Hopes are fading for 18 Ukrainian sailors trapped underwater since their boat sank off Hong Kong after colliding with a Chinese cargo ship on Saturday. Hong Kong officials said the seamen could be alive if they had found an air pocket inside the upturned vessel.
Four members of a fishing boat crew are confirmed dead after it sank off the Alaskan coast in high seas and a fifth member is missing, US coast guards say. The Alaska Ranger’s other 42 crew members were rescued after it began taking on water around 0300 (1100 GMT), 120 miles (190km) west of Dutch [&
The skipper of a Belgian fishing boat is feared dead after disappearing overboard off the Sussex coast. The captain of the vessel Zilmermeeuw was reported missing by his crew 15 miles south of Newhaven.
Condor Ferries say their sailings are back on track after one of their boats collided with a jetty in St Malo on Saturday.
The former Sealift/Frontline Suezmax tanker ‘Front Granite’, now owned by Granite B.V., a wholly owned subsidiairy of Dockwsise Ltd., ‘Trustee’, has been delivered to Cosco Zhoushan Shipyard on March 20, 2008 and the conversion into a heavy lift vessel will start.
A lifeboat has been recovered after being swept onto rocks in strong winds which also saw a fishing boat driven ashore on the Isle of Lewis. The Dunbar lifeboat Sir Ronald Pechell broke free from its moorings overnight.
In 2005 Abeking & Rasmussen, the famous German shipyard located on the banks of the river Weser, contracted it’s largest yacht ever, the 78.43 meter hull 6478. Ordered by the US owner of the 57m Abeking Excellence III, the project was named Excellence IV. However in 2007, while in the final months o
The pilot of the container ship Cosco Busan that crashed into a bumper of the Bay Bridge and spilled approximately 58,000 gallons of oil into the San Francisco Bay in November has been charged with criminal negligence and violating environmental laws, reports the New York Times. Under the Clean Wate
Midia Marine Terminal – company of The Rompetrol Group which is in charge with the construction of the crude oil offshore terminal in Midia harbour, the Black Sea – has selected Van Oord Offshore B.V., a Dutch company to be its general contractor, and the supplier of the basic equipment necessary to
Monaco-based designer Wally Yachts reconceives the yacht as a 325-ft. floating personal island Little more than a decade after beginning in business, Monaco-based Wally Yachts continues to develop innovative concepts and minimalist luxury at a rate exceeding any other marine design house on the plan
Departure for installation in Angel Field planned for March 23, 2008. In December 2005 Clough Aker Joint Venture contracted Dockwise for the transport and installation (float-over) of the Woodside Angel Topside. Since February of this year the project is in the execution phase. After the outfitting
Transas has been awarded a contract for the design, supply, commissioning and training of a full Mission Ship Handling Simulator from Precious Shipping Public Company Limited ( PSL ), Thailand. PSL is a pure dry cargo ship-owner operating in the small handy size sector of the Tramp freight market. I
Pershing brings two of its most brilliant and best known craft to the Dubai International Boat Show – Pershing 72’ and Pershing 90’ – along with high expectations for markets in the Middle East. From March 11 to 15 2008, Pershing went on stage at the Dubai International Boat Show, to present for the
Teekay GP LLC, the general partner of Teekay LNG Partners L.P. (Teekay LNG or the Partnership), today announced that Teekay LNG has agreed to acquire two 1993-built, 88,000 cubic meter specialized LNG vessels, the Arctic Spirit and the Polar Spirit, from Teekay Corporation (Teekay) for a total cost
