For the first time the British Marine Federation, its members and other industry partners will be exhibiting at the forthcoming SkillCity London 2005 at ExCeL.
A New Zealand Department of Labour survey found that boatbuilding was one of 15 trades that have been listed as
Carnival Cruise Lines was fined $65,000 and two of its ships were turned away from St. Thomas and San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Tuesday due to a computer glitch, the U.S. Coast Guard said. Miami-based Carnival also allegedly failed to notify officials in advance of their arrival.
LNG transportation issues are growing as more LNG enters the market. And with floating LNG facilities emerging, the ability to safely offload to another floating structure will be a crucial need. Yonghui Lui, senior research engineer, FMC Sofec, told participants at the Offshore Mechanics and Arctic
There’s a welcome sight for people who fish in the waters off Carolina Beach and the businesses that serve them. The Carolina Beach Inlet is being dredged for the first time this year. The dredger will work 12 hours a day over the next two and a half weeks.
Preparations are under way for a Sarasota County dredging project to remove shallow spots in the channel between Turtle Beach Lagoon and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway at the south end of Siesta Key, a popular outlet for recreational boats and kayaks.
Two dozen passengers sued the Norwegian Cruise Line for $100 million yesterday after one of its ships was battered by a fierce storm while racing back to New York for a TV shoot for “The Apprentice.” In the suit, filed in Miami federal court, the passengers claimed they feared for their lives on Apr
In the fall of 2004, international engineering and contracting company VOSTA LMG received a contract for an
HRH The Princess Royal, President of the Royal Yachting Association officially opened the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy on Thursday 9 June. To celebrate the opening of the
Jive Talkin scooped the prize haul at the Auckland-Suva yacht race prize-giving. Ray Haslar’s 35 footer, designed by Laurie Davidson, appeared out of the fog to cross the Suva finish line only an hour after Peter Blake’s Whitbread maxi, Lion New Zealand.
Spanish brewery Estrella Damm has joined Emirates Airlines as the major backers for Team New Zealand’s 2007 America’s Cup campaign. Estrella Damm is the last major sponsor for the team, Team New Zealand’s managing director Grant Dalton said today.
Cook Strait ferry operator Toll Shipping today revealed details of its new ferry to enter service in August. The 182m long ferry named Kaitaki, which is Maori for Challenger, can carry up to 1600 passengers and 600 cars, but no trains. Speaking at the Trenz (Tourism Rendezvous New Zealand) tourism c
The man who built Daewoo into a global corporate powerhouse and fled South Korea when the company collapsed with debts of $70 billion will return home on Tuesday to face charges of fraud, a former Daewoo spokesman said. “….” Daewoo, once a multinational giant in civil engineering, automobiles and sh
Construction has begun on what China says will eventually be the world
