The State Duma on Wednesday approved long-awaited amendments to a legislative package that could ease business for Russian shipowners and could potentially infuse billions of dollars into the domestic shipbuilding industry. Over 400 deputies voted in the first reading for the amendments in federal l
China is expected to build ships totaling more than 10 million dead weight tonnage (dwt) for the first time in its history, said an official in charge of the country’s shipbuilding sector on Thursday in Beijing.
In a pioneering move, the Connexion by Boeing broadband service, already offered by several airlines, is being launched for maritime use in 50 ships operated by the London-based Teekay Shipping Corporation. Teekay has a fleet of 140 ships and transports 10 percent of the world’s oil, the company sai
The United States and Indonesia should boost intelligence and security cooperation to stem maritime terrorism in heavily traveled sea lanes around the vulnerable Southeast Asian archipelago, a study published on Wednesday said.
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.
