Eitzen Chemical ASA (the Company) announced today that it has reached an agreement in principal to acquire the vessel “Team Actinia” for USD 20.0 mill. The vessel is 40,296 dwt, built in Uljanik Shipyard, Croatia in 1993, single sided and double bottom. The intention is to convert the vessel to doub
Expanding the cruise ship industry in Guernsey could be a way of attracting more visitors to the island, the island’s tourism boss has said.
London, United Kingdom – The Great Yarmouth Port Company has awarded a Joint Venture of Van Oord UK Ltd and Edmund Nuttall Ltd a Construction Contract worth in the region of EUR 75 million for their Outer Harbour Development.
Russia will field an entry in the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09. Backed by Oleg Zherebtsov, a St Petersburg businessman, the yacht will be skippered by former Austrian Olympic Star sailor Andreas Hanakamp. Michael Woods, who was Director of Race Operations for the 2001-02 race, will manage the team.
A three-year wait is not what most consumers bargain for when they plan to spend $30 million for a megayacht. Moreover, the megayachts that do get built are sometimes marked up with yacht flipping premiums, described last week in The Wall Street Journal.
Cargotec’s MacGREGOR business area providing marine cargo handling solutions has received an order from the Polish-Chinese shipowner Chipolbrok for four ship board twin cranes. The ship board twin cranes will be delivered during 2007–2008 for four Chipolbrok vessels built in 1990s for upgrading thei
Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS), the wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited (Keppel O&M), has secured a contract from PetroVietnam Drilling Investment Corp (PVD Invest) to build a US$191 million jackup drilling rig. The contract was secured following Keppel FELS’s successful d
CMA CGM has officially acquired Moroccan maritime shipping company Comanav following publication of the privatization order signed by Prime Minister Driss Jettou. The company was officially transferred today in a ceremony held in Rabat led by Fathallah Oualalou, Finance and Privatization Minister, a
Tokyo, May 28, 2007 – Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation today delivered the Takahashi (hull No. 1585), a very large crudeoil carrier (VLCC), to Gios Maritima S.A. in Dalian, China. The 315,000 DWT, double-hull tanker was built at Kawasaki’s affiliate, Nantong COSCO KHI Ship Engineering Co., Ltd. (NA
The QE2 is moored off the coast of Guernsey as part of one of the island’s busiest weekends for cruise ships. The ship, weighing 70,000 tonnes and 960ft long, has a top speed of 32 knots and is one of the largest and fastest passenger vessels afloat.
The sister boat to that campaigned by American skipper John Kostecki, will have a distinct Nordic flavour and will be skippered by Sweden’s Anders Lewander (43).
South Korea launched its first Aegis destroyer at a shipyard in the southeastern port city of Ulsan on Friday, becoming the fifth country in the world to own such a ship, the Navy said.
The new SNP administration has pledged to give fishermen and their communities a “genuine voice” in decision-making. Environment Secretary Richard Lochhead declared the executive would be “relentless” in defending the interests of the fishing industry.
Gunmen have kidnapped six oil workers in Nigeria’s main oil-producing region, sources in the region say. The six were reportedly in a boat laying pipelines off the Bayelsa State coast when they were attacked.
