A training course for captains of megayachts over 24 metres – Convergence Navi – is also being planned in Barcelona from March 19th to 21st 2007. After the success of the three previous events, the fourth edition of Convergence will be held from February 27th to March 2nd 2007 in Naples. Convergence
Glass is firmly gaining ground in naval design, in the big sail- and motor-yachts, as the closing feature of open boats and becomes an interesting subject of research and exchange between the building and the marine industries. The subject is addressed by outstanding architects and personalities fro
Campaigners fear the impact of plans to use the Port of Ramsgate in Kent as the operating base for the world’s largest wind farm in the Thames Estuary. The government granted permission on Monday for the 341-turbine scheme off the Kent and Essex coasts along with a smaller 100-turbine project off Th
Cargotec’s MacGREGOR business area providing marine cargo handling solutions has received orders for 84 ship cranes from China. The cranes will be delivered between 2007 and 2009 for container ships and multi-purpose vessels that will be built in different shipyards. The value of the orders is appro
On the sunny island Curacao the last two vessels out of a contract of nine were named and handed over to Oldendorff for their transshipper project in Guyana. The naming took place on the 17th of December in Caracas bay and had a typical Caribbean, relaxed and informal character.
This is to announce that Femcoborg B.V. and Damen Shipyards Gorinchem signed, on 15 December 2006, two contracts for the construction and delivery of Damen ASD Tugs 2810 to be operated at the oil terminal of Rosneft in Murmansk, Russian Federation.
On Wednesday 20 December 2006 Odense Steel Shipyard Ltd entered a contract with the Danish Naval Material Command for 3 patrol vessels for the Danish Navy, the vessels will be delivered in the period 2010-2012.
The Port of Tauranga and Ports of Auckland are still talking about a merger, but they haven’t agreed on the terms. Port of Tauranga chairman John Parker said the continuing discussions were constructive and positive.
A new European deal for Scottish fishermen has been branded as “another nail in the coffin”. The deal, reached in Brussels in the early hours of the morning, will see the days many fishermen are allowed to go to sea again being cut.
The super-tanker Vladimir Tikhonov of the Russian Sovcomflot shipping company has been rated among the world’s three best vessels in 2006 for design and technical characteristics.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) today announced its vessel construction figures during the calendar year 2006, at its Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works, Kobe Shipyard & Machinery Works and Shimonoseki Shipyard & Machinery Works
A vessel contracted by an Australian oil firm, Origin Energy, to conduct seismic surveys north of Mombasa, has arrived. The vessel, Northern Explorer, comes at a time when a consortium comprising Australian, British and Spanish oil companies is drilling an offshore well in the Lamu basin.
The U.S. Navy has approved funding for the construction of a second General Dynamics trimaran version of Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) featuring an innovative, high-speed trimaran hull. The 127-meter surface combatant LCS is intended to operate in coastal areas of the globe, and will be fast, highly ma
Parker Drilling Company (NYSE: PKD) today announced that a wholly owned subsidiary, Parker Drilling Offshore USA, LLC, has entered into an agreement with Basic Marine Services, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Basic Energy Services, Inc. (NYSE: BAS) to sell two of its workover barge rigs and relat
