An Iranian cargo ship MV Mir Demand sank in the Bay of Bengal after its engine broke down in the deep sea, 60 nautical miles from Bangladesh’s southwestern sea port Mongla on Sunday.
South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries Co., said on Monday it had won an order worth about $600 million to build a drillship for a company in the Americas.
Port officials in the Indian city of Kochi have rescued the 15 crewmembers of an Albanian ship that sank off the city’s coast Sunday. The Albanian cargo ship M V Maria had signaled for help Saturday night after the vessel was found to be leaking severely and Kochi authorities immediately dispatched
Beside the operations within product tanker shipping Broström has a network of ship agencies in several ports along the Swedish coast. They offer ship clearance, forwarding and chartering services for ship owners and other industry customers. One of the companies within the network is Percy Tham i O
Two companies have been entrusted with the task of extracting marine diesel and furnace slag from the sunken eritria ship ‘M V den den’ off Mangalore coast at Tannirbavi beach near new Mangalore Port on last Saturday.
Fourteen yachtsmen were rescued by helicopter from the hull of brand new 55ft yacht Bounder after it capsized with severe keel problems in a stormy Solent this Saturday, 30 June.
A 40,000-tonne coal ship has finally been refloated, nearly four weeks after it became stranded on the Australian seaboard during severe storms. The Japanese vessel Pasha Bulker was towed out into deeper waters by tug boats during high tide on Monday night after days of work by salvage teams.
Two of the latest sales at De Valk International confirm the diversity of superyachts sold by this brokerage firm. The 29-metre pilothouse cutter Starlite was designed inside and out by the late Jon Bannenberg, and with an Ocean 80 hull by Doug Peterson, is very much a performance cruiser. In contra
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL, President: Akimitsu Ashida) today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary MOL (China) Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shanghai) opened an office in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, on July 1. Initial activities at the office include sales promotion, information gathering, and o
State-owned Goa Shipyard Ltd (GSL) is to build a 105-meter advanced offshore patrol vessel (AOPV) for the Indian Coast Guard (ICG), the largest ship it has designed or built so far.
Eitzen Maritime Services ASA (EMS) today announced the acquisition of Arbodans XXI S.L. of Spain, the holding company of the Provimar Group. On 15 May 2007 EMS announced an agreement of this matter, which was subject to due diligence and final board approval. The due diligence has been completed. Th
Light, unstable winds forced the Race Committee to postpone racing for the day on Sunday at the 32nd America’s Cup Match. The Defender, Alinghi was looking to win its fourth match in a row, to successfully defend the America’s Cup. Emirates Team New Zealand, the challenger, was in a ‘must win’ posit
The Government won’t give its final approval for the construction of two new aircraft carriers until at least October, according to industry sources. That would push the £3.5bn project nearly a year behind schedule.
A Viking ship has set sail for Dublin from the Danish port of Roskilde, in an attempt to recreate the voyages undertaken by early Norsemen. The 30m (98.5ft) long replica, called Sea Stallion, is said to be the world’s largest reconstructed Viking vessel.
