Following the launch in December of “Osman Gazi-1”, the first of two Auto Express 88 fast car ferries for the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, an Inaugural Voyage for Representatives of the Operating Cities of Turkey was held on Monday 12th March 2007. This was to commemorate the successful compl
ART Marine, the Middle East’s leading marine hospitality and yacht brokerage organisation, today launched Club Azure at the Dubai International Boat Show. Club Azure is a fractional yacht ownership programme, which offers an intelligent business and lifestyle model, combining the quality and guarant
On the 9th of March 2007, the first Damen Container Feeder 800 for HS Schiffahrt in Haren (Ems), Germany, was launched after being christened by Mrs. Doris Schepers, wife of Hans-Bernd Schepers, one of the partners in HS Schiffahrt.
Plans by RWE npower to build a new power station on the River Thames have been welcomed by the Port of London Authority (PLA). RWE npower has announced that it will now consult with the local community and interested parties on plans to invest over £1 billion in a state-of-the-art ‘cleaner’ coal pow
A Royal Navy frigate has airlifted five people in gale force winds from a cargo ship taking in water in the Mediterranean between Crete and Cyprus.
The Sinara motor ship that caught fire 30 miles off Vladivostok has moored at the Vladivostok sea port. Border guards were the first to go aboard to observe the necessary formalities despite the fire.
There is huge growth potential in the Middle East for the marine industry, with most of the Gulf markets still untapped, said Erwin Bamps, executive manager, Gulf Craft, a UAE-based boat and yacht manufacturer on the eve of the Dubai International Boat Show (DIBS).
Korea’s three major shipbuilders are expected to draw in orders worth US$30 billion this year. Industry reports put orders for Hyundai Heavy Industries at $13 billion, Samsung Heavy Industries at $10-11 billion, and Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering at $10 billion.
Van Phong and Lach Huyen are two very important ports that will influence the development of the country. State-owned Vietnam National Shipping Lines Corporation has sent a proposal to the Ministry of Transport to invest in a number of transport projects as a part of its development plan from 2007 t
Danaos Corporation today announced that it took delivery of the Norasia Integra (ex E.R. Auckland), a vessel it had already agreed to acquire. Norasia Integra is a 4,300 TEU containership and will commence its 12 year charter with the Yang Ming Group in May 2007, as it is currently under charter wit
COSCO Shipyard Group and Norway-based Maracc successfully signed a contract for the building of GM 4000 Semi-submersible Unit. The contract, with a total value of 195 million US dollars, has fixed a completion period of 34 months. Nowadays, there are few shipyards in China which can build such type
The State’s shipbuilding assets will be merged into one corporation and city governor Valentina Matviyenko is already looking to locate the headquarters of the new company in St. Petersburg. The decision to create a financial holding — Unified Shipbuilding Corporation — came late Friday after a mini
The grounding of the MSC Napoli off the coast of Devon may have been good news for scavengers. But the task of repairing the damage caused by the ship is proving complex and difficult.
Aker Innovation and DOF Subsea have decided to continue to build Aker Oilfield Services without other co-owners at this time. Since the establishment of Aker Oilfield Services, announced Friday, 2 March 2007, Aker Innovation and DOF Subsea have met with potential outside investors in Norway, the UK,
