The third leg in the prestigious tour that has witnessed Pershing yachts and style drop anchor in some of the most spectacular marinas in the Mediterranean, came to an end last Sunday. From June 14 to 17, following on from Split and Mallorca, it was the turn of Venice to welcome customers, aficionad
Historically, it is very rare for the America’s Cup Match to be a close series. But with Alinghi and Emirates Team New Zealand each earning one win apiece and spending much of the first two races sailing around the course separated by less than 20 seconds, this 32nd America’s Cup Match has the poten
Northumbrian Water Ltd (NWL) has awarded Aker Kvaerner a GBP 28 million contract to design, construct, install and commission a facility to extend the treatment capabilities of the existing regional sludge treatment centre (RSTC) at Bran Sands on Teesside, in the UK. All engineering work including c
Engineering and construction major Larsen & Toubro Ltd (L&T) is expected to choose Chennai for its proposed integrated shipyard project, estimated to cost around Rs 2,000 crore. The company, which has been actively considering two more sites such as Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh and Mudra in Gujarat, m
A $50 million clam vessel being built for Clearwater Seafoods Income Fund capsized and sank in shallow waters while being towed from a shipyard in Taiwan to a nearby dry dock, the company said yesterday.
A Bulgarian freight ship was re-floated late on Monday, two days after it grounded 13 kilometers east of the Brunswick harbor entrance in the US state of Georgia, local media reported.
The crew of the Taharoa Express were today making progress to right the listing vessel, but the operation would take time, Maritime New Zealand said. The 275m-long ironsand carrier has been anchored in Tasman Bay for four days after its load shifted in heavy seas near Cape Egmont early on Friday.
An attempt to refloat the stranded bulk carrier Pasha Bulker, which is stuck off a beach near Newcastle, has been postponed until Thursday evening. Ports Minister Joe Tripodi said he had been advised the salvage operation had been pushed back by 24 hours because equipment on the ship’s deck would no
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd in Korea successfully tested a 14-cylinder Wärtsilä RT-flex96C common-rail low-speed engine on 29 May in its Ulsan engine works. The 14-cylinder RT-flex96C is the world’s most powerful diesel engine in production. It develops 80,080 kW (108,920 bhp) at 102 rpm. The of
More than 90 percent of world trade is conducted through sea shipping, making shipbuilding one of the fastest growing industries in the recent boom in global trade, which has grown on average by more than 5 percent annually. As a natural consequence of Turkey being a peninsula located at a strategic
New Zealand has tied the score in the America’s Cup Match at 1-1. A team needs five wins to claim the America’s Cup, so the Match is now a ‘first to four’ event. For Alinghi, it’s the Swiss team’s first loss in an America’s Cup Match – their record is now 6-1.
Statoil announced today it has received final approval of the acquisition of North American Oil Sands Corporation (NAOSC) from the Minister of Industry under the Investment Canada Act.
The collision between a Seattle-based fishing vessel and a cruise ship in southeast Alaska early Monday that crippled the seiner is under investigation, U.S. Coast Guard officials said. The Adirondack, a 58-foot salmon boat, was dead in the water after the crash disabled its steering system, said Pe
A warning from a retired Hinton construction expert has been sent to Newcastle Port Authority that its plan to drag the stranded Pasha Bulker from the sands of Nobby’s Beach on Thursday could break the ship’s back.
