Global container transport volume should surge to 138m standard containers by 2011, according to Global Insight, one of the leading economic research institutes. This would mean an increase of 40m containers or over 40% compared with 2006.
The west coast Irish port of Galway will be the stopover for the 2008-09 Volvo Ocean Race following the Irish Government’s announcement this week that it had agreed to make funding available to help bring the race to Ireland for the first time. Race organisers welcomed the Irish commitment of up to
In line with SMIT’s strive to focus on its core activities SMIT announces that it has sold its inland river operation in Gabon to Ortec Marine. The sale involves 7 tugs and 7 barges.
Under heavy rocket and machine-gun fire from pirates attacking his cruise ship, Michael Groves had one thought – to protect the passengers. Instead of fleeing for cover, the security officer braved the bullets and directed a high pressure hose at the two pirate boats, keeping them at bay.
The last container has been removed from the stricken MSC Napoli off the Devon coast. The vessel was grounded off Branscombe in January and salvers have since lifted 2,300 containers off the ship.
The restoration of a paddle steamer which helped in the evacuation of Dunkirk has received a boost with the news that her hull is to be rebuilt.
It will be Darling Harbour with a slight difference come August 2-7, with the world-renowned Sydney International Boat Show celebrating its 40th edition. Organiser, the Boating Industry Association of NSW, is pulling out all stops in its endeavour to ensure the 40th show will be one to remember.
BP and Rio Tinto today announced the formation of a new jointly-owned company, Hydrogen Energy, which will develop decarbonised energy projects around the world. The venture will initially focus on hydrogen-fuelled power generation, using fossil fuels and carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology
The design and engineering team of one of the world’s most prestigious mega yacht builders has now opened a new office at Venture Quays, East Cowes. Palmer Johnson builds some of the fastest, most luxurious and expensive yachts in the world.
Spain will field two boats in the 2008-09 Volvo Ocean Race. The participation of the Spanish entries was officially confirmed by Francisco Camps Ortiz, the regional president of Valencia, at a civic reception in the start port of Alicante on 17 May. The participation of two Spanish boats brings the
JUNEAU, Alaska – Crew members of a cruise ship that hit a charted rock said they were trying to correct course when the bottom raked across a rocky shoal, federal investigators said Wednesday.
The Mean Machine crew’s preparations for the 2008-09 race went up a notch this week with their maiden regatta outing aboard the former Pirates of the Caribbean Volvo Open 70 in the North Sea Race. The boat arrived in arrived in Harwich, England today from the Dutch port of Scheveningen at the end of
Unidentified gunmen have seized two South Korean fishing boats off the coast of Somalia. About 30 people – including four South Koreans – were on board, says the Somali foreign ministry. They have all been taken hostage.
Manila – Three people were killed and 14 others injured when an explosion rocked the engine room of a passenger ship in the central Philippines, the coast guard said Wednesday.
