All submarines and almost all surface ships could be withdrawn from Devonport Naval Base under plans being considered by the government. It is one of three options outlined in Westminster as part of the Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) naval review.
Alexander Marine, the manufacturer of the Ocean Alexander yachts, recently announced the planned launch of a new addition to the motory acht line, the new Ocean Alexander 88’, at the 20th Annual Yacht & Brokerage Show in Miami of 2008. In collaboration with Ed Monk, this new Ocean Alexander 88’ incl
A second 100 footer (30 meter) is sold after only two months from the signature of the Wally 101 , making a total of four sailing yachts currently under construction at WallyEurope yard, ranging from 100 to 148 feet (30-45 meters).
‘If you can find my submarine, it’s yours,’ says Russian oil billionaire Roman Abramovich. That’s all the reclusive owner of the Chelsea Football Club has to say. The ocean floor is the final spending frontier for the world’s richest people. Journeying to see what’s on the bottom aboard a personal s
A federal government contract to build six to eight new Arctic patrol ships could mean 500 or more new jobs for the winning shipyard, the president of the Ship Building Association of Canada says.
A new post-Panamax container ship begins calling at Halifax today, one of nine vessels in the AEX service provided by the Grand Alliance. Orient Overseas Container Line is using the OOCL Oakland on the service, which will make its inaugural call at the Cerescorp-operated Fairview Cove container term
Team Boskalis Heemskerk/Tentij (NED) took the lead after the first three races of the F18 open European Championship. Mourniac/Citeau (FRA) are in second place and Styles/Crawford (GBR) in third of the eighty-boat fleet.
Two children have died and dozens of passengers are missing after a ship disappeared in eastern Indonesia. The boat was travelling from Buru to Ambon, the capital of Maluku province, when its engine failed in rough seas.
On 7 July 2007 LNG carrier “Grand Mereya” building by PRISCO and Japanese companies Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha was set a float. The vessel was undocked and berthed at in Mitsui Engineering Shipbuilding Yard in Chiba (Japan).
The port city of Qingdao was today officially confirmed as the China stopover for the 2008-09 Volvo Ocean Race with the signing of an agreement between race organisers and the Qingdao Municipal Government. Qingdao’s selection as the stopover on the marathon ocean race’s new route through the Middle
Canada has announced plans for six naval patrol vessels and a deep-water port in the north to assert its claim to territorial waters in the Arctic. Other countries, including the US, say the waters are international territory.
Damen will again deliver a Damen Stan Tug 2208 to Trinidad & Tobago in 2008. In June Allan R. Singh Contractors signed a contract for a Damen Stan Tug 2208 to be delivered in spring 2008.
On Thursday 5th of July 2007, the Damen Multi Purpose Vvessel “Maxima” was handed over to her owners, MS “Yepa” Schifffahrtsgesellschaft mbH & Co. Reederei KG, Haren Ems, Germany, a single ship company under management of Intersee Schifffahrtsgesellschaft.
Divers are to examine the damaged hull of container ship MSC Napoli which was refloated nearly six months after its grounding off the south Devon coast. The 62,000-ton vessel floated free a mile off Sidmouth on Monday after 58,000 tons of water was pumped from her holds in a major operation.
