The Pha Rung Shipyard Company, under the Viet Nam Ship Building Industry Corporation (Vinashin), on Oct. 9 signed a contract to build five ships for the Forturne Marine Company of the Republic of Korea (RoK).
Emirates Team New Zealand remained third overall after a disappointing third and fifth place in the two races on the second day of fleet racing in Act 9 of the Louis Vuitton yachting series in Trapani, Spain, overnight.
Indian shipping industry is 15 years behind its Chinese counterpart but has potential to catch up soon, maintain international maritime and shipping industry experts.
A South Korean state agency that is jointly selling 51 percent of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering said Monday that it might reject bids from companies that did not support national interests. Korea Asset Management, which liquidates distressed assets at financial companies, plans to sell it
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On Saturday 1 October 2005 Odense Steel Shipyard presented its latest newbuilding for the A.P. Moller – Maersk Group.
Patrick Whittle’s column titled “Lack of dredging could hurt property values” was right on target. Charlotte County’s pruned-down version of $100 more per year for canal maintenance won’t get the work done.
Turkey, an EU candidate country, should lift its embargo against Cypriot flagged vessels and thus fully implement the Customs Union Protocol it has already signed late July. This was underlined today at a press conference marking the closing of this year’s ”Maritime Cyprus 2005” Conference that took
Wood Group Chosen to Operate and Maintain Sevan Marine’s SSP 300 FPSO in the Piranema Field, Offshore Brasil. Wood Group Chosen to Operate and Maintain Sevan Marine’s SSP 300 FPSO in the Piranema Field, Offshore Brasil .
Representatives of 29 nations, as well as international agencies, NGOs, and representatives of the shipping industry, have cooperated on new policies to deal with piracy and maritime security in the Straits of Malacca and adjacent waters.
All too often, security analysts have warned of a doomsday scenario in which terrorists use a cargo container to smuggle a nuclear bomb into the United States and detonate it in a major port, causing death and destruction, paralyzing shipping and ports around the world, and causing billions of dolla
Hurricane Katrina shifted part of Dauphin Island landward and cut a mile-wide canal across its western tip, completely destroying a long line of resort homes that faced the Gulf of Mexico, a geological survey shows.
P&O Cruises will begin operating the largest cruise ship ever built specifically for the British market from the spring of 2008, it announced this week.
The cruise industry’s answer to “Whatever will they think of next?” is surfing – on board a ship. A surf park that makes waves for stand-up surfing or body-boarding will debut on Freedom of the Seas when the new vessel begins sailing from Miami in June.
