The big boats have all arrived in Sydney in preparation for the Sydney to Hobart yacht race. The race starts on Boxing Day with three Super Maxis favoured to battle it out for line honours, defending champion Wild Oats, Skandia and New Zealand’s hope, Maximus.
On December 16th, H.4129, H.4130, two 3,630 TEU Containerships for Hamburg Sued were launched from the No.2 Dock during the 132nd batch. The accomplished progress rate of H.4129 was 91.6%, while H.4130’s was reached at 90.0%.
Rolls-Royce is to provide the Government of South Australia with an A$50m shiplift which will be a key element of a major new shipbuilding and ship repair development at Techport Australia. The Syncrolift
EU ministers are meeting to discuss annual fish catch limits against a backdrop of warnings of falling stocks. Among those discussing the issue will be UK Fisheries Minister Ben Bradshaw. Cutbacks including a 25% reduction in the cod quota and reductions in plaice, sole and hake allowances have been
Large-scale merger and acquisition (M&A) deals are expected to continue into 2007, as Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. and other big firms will be put up for sale while potential buyers are loaded with cash, analysts said. Among major firms on the sales list are Ssangyong Engineering & Constru
The $51-million MV Sonia smoothly sailed into Esquimalt Harbour from Greece yesterday — her clean modern lines and $9-million worth of refit work bringing a broad smile to the faces of Victoria shipyard workers.
Carnival Corp. has ordered its largest ship yet for its Carnival Cruise Lines’ “Fun Ship” brand. The Miami-based cruise giant said Monday it had exercised an option for a new 130,000-ton ship. The cruise line’s biggest ship to date is 110,000 tons. The new vessel, scheduled for delivery in summer 20
An extensive search in the North Sea was called off yesterday after an engineer thought to have fallen overboard was found lying injured behind a bulkhead. The owners of the dive support vessel DSND Pelican had given up hope of finding Christopher McGonigle, 35, alive after he disappeared 140 miles
Vietnamese state-owned shipyard Vinashin has clinched a US$110 million order for a floating storage and offloading (FSO) unit for an affiliate of state giant PetroVietnam. Under an agreement signed Monday between Vinashin and Petroleum Technical Service Company (PTSC), FSO-05 will be designed to hav
Second order contracted for the new slipway of IHC Holland Merwede. Helix Energy Solutions orders new Well Intervention / Diving Support vessel with IHC Holland Merwede BV
Luxury performance boat manufacturer Fearless Yachts has established an exclusive collaboration with internationally renowned Porsche Design Studio / Austria, to build an unparalleled new collection of high speed, custom luxury boats and yachts sized from 28 to 150 feet in length.
Rescuers fear at least 100 suspected African migrants have drowned after their boat capsized off Senegal. The boat set out in early December with as many as 124 people on board, thought to be headed for the Canary Island, but it ran aground in bad weather.
EU officials have tabled a compromise at talks to set fish quotas for 2007, which would cut cod catches by 25% but reduce days at sea by only 20%. Scottish fishermen’s leader Bertie Armstrong said the idea was “still worrying”, but added that the negotiations were at an early stage.
The 2nd giant goliath crane which had been established at the Neutae area, started going into operation from the 15th of December. It performed its first mission, lifting the block of H.1157. Its maximum lifting capacity is 900tons, with a hoisting height of 72m and a rail span of 148m.
