The SYC Organisers have appointed Stuart Quarrie as Race Officer for The Superyacht Cup and Millennium Cup in June 2007. Stuart is presently the Director of the Cowes Combined Clubs organising the annual Cowes week regatta for over 1,000 boats in the UK.
Royal Dutch Shell plc today launched a new global marketing campaign featuring a series of long format dramatised films that show how Shell people contribute to a responsible energy future by solving complex technical challenges. The integrated campaign uses an innovative mix of media. The films wil
Windcraft, importers of luxury German built Hanse yachts will be showing off a brand new 470e at this weekend’s Sail Expo. Sail expo runs from 10-5pm Friday 2 March to Sunday 4 March in Sydney’s Darling Harbour. Entrance is free. The event will include a range of displays including cruising and raci
A council has set aside £400,000 for repairs to Llanelli’s Millennium Coastal Park after a 400m section was washed into the sea.
Northlink has pledged to give fish processors more advanced warning if its ferries are not going to sail because of bad weather.
The first Mumbai International Boat Show closed on Sunday night with impressive results for a first-time event, which ran at the Bandra-Kurala Complex in Mumbai. Exhibitors who took the plunge to support the show were overwhelmed by the visitor response which, according to show directors Malav Shrof
Saudi Aramco has announced a contract with Belgian dredging contractor Jan De Nul, to help develop the Manifa offshore oil field. Although Saudi Aramco refused to comment on the value of the deal and was uncertain of an exact start date, it has scheduled completion for 2009. The dredging works are t
Austal announces the recent multiple ferry orders are for Venetian Marketing Services Limited (VMSL). This represents ten 48 metre passenger catamaran ferries awarded following a competitive international tender process.
Technip has been awarded a contract worth approximately $150 million by Petrobras for the development of the Roncador field, located off the Brazilian coast. The Roncador P-54 project consists of eleven production and six water injection subsea wells, located at water depths down to 1,740 meters and
Dredging company Royal Boskalis Westminster nv hereby announces that it has won a major energy-related contract in India. The project, which will be carried out for the Swiss based Allseas Group S.A., concerns the construction of a trench for pipelines to an offshore gas field in the Bay of Bengal.
The impressive growth of Kuwait’s waterfront developments is fuelling the biggest demand for leisure boats the country has ever seen, with local customers looking to invest in the booming market.
SHIPBUILDING giant Austal has bought the shipyard facilities of North West Bay Ships at Margate. The West Australian shipbuilder said the purchase was in order to boost its skilled workforce — and it plans to expand employment at the new site.
Holland America Line offers 30 canal sailings in 2008 including new full-transit cruises though the Panama Canal, exotic new 13- to 26-day Inca Discovery sailings, and new spring and fall departures from Tampa to highlight its 2008 canal itineraries. The premium cruise line features 13 trans-canal v
Four pirates who are part of the gang that have hijacked a United Nations-chartered cargo ship in Somali have been arrested, aid officials say.
