One, two or three hulls? More than 60 feet long, or right around 90? In the most significant step toward creating a new class of boat for the 34th America’s Cup, some of the world’s leading yacht designers and engineers today discussed three different options: multihulls of approximately 66 and 82 f
The Fisheries Minister Norman Moore says WA’s peak body for commercial fishing is over-reacting to changes to fishing fee arrangements. The State Government is considering alternative funding models for the more than 40 commercial fisheries in WA.
IHC Parts & Services, part of IHC Merwede, and Wärtsilä Netherlands (WNL) have teamed up to provide life-cycle support for ships with Bolnes and Smit Bolnes engines. The companies will combine their industry knowledge, expertise and strength to maintain these dredging and other vessels worldwide in
The Port of South Louisiana formally opened its new 40,000-square-foot dry bulk cargo transit shed at Globalplex Intermodal Terminal on Wednesday in Reserve. The $6 million transit shed was funded in part by $4.8 million from the state Department of Transportation and Development.
Kanoo Shipping, today announced that it has signed a joint venture (JV) agreement with MSCS Holdings, a leading Hong Kong based shipping and freight services provider, to form a new company called Kanoo MSCS Shipping (Asia) Pte Ltd, which is to be incorporated in Singapore and equally owned by both
For the first time a price has been put on the value of the UK’s offshore renewable energy industry with the publication of a major cross-government and industry report which suggests green power could be worth the equivalent of 1 Bn barrels of oil production per year and billions of pounds in reven
A broad coalition of organisations have joined forces in a new international anti-piracy campaign. They demand concrete action to end the Somalia-based piracy. Under the watchword “Enough is enough” the organisations call on nations to: “Dedicate significant resources and work to find real solutions
More than 45 different organizations have registered for the seminar ‘Design & Usability’ on Tuesday June 1 in Harlingen. This seminar will be held as part of the innovation platform Shore Support. The theme ‘Design & Usability’ refers to the way ships are designed and equipped, and how the Shore Su
Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: IRDM) has received orders for more than 100 Iridium OpenPort broadband satellite terminals for installation on Spanish commercial fishing vessels. “Iridium OpenPort is very popular among Spanish fishing captains,” said Javier Ormaechea, CEO of Zunibal, an Iridium
At Heerema Hartlepool, one of the three large production locations of Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG), the 6,500 tonne Buzzard Production Sweetening (PS) deck and bridge structures of Nexen Petroleum U.K. Limited, left Hartlepool for its final offshore destination, the Nexen Buzzard oilfield, and ha
British oil giant BP said Wednesday it hopes to start a technology known as “top kill” on Sunday or early next week to stop the massive… [mappress] Globaltimes, May 20, 2010;
An emergency project to add sand to the beaches in Avalon and Sea Isle City will start a few days later than anticipated. [mappress] Source: nbc40, May 20, 2010;
New Zealand marine company Electronic Navigation (ENL) has made its first export into China after signing a major deal with a Fortune… [mappress] Source: wassp, May 20, 2010
A permanent solution to beach erosion at one of the Coast’s tourism jewels, Mooloolaba Beach, is underway. [mappress] Source: sunshinecoastdaily, May 20, 2010;
