Damen has delivered the first new Sea Buses to Istanbul in March 2007. The fast ferries were built under a contract with Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) for delivery of 5 units in total. Following sea trials and technical acceptance at Damen’s yard in Singapore, the first 2 ferries were shi
MUMBAI: After six months delay, three short-listed international dredging giants —Boskalis and Van Oord BV, from the Netherlands, and Dredging International from Belgium — have finally received the security clearance to bid for the mega Mumbai-JNPT channel dredging project.
WASHINGTON – The industry and the military share responsibility for cost increases that have turned shipbuilding into a volatile political issue, experts said Wednesday, suggesting both work harder to solve the problem.
Denmark. Transas Denmark wins delivery order for Royal Arctic Line. The shipowning company has officially announced that they have chosen Transas to supply SVDRs for their 4 vessels: Naja Arctica, Nuka Arctica, Irena Arctica and Arina Arctica.
Dockwise Yacht Transport (DYT), the world’s only float-on/float-off yacht transport service, is partnering with the International SeaKeepers Society to outfit DYT’s new super ship, the 686-foot (209 meter) Yacht Express, with the organization’s innovative SeaKeeper 1000TM ocean and meteorological mo
On Monday, April 9, 2007, the Port of Detroit will welcome the ocean-going vessel, M/V Sandviken, to inaugurate the 2007 shipping season. The M/V Sandviken, a Bahamian flagged vessel, is expected to arrive at 7:00 a.m. at the Nicholson Terminal & Dock Company.
Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited (Keppel O&M), through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, has secured contracts worth S$280 million from repeat customers. Prosafe Production Services Pte Ltd has awarded Keppel Shipyard, a contract to repair and convert a 276,000 dwt VLCC tanker, the M/T Navarin, into a
The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard plans to beef up security, ‘Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is considering expanding the two existing restricted areas so that access to the entire island is controlled,’ said Danna Eddy, deputy public affairs officer for the Kittery Port Authority.
A Devon beach which was the scene of scavenging after cargo washed ashore from a beached ship is being reopened to the public. Branscombe Mouth beach was closed after it was littered with debris and cargo from the MSC Napoli in January.
State-owned PetroVietnam will invite foreign companies to bid for exploration and production contracts for seven offshore blocksin a bid to boost the country’s crude oil and gas output, a newswire reported Thursday.
An operation to evacuate up to 1,600 people from a stricken cruise ship has been completed off the coast of the Greek island of Santorini. The Greek-flagged Sea Diamond issued a distress signal after running aground and starting to take on water.
Students from an Oxfordshire college were among 1,600 people evacuated from a cruise ship off the Greek coast. The daughter of a former mayor of Reading was among the 30 students on board the Greek-flagged Sea Diamond, which ran aground near Santorini.
As 15 Royal Navy sailors and marines held in Iran are reunited with their families, what lessons can the forces learn from the returning crew?
Cornish fishermen have been asked to contact the armed forces minister with any information they have about the mysterious sinking of a French trawler. Five crew members died when the Bugaled Breizh sank off the Lizard in 2004.
