A new help centre for boat owners has opened in Jersey. One Stop leisure centre will act as a base for local and visiting sailors and aims to provide one point of call for maritime inquiries. The centre is based in the former Sunseeker Channel Islands building, located in the new North Quay developm
Aker Kvaerner has been awarded a contract from Jurong Shipyard Pte. Ltd in Singapore for delivery of a drilling system for an ultra deepwater drilling semi-submersible unit. The total contract value for Aker Kvaerner is approximately USD 160 – 180 million, including 3rd party deliveries of approxima
MEYER WERFT invests in its future by offering another 60 apprenticeships as of September this year. This will increase the number of young people being trained at the shipyard in various professions to 277. This announcement was made by Bernard Meyer, managing partner of the shipyard, during the ina
Antigua – At her first participation in the Antigua Sailing Week, Indio collected three of the most important trophies of the regatta: First place Overall of the Performance Cruiser Fleet (50 yachts) First place in her class Performance Cruiser I (12 yachts) Best Elapsed Time Performance Cruiser Fle
A man has been airlifted to safety from the water near Ullapool after a wave knocked him out of his boat. The man managed to cling to the side of the boat, which was being blown into the shore at Logie Bay, on Sunday morning.
The megayacht industry has blossomed over the last ten years, with multi millionaires and billionaires buying yachts in the tens of millions of Euros price range – and when it comes to some billionaires they seem intent on buying a fleet that would put some small countries navies to shame.
Aker Yards has entered into a contract with REM Con AS a subsidiary of REM Offshore ASA for building of two AHTS vessels. The value of the contract is approximately NOK 1.4 billion in total. The vessels are Anchor Handling Supply Vessels, based on the Aker Yards design AH 12. Delivery is scheduled i
At least 22 Haitian migrants died after their boat capsized in shark-infested waters near the Turks and Caicos Islands, the US Coast Guard has said. At least 73 of the 150 people believed to have been on board were rescued, but more than 50 are still missing.
A number of Tamil Tiger rebels have been killed in a sea battle off the north-eastern coast. The navy said it sank two Tamil Tiger boats, part of a flotilla of 26 rebel vessels, and killed at least 10 rebels.
A man drowned after he fell from a fishing boat into the sea off Ireland, an inquest on Anglesey has heard. The crew mates of Patrick McCabe, 61, from Dundalk, County Louth, told how they desperately tried to save him on 1 November last year.
A quarter of the world’s oceans will be protected from fishing boats which drag heavy nets across the sea floor, South Pacific nations have agreed. The landmark deal will restrict bottom-trawling, which experts say destroys coral reefs and stirs up clouds of sediment that suffocate marine life.
The world’s largest privately-run hospital ship has set sail on its maiden mission to Africa. More than 400 volunteer medical professionals were onboard when it set off from Blyth, Northumberland, on Thursday morning.
The U.S. East Coast port city of Boston has been formally announced as a stopover for the 2008-09 Volvo Ocean Race. The long-awaited news that Boston will be the only North American stopover for the Volvo Ocean Race was announced at a ceremony to introduce the Boston-based entry, PUMA Racing Team to
When Holland America Line’s ms Zaandam sets sail from Vancouver, B.C., on Earth Day, April 22, it will be unlike any other cruise ship at sea, featuring new cutting edge emission reduction technology recently installed during a two-week drydock. In cooperation with several United States and Canadian
