Piracy in the South China Sea has hit a five-year high, an international monitoring agency has said. According to the ReCAAP monitoring centre, there have been 10 reports of sea attacks so far this year, compared to the previous high of nine in 2005. Tankers and large container ships are most vulner
Three companies are discussing a deal that could make Cornwall the UK centre for building multi-million pound superyachts, the BBC has learned. Pendennis Shipyard and A&P Falmouth are in talks with Babcock Marine at Devonport Dockyard in Plymouth about taking over work to build the vessels. Babcock
A wave power generator for an offshore electricity scheme has been tipped into the sea off the Suffolk coast. The generator was being towed out to sea to begin a year-long trial when the accident happened near Southwold. The floating generator owned by Trident Energy was under tow to a new location,
A company official says a Finnish passenger ferry carrying almost 1,200 people drifted for about 45 minutes in the Baltic Sea after suffering a power failure. Viking Line spokeswoman Helena Kneck says there was never any danger for passengers or crew of the M/S Mariella and that the ferry continued
Fincantieri’s Board of Directors confirmed a positive trend in terms of results with a net income of US$13.2 million. The results of the first half 2009 include, compared with the previous years, the consolidation of the US Group Manitowoc Marine Group (now Fincantieri Marine Group). The Italy-based
Russian prosecutors found no suspicious materials on the ship Arctic Sea despite media reports it was carrying an air-defence system for Iran, Russian newswires reported on Saturday. Russia’s foreign minister denied the British and Russian press reports earlier this month. The Maltese-registered car
An American submarine designer has created a new generation of deepsea submarines which are so light, they can be launched from a yacht. The prototype of these “Deep Flight” submarines are designed to dive to depths of 11,270 metres. Submarine designer Graham Hawkes now sells his designs to yacht ow
A Taiwanese sport fishing vessel that was detained by Japan for allegedly encroaching in Japanese waters will return home with a crew member Saturday, but the ship’s skipper will remain in Japanese custody for a little while longer. Lin Chin-sung, the ship’s owner, said Friday that he was notified b
On 15 September, the Swedish Navy concluded its assignment in the Gulf of Aden in the EU’s Operation Atalanta. For four months, the Swedes, among other things, escorted ships transporting food and necessities for the UN’s food program to Somalia. they also arrested seven pirates in conjunction with
Clipper Group paid a ransom of USD 1.7 million (DKK 8.7 million) to Somalian pirates to secure the release of the hijacked freighter CEC Future in January. This was revealed in a TV documentary broadcast on national Danish television yesterday. The documentary showed footage from the office as well
The container carrier Maersk Kendal, which earlier this week ran aground in the Singapore Strait, is still awaiting a salvage operation that might include discharge of some of the containers. The Maersk Kendal ran aground on Wednesday during a voyage to the container terminal at Tanjung Pelepas. The
Ambassadors International, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMIE) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell Queen of the West to Blue Spruce LLC, an affiliate of American Cruise Lines. The 142-guest Queen of the West most recently operated 7-night cruises on the Columbia and Snake rivers roundt
The Lockheed Martin – led industry team completed another key milestone in constructing the nation’s third Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) with the landing of the vessel’s two main propulsion gas turbines. More than 50 percent of the ship’s modules are under construction at the Marinette Marine shipyard.
Mustang, part of international energy services company John Wood Group PLC (“Wood Group”), has been selected as a main automation contractor for Chevron’s Global Upstream business units in an agreement signed recently between Chevron U.S.A. Inc. and Mustang. Mustang will provide the front-end engine
