Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL, President: Akimitsu Ashida) yesterday launched its first training vessel, the SPIRIT OF MOL, at the Tsuneishi Shipbuilding Company in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture. Executives on hand for the launching and christening ceremonies included MOL Deputy President and Dire
Yesterday the first outfitted block of 18 blocks in total of the new 14,200-gt passenger ship for Indonesia, ‘GUNUNG DEMPO’, was put in place in building dock I at MEYER WERFT.
Aker Yards has signed a contract for the construction of two bunkering tankers for delivery in October 2008 and January 2009. The two vessels will be sister vessels to those ordered by Maritima in August 2006.
Team Alinghi’s America’s Cup battle with Emirates Team New Zealand is the closest for 24 years and arguably the tightest matchup in the 156-year history of the event. None of that comes as a surprise to Alinghi designer Grant Simmer. He has co-ordinated the design and build of SUI 100 — the yacht wh
Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), has delivered a KFELS B Class design jackup drilling rig to Seadrill Management AS (Seadrill), within budget and ahead of time. This rig was named West Prospero by Lady Sponsor Mrs Jocelyn Pedr
Larsen & Toubro (L&T) is planning to set up separate companies to pursue its shipbuilding and power equipment manufacturing businesses. L&T now builds ships with a displacement of up to 20,000 dead-weight tonne (dwt) in Hazira, Gujarat. The new yard will construct bigger vessels of 200,000 dwt.
Those numbers represent the number of wins each team needs to claim the 32nd America’s Cup, and shows the size of the task ahead of the Kiwi team. With the score in the America’s Cup Match favouring Alinghi at 4-2, Emirates Team New Zealand must win the next three races if it is to bring […]
AN audacious attempt to smuggle up to €200m worth of cocaine was scuppered yesterday when a gang overloaded their dinghy with too many bales of the drug. Their bungling led to the biggest offshore drug haul in this country – depending on the purity of the cocaine the haul could be valued at up to [&
The boat show was held on 10th of June 2007 at Abu Tig Marina, El Gouna, over five days. Although it was the first boat show ever organized in Egypt, it has been a really successful event for ART Marine: the Company’s Sales and Service divisions as well as Monte-Carlo Marine (luxury tenders for mega
Marine architect Bill Langan, a Jamestown resident, designed the Spirit of Bermuda, a 112-foot schooner that sailed to Narragansett Bay to participate in the 2007 Tall Ship Festival. The three-masted schooner, launched just last year, was the only ship in the festival with local ties.
AHL Shipping Company (AHL) today announced plans to build three, shallow-draft, 49,000 deadweight ton (DWT) Jones Act- and OPA90 (Oil Pollution Act of 1990)- compliant tankers in connection with a charter agreement with Shell Trading (US) Company (Shell Trading).
The Neverfail Group (Neverfail), a leading global software company providing both a high availability solution and disaster recovery software, today announced Stena Bulk LLC has implemented several Neverfail products, including Neverfail for Microsoft® Exchange, Neverfail for Microsoft® SQL Server,
Oceanteam Power & Umbilical ASA announced today that it has signed a contract for the DP2 cable lay and repair vessel TEAM OMAN with Nexans Norway for umbilical repair work in the Middle East.
Mega yacht New Sunrise you can rent at a price of 245.000 of dollars a week in the high season, that is in July and in August. Tivat – The biggest yacht which ever docked in on city riva Pine came in Tivat last weekend. It is a big motor cruiser New Sunrise which sails […]
