American Commercial Lines Inc. announced that the Company has secured a three year agreement for its shipyard employees with the General Drivers, Warehousemen & Helpers (Teamsters), Local Union No. 89. The three year agreement, which was ratified by over 95% of the voters, provides for first year wa
The National Boat Caravan & Outdoor Show is underway with most of one hall dedicated to boats. Among those exhibiting at the event, which takes place at the Birmingham NEC, are Peters Opal, showing the new Azimut 43 Flybridge, the new Sealine SC38 and several of the Rodman sportsfisher range.
At least 18 Indian children and four teachers have died after a school trip boat accident, police have said.
New Zealand’s prime minister has warned Japan its whaling programme could come under fresh international scrutiny if a disabled vessel in its fleet leaks oil. The Nisshin Maru has been stranded since Thursday morning after a fire started in its engine room close to the largest colony of Adelie pengu
Fuel subsidies that allow fishing fleets to “plunder” the deep seas should be scrapped, claim a group of leading international scientists. They said more than $150m (£80m) was paid to trawler fleets, promoting overfishing of unviable resources.
Rolls-Royce has further strengthened its position in South America as a supplier of designs and equipment packages for offshore vessels with contracts for six platform supply vessels (PSV) worth around £45 million, including the first offshore orders from Chile.
A man has died after falling overboard from an oil company guard boat 170km (106 miles) north east of Aberdeen. The alarm was raised at 1940 GMT on Saturday after a crewman from the Aberdeen-registered motor vessel Margaret Jane was lost overboard.
The U.S. Navy was responding as of press time last night to a Taiwanese fishing vessel that was engulfed in flames approximately 640 miles east-northeast of Guam, according to Coast Guard Search and Rescue Specialist Lt. Lee Putnam.
The Naming Ceremony for the tenth and eleventh Armidale Class Patrol Boats was held on Saturday, 17 February at the Austal shipyard in Henderson, Western Australia. Fourteen patrol boats in total are to be delivered to the Royal Australian Navy. The ceremony was attended by senior figures from the R
Plans for dockyard workers in Portsmouth to build three ships for a Caribbean island have been put on hold. Bosses at VT Shipbuilding had hoped to clinch a £150m deal with the government of Trinidad and Tobago last year. But a political row in the islands, apparently over oil, means the contract has
BAE Systems and VT Group were today reported to be close to completing a £1bn (€1.48bn) merger of their shipbuilding assets. The tie-up, which the Times newspaper said could happen in about five weeks, is being driven by the Ministry of Defence’s desire for industry consolidation ahead of a £4bn (€5
Building ships has ranked for years as one of the more dangerous industrial jobs. The job is still hazardous, but it’s getting safer. During the past 14 years, the shipbuilding and ship repair industry has seen its rate of recordable injuries and illnesses – cases that require medical care beyond fi
Repair crews on Monday fired up generators and switched on the lights aboard a Japanese whaling ship for the first time since a deadly fire rendered it powerless and adrift near the Antarctic coast four days earlier. As work continued to get the ship out of trouble under its own steam, New Zealand’s
According to reports on the Cadena Ser radio station, the Dutch cargo ship ‘Ostedijk’ (archive photo) that is still experiencing problems with its cargo of fertilizers first reported during the early hours of Saturday morning off A Coruña on the Galicia coast, has been towed to the north of Lugo, ar
