Coastguards have called off their search for a prawn fisherman who has been missing at sea for almost a week. Local fishermen are continuing to look out for any sign of Gordon Wilson’s boat and the coastguard will also co-ordinate communications. Mr Wilson, from St Combs, near Fraserburgh, has not b
A yacht believed to be the largest single-masted wooden boat built in England since before World War II has been built in Ipswich. The 100ft “super yacht”, with a £4m price tag, was built by Spirit Yachts.
The Assets Recovery Agency has frozen the assets of three County Down fishermen as part of a crackdown on a fish quota scam. The agency obtained restraint orders against three men, including a father and son, from the Kilkeel area.
A search and rescue operation is under way in the North Sea near Arbroath to try and find a man who has fallen overboard from a fishing vessel.
On Tuesday 14 August 2007 NB 658 arrived at our yard in Hoogezand. The vessel left the Zaliv shipyard in the Ukraïne on 28 June 2007 and arrived in Emden one month later.
The ‘Bahia Negra’, the last of a total of six identical 3,752 TEU Hamburg Süd container ships was christened today at the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd. (DSME) yard in Okpo/Korea. Sponsor of the newbuilding is Dr. Irmgard Gold-Kunisch, wife of Dr. Rolf Kunisch, a member of the adv
Med Offshore recently ordered an AHTS 6615 of the Damen Offshore series. This is the second time Med Offshore orders an anchor handling tug supply vessel from Damen, following the AHTS 6114, Med Otto, which was delivered to Med Offshore in September 2006. Med Offshore the Italian shipping company ow
Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority has invited foreign port and terminal operators to bid for the operations of the 14-hectare New Container Terminal 2 at Subic Bay Freeport. SBMA administrator Armand Arreza said the agency had scheduled the international bidding in October. The agency will award the
Sydney Amateur Sailing Club this season will again be host to a growing fleet of high performance 30-footers racing on Sydney Harbour, arguably the fastest fleet on the harbour. The coming 2007-2008 season will be the third series for these lightweight flyers that SASC has organised, with the fleet
Aker Kvaerner has been awarded a contract by China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) for delivery of drilling equipment and system for an ultra deepwater drilling semisubmersible unit. The contract value for Aker Kvaerner is approximately USD 128 million.
David Ross, co-president of Burger Boat Company, will retire during the first quarter of 2008. A news release from the luxury mega-yacht builder states Ross will relinquish his current position on Aug. 31 and serve as a special advisory officer to senior management at the company.
Cruising Yacht Club of Australia entry Loki is provisionally third IRC overall in the Britain’s ocean classic, the Rolex Fastnet Race, after finishing at Plymouth early today, Sydney time. Owned by Stephen Ainsworth and skippered by Cameron Miles, Loki crossed the line in 11th in the fleet, about 43
A SEA captain has described leading a rescue in the South China Sea in which 19 Thai sailors, whose ship sank in heavy seas, were plucked to safety.
The Karnataka Government has honoured the twenty fishermen, who risked their lives to save sailors on-board a sinking cargo ship off Mangalore coast recently.
