Spanish forces have arrested nine Somalis suspected of being the pirates who attacked an Italian cruise ship. A warship intercepted a skiff carrying the nine Somali suspects, the Spanish defence ministry said. The nine were captured near the Seychelles and handed over to authorities there, officials
The crew of HMS Albion has welcomed Her Royal Highness Princess Anne to Devonport Naval Base in Plymouth. The Princess Royal, who launched the amphibious landing ship in 2001, toured the vessel and met members of the ship’s company. HMS Albion has been carrying out various duties on deployment in Af
Union Resources Limited (ASX:UCL) has announced that it has received a Project Assessment Report, prepared by the Jan de Nul Group for the proposed dredging operations for its Sandpiper/Meob phosphate Joint Venture area of Namibia. Jan De Nul Group is currently the biggest dredging contractor of the
Veth Motoren is a company that is always looking for improvement. And not just concerning our products, which got better, stronger, and faster trough the years. Our appearance is also important to us. And because the name Veth Motoren doesn’t cover our activities by far anymore, and it isn’t interna
TeleMedic Systems announces that its new lightweight VitalLink3 medical vital signs monitoring system has successfully completed testing over Iridium’s worldwide communication network, and is now available to support mobile medical data transmissions on a global scale. “Leveraging the Iridium satell
Lift Emotion Bv has successfully produced and installed a marine trolley lift on one of the offshore vessels of Allseas the vessel ‘Tog Mor’. This trolley lift is a chain driven lifting device that has the drive motor in top of the unit. It is also possible to place this drive next or under the [&he
Huisman, the Schiedam-based worldwide specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, will open an engineering office in Enschede in July 2009. Huisman Twente, which will be the name of the Engineering branch office, will offer employment and internship/graduation opportunities in the east par
SAFEDOR is completed. The maritime research project on risk-based ship design and approval has been concluded after four years of intensive study. Representatives from the 53 project partners of all sectors of the maritime industry and guests are meeting today and tomorrow at the International Marit
On Saturday, 25 April 2009, the longest, highest-displacement yacht Moonen Shipyards has built, the 38-metre Moonen 124, was brought out of her construction hall and launched into the Lek River. She had been under construction in Moonen’s Groot-Ammers hall since 3 May 2008, when her steel hull and a
The captain of an Italian cruise ship has given the BBC a dramatic account of how his crew fended off a pirate attack near the coast of Somalia. Capt Ciro Pinto said six pirates in a speedboat approached his ship, the Melody, and opened fire, but then fled after security men fired in the air. [&hell
The master of a ship failed to ensure the safety of three crewmen who died from a lack of oxygen in a compartment, Sheffield Crown Court has been told. Finlay MacFadyen, Robert O’Brien and Robert Ebertowski were working in an enclosed space on the Viking Islay ship off the Yorkshire coast in 2007. T
About 65 firefighters are tackling a blaze in a warehouse building close to the port area of a Norfolk resort. Crews were called to Swanstons Road in Great Yarmouth early on Sunday morning. Group manager Peter Mitchell of Norfolk Fire and Rescue said they had to deal with a major fire as well as bio
One of the world’s largest cruise ships is to be based year-round in Southampton in a move thought to be worth millions to the local economy. The 4,300-passenger Independence of the Seas was launched in 2007 and has been using the port for its summer sailings. The Hampshire port will become the Roya
A French naval frigate has docked in the Kenyan port of Mombasa carrying 11 Somalis accused of piracy. French commandos captured the men last week after an attempt to hijack a Liberian tanker. The Somalis will be handed over to Kenyan authorities for prosecution under a special agreement with the EU
