Six Malta Shipyard employees were on Monday found guilty by the company’s disciplinary board of sleeping during working hours. Each worker will be suspended without pay for a varying number of days. As the workers returned to work on Monday, a five day period to appeal to the decision commenced. If
Raytheon Company’s (NYSE: RTN) Integrated Defense Systems and BAE Systems have successfully completed a restrained test firing of a Standard Missile-2 BLK IV MK72 rocket booster on the new MK57 Vertical Launching System missile launcher.
Visitors to this year’s Dubai International Boat Show (DIBS), organised by the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC), will be able to see some of the world’s finest superyachts at the region’s leading marine event. Each superyacht is more than 25 metres in length, with at least three of the opulent vessel
A stricken ship carrying hundreds of migrants, which has spent a week at sea off the coast of Mauritania, is expected to dock on Monday. The vessel was given clearance to dock after Spain, the migrants’ intended destination, agreed to pay for their medical treatment and travel.
The cloudy plastic sheets hanging around Lady Michelle swell and fall as her attendants whiz past, some on bikes, some on golf carts, others carrying armloads of tools. Cables snake from the floor into her covered body and bright bursts pierce from deep inside. Industrial fans push cool air into her
Gulf Craft Inc, the Middle East’s largest boat and yacht builder, has launched a dedicated mobile service team for its local and international clients to ensure their luxury yachts are always ready for action.
The shareholders of Grand Harbour Marina are each offering for sale to the general public 30 per cent of their shareholding in the company. The share offer amounts to three million ordinary shares of a nominal value of 10 cents each, to be sold at the share offer price of 70 cents per share. The [&h
Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) plans to expand its fleet of ships so it can transport 2.6 million tonnes of cargo by 2010, said Vinalines general director Duong Tri Dung during the company’s annual general meeting on Wednesday Dung said Vinalines would continue to invest in building new
LED underwater lights from Queensland, Australia-based Aqualuma Underwater Lighting have quickly developed a “shining” reputation for their brightness, low energy use and rugged, seaworthy design — which is why many of the world’s best known yacht manufacturers now offer them as standard or optional
A fleet of 70ft catamarans will form the basis of a brand new international sailing event which will begin in 2009. At a press conference in Lisbon, Russell Coutts and Paul Cayard announced their collaboration with Portuguese sports promoter, João Lagos, to create the new annual global sports series
The A.P. Moller – Maersk Group has today sold Codan Gummi A/S and its subsidiaries to Italian owned Maflow Group. Codan Gummi develops, produces and sells high-technological rubber hoses, mainly to the car industry. The Codan Gummi Group employs around 900 people, including 225 in Denmark.
The Cambodian port of Sihanoukville has given a warm welcome to a visit from the US Navy. It is the first time since the Vietnam war that an American warship has docked in Cambodia. The arrival of the USS Gary is a symbol of the closer military and political ties between the two states and […
A flag of convenience ship carrying volatile ammonium nitrate is being towed back to Newcastle after its engine room caught fire. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau said the engine or wiring of the Bahamas flagged Baltimar Boreas had caught fire, disabling the ship, after it left the Newcastle P
Two protesters spent seven hours lost in the icy waters of the Antarctic, at one point lashing their damaged boat to an iceberg after a dramatic clash with a Japanese whaling ship. Activists with the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society finally tracked down the Japanese fleet near the Ross Sea early on
