Sri Lanka’s navy on Sunday sank a cargo vessel believed to be smuggling weapons for Tamil Tiger rebels, the defence ministry said.
It is May 1823, Cheesman Henry Binstead is onboard the Portsmouth-based HMS Owen Glendower. With the West Africa squadron, the 26-year-old midshipman is on one of the Royal Navy’s fleet of ships tasked to stop the trade of slaves, in the wake of laws to abolish the transatlantic trade.
The gaff cutter Jenny Wren, launched in the 1890s and probably the oldest yacht in Australia still racing (albeit occasionally), yesterday won her division of the Sydney Harbour Bridge 75th Anniversary Regatta.
Some 2,423 tonnes of food bound for conflict-ridden Somalia is stuck at Tanzania’s port of Dar es Salaam with shippers continuing to give the country a wide berth as a result of rising cases of piracy.
David Ross only has to consummate two or three deals a year to keep his Burger Boat Company’s 500 employees busy. But with its custom-built luxury yachts costing upwards of $20 million, there is a relatively limited number of potential customers who can afford one.
Four men had to be rescued after their speedboat ran aground. The group called the coastguard after the boat got stuck in mud at Eling in Southampton Water on Sunday afternoon.
Organisation model, 70 senior leaders and principles for further staffing have been presented today, 19 March, to employees who will be affected by the proposed merger between Hydro’s oil and gas activities and Statoil.
An investigation has been launched into the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of a skipper from his fishing boat off the Sussex coast. A search for the man, thought to be in his 40s, was called off on Sunday evening after conditions worsened.
The Wally 148 under construction at WallyEurope in Fano, Italy features the interiors of Eidsgaard Design that created a “home away from home” following the request of the owners who will spend a lot of their time on board the 45m performance sailing yacht.
Genco Shipping & Trading Limited (Nasdaq: GSTL) today announced it has reached agreements to extend the time charters for five Handysize vessels currently on charter with Lauritzen Bulkers A/S.
Although Gulf Craft is the region’s largest boatbuilder, with boats from 6.1m-42.7m (20ft-140ft) LOA, and ART Marine is its largest distributor, being the world’s largest Azimut dealer, both agree on a single outlook — that the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region has incredible growth potential as
Al Shaali (AS) Marine, one of the largest manufacturers of luxury boats and yachts in the Middle East, has announced that they has closed deals worth more than AED 60 M during the five days of the just-concluded 15th Dubai International Boat Show that was held at the Dubai International Marine Club,
ART Marine, the leading marine hospitality company in the Middle East, brought USD66 M worth of yachts to display at this year’s Dubai International Boat Show, and is proud to announce that all the yachts on display have been committed for sale. Its biggest success was the sale of the new flagship A
Pino Meroni Yacht Interiors, one of the world’s leading luxury yacht interior contracting company, today announced that its business has grown by an impressive 45 percent year on year. The announcement was made during the Dubai International Boat Show 2007 (DIBS) where the company also announced its
