APM Terminals Virginia officially opened its new US$450 million, 291-acre container terminal this week. The third largest container terminal in the United States is capable of handling 1 million TEU annually and has the potential to expand to a capacity of more than 2 million TEU.
Climbing production costs are adversely impacting new shipbuilding commissions in Finland. Aker Finland’s president is calling for subcontractors to keep their prices reasonable. Production costs have risen by several percent during the past year and a half.
Iran launched a highly advanced, high-speed cruise vessel, which has been made by its own experts, in the country’s southern waters in the Persian Gulf Wednesday morning.
Whatever floats your boat — be it luxury or sailing yachts, performance boats, sport fishers, sailboats, or the lowly inflatable dinghy — chances are you’ll find it this weekend at the 32nd annual Norwalk International In-Water Boat Show [NIIBS], which opens Thursday, Sept. 20 at Norwalk Cove Marina
Van der Velden Marine Systems has introduced a new version of its award-winning EPS™ thruster. The new EPS™ Azimuthing Retractable thruster performs both propulsion and steering duties, making it is the ideal solution for superyacht dynamic positioning, station keeping and mooring. Compact, silent a
A £14 MILLION deal to build the largest superyacht in the Northern hemisphere could be on the cards for Gloucestershire – following a visit from a Arab Sheikh. Three luxury yachts could be made at Sharpness if the ruler of Dubai goes ahead with his order.
Titan Quanzhou Shipyard Co., Ltd., a growing ship repair, shipbuilding and offshore engineering facility in China’s Fujian province, today announced the launch of its second vessel, Titan Spirit. The launch of this 6,500 ton double-hulled bunker tanker closely follows the launch of Titan Quanzhou Sh
A single-handed yachtsman had to be rescued off the Cornish coast after his boat hit rocks and began sinking. The vessel Seaspray hit rocks at Clodgy Point, on the western side of St Ives just before 1500 BST on Thursday.
Despite cod stocks in UK waters being at risk, fishermen are being forced to throw thousands of tonnes back into the sea dead while Iceland, an important supplier to much of Western Europe, is cutting the amount of cod it catches because of concern over falling stocks.
Holland America Line has promoted Brad Olsen to director, Tactical Marketing Communications. Brad is responsible for the development and expansion of the company’s direct mail and e-mail marketing efforts. ‘Brad’s vast experience in marketing and proven track record of success will be invaluable to
The Wärtsilä investment project, which started last year at the Delivery Centre Trieste in Italy, is now complete. Wärtsilä has invested EUR 18 million in a modern manufacturing concept to deliver higher quality, raise efficiency and to increase capacity for engine assembly and testing in Trieste, I
With reference to announcement made on 7 September 2006, the option for building of one cruise vessel for NCL mentioned in the release has not been exercised.
SMIT hereby announces that it has acquired all shares of GB Holding B.V., the parent company of the renowned subsidiaries GB Diving B.V. (oil & gas) and GB Diving – Inshore B.V. (civil). GB Diving is a Dutch company that provides ROV (Remote Operated Vehicles) and diving services, including project
Total confirms that it has filed a declaration of commercial discovery with the Brazilian authorities for the ultra-deep offshore Xerelete (formerly Curió) discovery.
