‘Maraya’ a splendid 54-metre mega-yacht, slid into the water last September, with more than 1000 people in hand to watch the stirring ceremony held for the launching of the majestic steel and aluminium ship, hull number 121 of the CRN shipyard, an event opened, in keeping with the tradition, to the
Guangzhou South China Oceangate Container Terminal will serve booming South China trade 4.2 million TEU terminal expands presence in high growth market. Guangzhou, China – APM Terminals celebrated the grand opening of the Guangzhou South China Oceangate Container Terminal together with Guangzhou Por
General Dynamics Electric Boat has received a $6 million award under an existing Basic Ordering Agreement from the U.S. Navy to perform maintenance and repair work on nuclear submarines at Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Virginia. Electric Boat is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD).
China will build its own deep water oil exploration fleet in three to four years. The fleet will be able to work in deep waters all over the world, except for the north pole.
The Korean government decided to step up development of a WIG ship, or Wing in Ground ship, at a ministers’ conference on science and technology on Thursday. The WIG ship, dubbed a flying boat, is essentially an airplane that flies just above the surface of the sea.
Although operating a fast-ferry service from Sicily to Gozo will have a high economic return in the long run, it will be very difficult to find an operator to start it off due to the high risks involved in the venture, the results of a feasibility study have found.
It’s official. A crewing crises is hitting the superyacht industry. With full order books and mega yachts being launched on an almost daily basis experts estimate that the crew shortage for this year alone will amount to over 3,000 persons. A new training academy with Royal Navy connections has been
VT Halter Marine Inc. announced today that it has received a contract to build three 330,000-barrel tank barges for Crowley Maritime Corp.’s subsidiary, Vessel Management Services Inc. The vessels are valued at approximately $254 million, including the cost of owner-furnished equipment.
The closure of the wharves at Sydney’s Darling Harbour tonight will be remembered as a sad but significant event in maritime history, a museum director says. The container ship Southern Moana is due to discharge the Darling Harbour wharves’ last cargo load tonight.
Feadship unveiled the newest member of the Feadstream family at the Monaco boat show, and received an overwhelmingly positive response. The all-new concept for the 55-meter F-stream design was also the recipient of some serious enquiries by potential owners, who shared the vision of Studio De Voogt
Lamprell’s revenue has leapt 50 percent in a year on year comparison of the first six months of 2006 and 2007. The oil and gas engineering specialist took in US$246.1 million in the first half of this year, in comparison to US$163.5 milllion in the same period of 2006.
The New Marina Extension includes: five SuperYacht Berths, twenty-one sixteen metre single shutes, six sixteen metre catamaran berths, plus a twenty-five metre berth, two twenty-two metre berths, a thirteen metre berth and finally an eighteen metre berth taking Southport Yacht Club’s marina capacity
More than 500 residents blockaded the entrance to Koja container terminal in North Jakarta on Thursday, hampering activities at the terminal owned by state port operator PT Pelindo II.
Shipbuilders don’t need to be near an ocean to build a boat that can sail around the world, either. Seventy miles from the nearest sea, gulf or bay, just off U.S. 441 in Alachua, Hunter Marine — one of the largest mid-priced sailboat manufactures in the country — builds about 600 oceangoing vessels
