursday.
ABOARD USS NASSAU, At Sea – USS Nassau (LHA 4) and embarked units provided assistance to a distressed vessel off the coast of Kenya Jan. 31 while conducting maritime security operations (MSO) in the area.
The biggest fear Ocean Isle leaders and residents have is if dredging along the beach doesn’t start soon, mere sand bags won’t be enough to save their homes.
Tales of swashbuckling pirates seizing ships on the high seas are the stuff of folklore and children’s stories – real piracy has a human and financial cost, as one former naval captain knows only too well.
Moves to float a restored Nelson-era tall ship to a new temporary berth have succeeded at the second attempt.
