Crowley Maritime Corporation Saturday christened and launched barge 455-2, the second of three Heavy Lift 455 Series flat-deck barges that will be built and delivered to Crowley this year by Gunderson Marine in Portland, Oregon. The three 400-foot by 105-foot-wide deck barges are being built to hand
Prosecutors arrested four Korean shipbuilding industry workers who attempted to hand over domestic shipbuilding technology worth W35 trillion to Chinese competitors (US$1=W919).
The site of the new shipping terminal on the former Charleston Naval Base in North Charleston is officially in the hands of the State Ports Authority. The Charleston Naval Complex Redevelopment Authority recently transferred 317 acres at the southern end of the former military base to the ports agen
Transocean Inc. (NYSE:RIG) today announced that its report of drilling rig status and contract information covering the company’s offshore drilling fleet has been updated as of July 31, 2007.
Aker Kvaerner has signed an agreement for acquisition of 50 percent of the shares in the German company Wirth Maschinen- und Bohrgeräte-Fabrik GmbH (“Wirth”) with an option to buy the remaining shares within the next years.
The distinctive swimming technique of a bony fish is being used to develop agile, propellerless submarines. US researchers have created prototype mechanical fins that mimic the movements of the bluegill sunfish.
AC Management (ACM), as the Event Authority for the 33rd America’s Cup, has announced the nomination of the Arbitration Panel that will resolve disputes in the frame of the 33rd America’s Cup.
Champion ocean racer Mike ‘Moose’ Sanderson has joined forces with Volvo Ocean Race CEO Glenn Bourke to provide a formidable antipodean challenge in a new event which forms a prelude to Cowes Week on Friday. The winning helms of 27 of the most competitive classes of Cowes Week 2006 will race against
The crew of a motor cruiser were rescued off the Cumbrian coast after their boat was engulfed in flames. The man and woman broadcast a mayday message after an explosion ripped through the boat off Flimby, near Maryport, on Tuesday.
Last week Devonport launched the 50m project P305 again. P305 is a highly secretive yacht build for a well known yachtsman who likes high speed yachts. She was originally launched a few years ago, but after problems she went back in the shipyard again.
An extremely rare ‘living fossil’ caught by a fisherman in Indonesia is being examined by scientists. The 1.3m-long (4.3ft), 50kg (110lb) coelacanth is only the second ever to have been captured in Asia and has been described as a ‘significant find’.
Executives from APM Terminals and Gestao de Fundos, an Angolan-based company have signed a 20 year concession agreement with the government of Angola to operate the country’s main container port. A joint venture named Sogester, based in Luanda, Angola, will be the local company of record, operating
Strong contributions from its ship repair, ship building and marine engineering business have bolstered the first half profit of COSCO Corporation. The marine engineering and shipping company booked a net profit of S$122 million for the six months ended in June – up 38% from a year ago.
Van der Vliet Quality Yachts since 1975 is proud to announce the sale of the 25 meter Moonen MY ‘Moon Bels’ to a direct client within 4 months since they received instructions. The Dutch yachts specialist also have been appointed Central Agent for the sale of the 29 m. Beeldsnijder design motor yach
