The mast stepping of the 56 meter ketch Selene has been successfully completed on January 14th at Perini Navi in Viareggio. The 39th yacht built by Perini Navi has been equipped with two aluminium masts – 58.8m for the main sail and 48.26m for the mizzen sail – and carbon-fibre furling booms support
The DNV classed, ‘Front Sunda’ is currently being converted from single hull suezmax tanker to heavylift vessel at Cosco Nantong Shipyard. It’s the first project for Frontline contracted to Chinese shipyard and is also the first heavylift conversion work for the yard.
Beach-combers have been told to stay away, but scavengers are out on Branscombe beach in Devon, where booty is washing up from the stranded ship MSC Napoli. So can they keep what they find? Brand new BMW motorbikes have been wheeled out of the shingle by keen treasure-hunters. Wine casks, perfume an
The amount of vehicles, freight and passengers using the port of Dover has increased for the second year running. Statistics released by the Kent port show a record 2.3 million lorries passed through it in 2006, while passenger numbers reached 13.7 million.
The warship HMS Cornwall is leaving its Devonport base to join the UK mission Operation Telic in Iraq. The Type 22 frigate will be away for the next seven months.
Drunk crewmembers have been blamed for running a ship aground off Latvia’s north-western coast on Jan 21. Latvia’s naval coast guard service head Hermanis Cernovs told LNT television that five of the nine crewmembers of the Malta-registered ship were under the influence, including the captain.
BAE Systems and VT Group plan to relaunch their British shipyards as big exporters of warships if a planned restructuring of their interests can be agreed. BAE and VT, formerly Vosper Thornycroft, are in talks to merge their shipbuilding assets, which include the Govan and Scotstoun yards on the Cly
The Viet Nam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin) has issued an additional 500 billion VND (31.25 million USD) in bonds to mobilise capital for its shipbuilding projects. This is the corporation’s third bond issuance, which is underwritten by the Ha Noi Housing Bank Securities Company in the
Coastguard officials hope to begin pumping 3,500 tonnes of oil from the stricken ship MSC Napoli to prevent more fuel leaking into the sea. Some 200 tonnes of oil have already leaked from the cargo vessel, which is beached off the Devon coast.
Inland shipping is likely to play a more important role in China’s cargo transportation, Li Shenglin, minister of communications, said yesterday. Rail and road transport carry the bulk of the cargo across the country, but major inland waterways will be developed in next 15 years to share a larger pe
A major effort to try to reverse the decline in tuna stocks worldwide is getting under way in Kobe, Japan. Five regional bodies responsible for managing stocks of tuna, one of the most valuable and endangered species, are at the meeting.
Around 200 tonnes of oil have leaked from a cargo ship beached off the coast of Devon. Coastguards are confident the main fuel tanks have not split. It is believed the leaking oil is coming from the ship’s engine room. The MSC Napoli contains 3,500 tonnes of heavy fuel oil but the Maritime and Coast
The ss Great Britain has been short-listed for another prestigious European award. In May, Brunel’s only surviving ship, restored in her original dry dock in Bristol, won the Gulbenkian prize, with a cash award of £100,000.
NAUTILUS Minerals Inc has contracted Canyon Offshore to provide the vessel, a remote operated vehicle (ROV), and drilling equipment for a major exploration, evaluation drilling and environmental base line study programME, starting March, over its Solwara projects in Papua New Guinea.
