Subsequent to the report of 8 March 2007 about the collision between the hopper W.D. Fairway and the container vessel MSC Joanna, Royal Boskalis Westminster nv wishes to announce that the damage to the W.D. Fairway is considerable and that the ship will be out of action for the remainder of 2007. Bo
This previously unknown wreck was discovered during a routine multibeam charting survey of the west coast of British Columbia, Canada.
Ericsson Racing Team have raised the stakes in their efforts to produce a successful campaign for 2008-09 with an intensive research and analysis programme. The purchase of previous race winner ABN AMRO ONE as a training boat, has also added to their armoury.
On the occasion of the opening of the XV Dubai International Boat Show, Azimut Yachts has previewed its new “S line” flagship: a yachting masterpiece that combines the refinement of the Italian style with the leading edge of technology.
The new Azimut 103S has been officially presented on 12 March at a special event for the international press and for local clients from the Arab Emirates.
USS New Orleans commissioned, a $1.3B transport ship, took 5 years to build. With the boom of cannons, the Navy commissioned the USS New Orleans before thousands of onlookers Saturday, marking the first time since at least World War II a Navy ship has been built and commissioned in its namesake city
Nakheel is set to announce a series of design changes on the Palm Deira, its third offshore island development in Dubai. The property developer launched an international public tender seeking consultants for the project’s redesign in June last year. The consultancy contract was later awarded to Mala
At MEYER WERFT the keel was laid today of AIDAbella, the second club ship out of a series of 4 for AIDA Cruises. The traditional lucky penny was placed under the first of a total of 55 blocks, which weighs approx. 450 tons, is 32.2 m wide, 6.90 m high and 16 m long. The […]
This year’s Dubai International Boat Show (DIBS) is poised to be bigger and better than last year’s, according to the show’s organisers, the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC). This year’s show will be 33 per cent bigger, with 20,000 square metres of net exhibition space, more than 720 exhibitors and m
A united shipbuilding corporation will be established to combine all state financial assets in this sphere, First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said Friday. Ivanov, who is also chairman of the board of the United Aircraft Building Corporation, said the decision was made at President Vladimir P
A man has suffered a broken leg and chest injuries after a 50-tonne crane he was driving toppled over onto its side as it was lifting a boat. The incident occurred at a private boatyard in East Street at the Camber docks in Portsmouth on Friday.
A £260,000 project to improve fishing facilities in a North Norfolk village has been given the go-ahead. The work which will include building a new quay at Brancaster and improving the coastal footpath will begin in May.
An army of volunteers has been brought in to help clean-up beaches littered with debris from a grounded container ship off the Devon coast. About 100 people were recruited in advance to assist in the first public-aided operation at Seaton Beach in east Devon.
It boasts seven decks, two helicopter pads and storage space for a submarine. Yet the most significant fact about the secret yacht-building project in Genoa is the price tag – a record-breaking £140 million. Measuring 438 feet long, the 60-strong crew of the world’s most expensive privately-owned ya
