Fincantieri has signed a contract for the construction of a seven-deck motor yacht of 140 metres in length. The superyacht will be identified as “Hull # 6218”. This is the first order for a yacht longer than 80 metres signed since the beginning of the financial crisis in October 2008.
The German-flagged luxury cruise ship Deutschland arrived at the Port’s Julia Street Cruise Ship Terminal Tuesday evening marking the vessel’s second visit to the Crescent City in as many months. The 575-foot vessel is owned by German-based Peter Deilmann Cruises, which offers global year-round crui
The Iraqi Navy takes delivery of the last two of four patrol vessels. Today at Fincantieri’s shipyard in Muggiano (La Spezia) there was the delivery ceremony for the last two of four patrol vessels ordered by the Iraqi Navy from Fincantieri. The contract also comprises the provision of logistical su
A major rescue operation is under way after a ship carrying 83 passengers and crew and a cargo of livestock sank off the north Lebanese coast in a storm. The Panamanian-flagged Danny F II capsized 11 nautical miles off Tripoli after sending a distress signal.
A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed by papermakers Appleton Papers and NCR Corp to diffuse the US$1 billion to US$1.5 billion cost of cleaning up PCB contamination in the Fox River.
Bontan Corporation Inc. is pleased to announce that WesternGeco, a business unit of Schlumberger, has completed a 3D seismic survey on the Mira and Sarah Drilling Licenses and a 2D survey on the Benjamin Exploration Permit totaling 2,668 square kilometers in the Levantine Basin, 40 kilometers off th
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Sperry Marine business unit has been awarded a follow-on contract to provide performance-based logistics (PBL) support for navigation and steering systems installed on U.S. Navy surface ships and submarines.
The consequences of failure to address maintenance dredging issues effectively is probably being felt nowhere more severely than in America’s Great Lakes… Source: Port Strategy, December 17, 2009
The A.P. Moller – Maersk Group and DFDS have today agreed that DFDS will acquire 100 percent of the shares in ferry and logistics company Norfolkline. The total value of the deal is approximately EUR 346 million (DKK 2,575 million), which includes the A.P. Moller – Maersk Group obtaining 28.8% of th
Almost half of the funds for Pakistan will be spent on irrigation and water infrastructure projects, report states… Source: USAID;
TAIPEI, Taiwan — As the useful lives of southern reservoirs are threatened by the accumulation of typhoon-induced silt deposits, the Water Resource Agency (WRA) and related officials have put their heads together to find the best method for excavating sediment from the dams, and in turn provide sust
Trawlers sailing from the Westcountry could have CCTV cameras installed as part of a deal to boost the amount of fish they are able to land. The news comes as disappointment was expressed with new quota deals hammered out by fisheries ministers from across the European Union this week.
The state Board of Public Works approved Wednesday a 50-year lease that will allow a private company to manage operations at the port of Baltimore. Officials say the deal will generate at least $1.3 billion and 5,700 new jobs.
City leaders in Liverpool will refuse to accept defeat in their battle for cruises to start and end at the Pier Head liner terminal. Yesterday’s decision by the government to reject the plan as breaking competition rules was a major setback to the long-term aim of a cruising trade to and from the Me
