Worldwide passengers for both ocean and river cruises grew 8.4% to 13.4 million in 2004 and are projected to hit 15 million in 2006, according to a report released last week by the UK Passenger Shipping Association. The association, which represents leading cruise and ferry companies in the UK, said
Attempts to salvage the bulk carrier Kiperousa, which is stranded off the Eastern Cape coast, were suspended until Monday, SABC radio news reported. The attempt to refloat the 15 000-ton vessel would resume as soon as a specialist salvage master was flown in from overseas to assist with the operatio
The indigenous maritime company, Ports and Terminals Operators Nigeria Limited, which recently won the bidding rights for the Port Harcourt Terminal A has expressed confidence that with their managerial know-how, extensive infrastructure and equipment at their disposal, they would be able to manage
It has been decided to postpone the towage of a huge foundation of an offshore oil recovery platform, LUN-A, built in Nakhodka, from Russia’s Primorsky (Maritime) territory to the Sakhalin shelf. The beginning of the towage operation has been postponed till June 14, sources in the Vostochny port whe
If you’ve never been on a cruise ship, you might wonder what it is LIKE to be inside one. Is it all metal doors and portholes? The answer might surprise you. Your best option is to watch a movie that takes place on a cruise ship – I have a List of Cruise Ship Movies […]
Maritime traffic in the Bosphorus Strait halted for an hour Sunday as some 1,000 boats carrying Turkish environmental activists clogged the narrow waterway in a demonstration against the passage of oil tankers, Anatolia news agency reported. The protesters brandished banners reading “Let’s join hand
On the 8th of June 2005 Damen Shipyards Gorinchem, The Netherlands and Wilson, Sons, Brazil have signed a contract and licence agreement for the construction of a Damen Platform Supply Vessel 7216. The nearly 72 meter long vessel will be built by Wilson, Sons at their shipyard in Guaruja (Santos), B
Iridium Satellite and Radio Holland Group today signed a letter of intent at the Nor-Shipping exhibition in Oslo to come to an agreement to provide installation and support services for Iridium marine satellite communication systems. Radio Holland will make this possible through its extensive worldw
The South African Maritime Safety Authority has made contingency plans to deal with a possible oil spill from the bulk carrier Kiperousa, aground off the Eastern Cape coast. As a salvage ship from Cape Town headed to the area, measures were being put in place should estuaries need to be closed off i
Right on schedule, the VO70 movistar, the Spanish participant in the Volvo Ocean Race 2005-2006, arrived on Sunday afternoon in Galicia. The yacht sailed past the C
Maine lawmakers are reacting with skepticism to a new proposal by the Navy to generate competition between shipbuilders for its next-generation destroyer — the DDX. Congress had balked at the Navy’s recent effort to shift to a winner-take-all strategy. As an alternative, Assistant Navy Secretary Joh
A JOBS boost could be on the cards for the Rosyth dockyard if the construction of a third new super-carrier goes ahead. Armed Forces Minister Adam Ingram revealed during Defence Questions in the House of Commons that the French are planning to build a super-carrier on top of the two already programm
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John Fredriksen, Norway’s wealthiest shipowner and an avid salmon fisherman, is now casting himself into the seafood business in a big way. Fredriksen’s Greenwich Holdings Ltd is buying a stake in fish-farming business Pan Fish that’s been held by Nordea Bank since Pan Fish ran into trouble a few ye
