Flagstone Property Group is set to begin building Island Gardens, one of the largest waterfront developments in the world to be located on Watson Island. Surrounded by 360 degree views of Biscayne Bay and the Miami skyline, the $575-million project will integrate a super-yacht harbor, a luxury hotel
A stricken cargo vessel which ran aground near a harbour may be freed by the weekend, according to experts carrying out the recovery operation. The MV Emsland, laden with 1776 tonnes of timber, got into trouble shortly after it left the Port of Montrose, in Angus, on 29 December.
Bob Oatley’s 98 footer Wild Oats XI is just behind the race record pace 20 miles short of Port Stephens at 5pm this afternoon in the 2007 Pittwater Coffs Harbour race. She has already chewed up more 60 miles of the 228 mile course and if the breeze swings east holds into the evening the […]
Kalmar, the business area providing container handling solutions within Cargotec, has received a significant order for 247 terminal tractors from PSA Singapore Terminals, the world’s largest container transhipment hub. The delivery of the terminal tractors starts in mid-2007.
ABG Shipyard (Q, N,C,F)* said it has secured USD 9.90 million (Rs 450 million) repeat order from Gujarat Ambuja Cements (GACL) for the construction of one self loading and unloading vessel of 4000 DWT bulk cements carrier.
They say U.S. plan to screen port workers is redundant and costly. A federal plan to screen port workers could drive up the cost of building and repairing Navy ships while doing nothing to improve security, industry officials say.
A high-speed catamaran from a scuttled Rochester, N.Y.-Toronto ferry service is at the Halifax Shipyard for unspecified work. The Spirit of Ontario I operated for just two seasons on Lake Ontario before Rochester’s new mayor, Robert Duffy, pulled the plug on the service.
Mid-evening on New Year’s Eve saw the diminutive form of David Kent’s Gillawa finally cross the finish line, the last arrival in the 2006 Rolex Sydney Hobart race. Despite this being the third year in a row that Kent’s 32ft Cavalier 975 has taken the wooden spoon (for last boat in) in the annual Box
The 2,200 TEU capacity ship is the first of six container ships to call at Ashdod on regular basis on three monthly calls as from January 2007 M/V YM Ocean, voy.647W, call last week the Israeli port of Ashdod after several years during which no Yang Ming ships called Israeli ports.
The 45th Annual Atlanta Boat Show will shine the spotlight on boating’s latest products and marine technology when it sails into Atlanta Jan. 10-14 at the Georgia World Congress Center. >From new powerboats, sailboats and yachts to the world’s only boat lift specifically designed for the marine envi
On Dec. 28, 2006, the U.S. Navy awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat a $50.7 million contract to perform routine maintenance and modernization work on the USS Albany (SSN-753), a Los Angeles-class attack submarine. Electric Boat is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD).
TUBAN, Indonesia – At least 200 people survived the sinking of an Indonesian ferry, the health ministry said on Monday, even as body bags were being prepared for victims and more than 400 remained unaccounted for. Although confirmed deaths were in single digits, officials said corpses from the disas
The Evergreen Group will establish its own liner agency company, Evergreen Shipping Spain, S.L. (EES), in Valencia, Spain, with a branch office in Barcelona.
An Olympian, triple world champion in the 505 and 49er dinghy classes, two-time Australian 18-foot Skiff Grand Prix Champion, and a two-time Volvo Ocean Race competitor, Chris Nicholson is one of the world’s most valued offshore racing sailors. Incredibly though, his first-ever ocean racing experien
