Sail Queenstown has launched a ‘Twilight Sailing’ package aboard the Americas Cup yacht NZL14 for the ultimate summer evening experience. The elite trophy boat – built specifically for New Zealand’s 1992 challenge in San Diego and originally skippered by Russell Coutts – has added 5pm and 7.30pm sai
European Union ministers have reached a deal to regulate permitted fish catches in 2007, aimed at stimulating the recovery of depleted stocks. During late-night talks, the ministers agreed a series of concessions offered by the European Commission, including a 14% cut in the North Sea cod catch.
A former Durban sailor is one of three men believed to have drowned at sea when the yacht they were delivering from South Africa to the United States encountered trouble more than 10 days ago. John Anstess was one of three men assigned to deliver a catamaran to Seattle. The crew did not reach their
A woman has been airlifted to hospital after becoming ill on a cruise ship off the Dorset coast. The 88-year-old from Redhill, Surrey, was on the Saga Rose, which left Southampton Port on Wednesday evening bound for the Caribbean via Spain.
The EU’s fish quota deal – which includes cuts to the UK’s cod catches – represents “a good deal”, the government has said. Cod quotas will decrease by between 14% and 20% next year, with the number of days allowed for fishing also reduced. But permitted prawn, haddock, mackerel and monkfish catches
Shanghai / Hamburg, 21 December 2006 – Germanischer Lloyd continues to provide first class classification service in Greater China and all over the world. The hostile takeover bid by the French company Bureau Veritas was rejected. The independence of Germanischer Lloyd has been safeguarded by a loca
The crew of the ship that had run ashore off the Reykjanes peninsula yesterday morning was rescued by an Icelandic Coast Guard helicopter yesterday afternoon. Water had flooded the holds of the 3,600 ton ship and its engines were dead. It is feared that oil might leak from the ship and damage the su
P&O Cruises super-liner is ready to for its first holidaymakers after undergoing a multi-million pound refurbishment. The Oriana ship is sailing back to Southampton after its overhaul refit, which includes a new Gary Rhodes restaurant, boutique hotel-style interior look and high tech children’s faci
A Scottish electrical firm announced Tuesday that it is pouring $100 million into the purchase and conversion of an icebreaker vessel into a floating hotel capable of plowing through ice in Arctic waters. The work will be done in Mobile.
Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited (Keppel O&M) through its wholly owned subsidiary in The Netherlands, Keppel Verolme BV has secured a EUR140 million contract to build a floating heavy lifter for the decommissioning of offshore structures.
A 925-ton Korean trawler from Pusan on Wednesday sank in the Atlantic off the coast of Argentina, killing four people and leaving two others missing, the Korean Coast Guard said. The Coast Guard received an SOS signal from the In Sung, vessel No. 207, at around 2:30 p.m. and reported it to rescue he
Brazil`s Compania Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) is planning to build a fleet of super-sized dry bulk carriers to boost its iron-ore export capacity and compete more effectively with Australian rivals as both seek to satisfy growing demand from Chinese steelmakers.
Abu Dhabi’s Tourism Development & Investment Company (TDIC) has awarded a Dh815 million ($222 million) bulk earth-filling contract for its flagship Saadiyat Island project to Belgium’s Jan De Nul. Work will now begin in January on filling some 35 million cubic metres of earth which will be used to p
State-run shipbuilder Vinashin has joined forces with Republic of Korea’s Songsan Company to form a joint venture to produce steel structures for shipbuilding. The Songsan-Vinashin JV will invest US$35 million to build a factory in the northern Hai Duong Province.
