In yesterday’s race, Luna Rossa Challenge crossed ahead of Emirates Team New Zealand for the first time in this Final of the Louis Vuitton Cup. But it wasn’t enough.
hands of Emirates Team New Zealand, and not for the first time. Don Cowie, mainsheet trimmer for the Kiwis, was part of the Prada Challenge (as Luna Rossa was known in the 2000 Cup in Auckland) when the Italian team went down without a win against Team New Zealand in the America’s Cup Match. This [&
The shipbuilding industry is recovering from a two-year-long downturn as shipbuilders benefit from an influx of both domestic and overseas orders.
Emirates Team New Zealand needs to win one more race to claim the Louis Vuitton Cup and advance to the America’s Cup Match against Alinghi. That’s been the goal of skipper Dean Barker since the day the Swiss team snatched the Cup from his grasp in Auckland in 2003.
A Spanish court has ordered the interception of two US boats should they leave Gibraltar, amid a row over treasure from a shipwreck. A judge in Cadiz instructed police to capture the ships if they entered Spanish waters, Spanish media said.
Golden Ocean Group Limited (“Golden Ocean” or the “Company”) has agreed to get released from the bare boat agreements for the two 1990 built Panamax vessels “M/V Golden Glory” and “M/V Golden Gem” against purchasing the vessels for $11 million per vessel.
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 June 5, 2007.
Dubai Ports World (DP World) has announced plans to invest $534 million in Senegal to renovate the Port of Dakar and construct a container terminal as part of several planned project in the West African state, Gulf News reported.
The 360-foot Empress of the North struck a submerged rock May 14 in Icy Strait off the Alaska coast about 45 nautical miles from Juneau. The cruise ship will return to service July 7.
Plans to make Hobsonville a boatbuilding mecca are off to a $15.3 million start. That’s how much the Waitakere City Council has paid for 15 hectares of former land once owned by the airforce. Mayor Bob Harvey says a cluster of marine industries will be developed on the site, making Hobsonville the s
Could there be a bigger yacht than Roman Abramovich’s planned megayacht Eclipse? The Wall Street Journal covers the listing for Everest, a potential yacht, which if built would take the title of world’s biggest private yacht.
De Valk International has announced the sale of the Jongert 2200s, Serenity of Sea. This aluminium sloop was built in 1988 to a Ron Holland design. The transaction was organised by Derk Jan Rolff from De Valk as the central agent, working in conjunction with Merrill-Stevens.
UP to €100m will be spent on the Irish offshore this year as part of the busiest drilling programme offshore Ireland in decades, according to industry data. With the Corrib partners completing a total of five production wells on the Corrib gas find, the programme is also scheduled to include drillin
SINGAPORE’S Keppel Corp, the world’s top offshore oil drilling rigs maker, said it may look to snap up Asian shipbuilding yards in several years when it expects a glut in capacity to depress asset prices.
