EUKOR Car Carriers Inc. has placed an order with Korea ship builder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for four (4) extra large Pure Car and Truck Carriers (PCTCs). The vessels will be built at the HHI Shipyard in Ulsan, Korea. Deliveries are scheduled for 2010.
Support services and shipbuilding company VT Group has been contracted to build and manage three (3) Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV), including associated training and long-term maintenance support, that are to be supplied to Trinidad.
Jan De Nul Dredging Ltd., member of Jan De Nul Group, just received the award for the construction of a new port complex with construction of breakwaters and quay walls including the dredging of the access channel and harbour basin. Jan De Nul Dredging Ltd. is in consortium with an Omani and Turkish
Calling for action to curb piracy in Somali waters, the world’s largest humanitarian food relief agency welcomed the release of a hijacked ship used for carrying food aid which had been intercepted in February off the coast of the Puntland semi-autonomous region in Somalia’s northeast.
VietNamNet Bridge – One more oil spill nearly 1km wide with unknown length has appeared around 30 miles east of the coast of southern city of Vung Tau. This oil spill was discovered by a ship of the Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin) on April 9.
More than 100 jobs will be created in Hampshire after shipbuilding company VT Group won a £150m contract to build three off-shore patrol vessels.
Zapatero, visited Port America’s Cup today accompanied by the Minister of Public Works, Magdalena Álvarez, the President of the Regional Government, Francisco Camps, and the Mayoress of Valencia, Rita Barberá.
On Saturday 14th April, Port America’s Cup will celebrate one of its most long-awaited moments, the official opening Boat Parade for the 32nd America’s Cup. The final stages of the event will begin two days later with the first racing of the Louis Vuitton Cup. The winner will face Alinghi in the 32n
During the 2005-06 race, event organizers adopted the Save the Albatross campaign after becoming aware that around 100,000 albatross die each year after being caught on longline fishing hooks. In 2008-09 the race will increase efforts to protect these magnificent seabirds, and the new route will cre
Earthrace has now left San Diego and is continuing on her round-the-world speed record attempt. The unique wavepiercing vessel was involved in a collision off the coast of Guatemala with an unlit fishing skiff, resulting in considerable damage that has been mostly repaired in San Diego. She is now 8
As the sun rises above the Aral Sea, Alek, a local fisherman, steers the boat, leans forward and pulls the net out of the glittering water. It is full of carp, sturgeon and flounder – just two years ago he could not have even dreamt of this catch.
The number of cruise ships calling at the Isle of Man’s Douglas harbour is expected to rise this year.
Rescuers searched Monday for 20 crew members who were missing after a Chinese ship and a foreign cargo vessel collided off the east China coast, officials said.
Transocean Inc. (NYSE:RIG) today announced that its affiliate, Transocean Offshore International Ventures Limited (“Transocean”), has entered into an agreement with Pacific Drilling Limited (“Pacific Drilling”), providing Transocean with the exclusive marketing right for two currently unnamed deepwa
