Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd. said Monday it took delivery of a 1998-built Panamax vessel, the final vessel of a, $81.3 million, three-ship deal.
A fire aboard a Great Lakes freighter burned part of its cargo of sugar beet pellets. The fire broke out on the Virginiaborg … a 434-foot-long bulk carrier. City firefighting crews were waiting yesterday as the ship docked in Sault Ste. Marie.
China will invest 15 billion yuan (1.875 billion U.S. dollars) in the next five years to modernize the Yangtze River waterway, the world’s third longest river with a length of over 6300 km, Li Shenglin, minister of Communications said in Nanjing on Tuesday. The money will be mainly used for waterway
The shipping industry has been blamed in recent years for introducing many of the invasive species that are ravaging what’s left of the Great Lakes native fish populations, but the fight to stop the spread of the latest microscopic invader might just threaten the monstrous freighters themselves.
The Coast Guard helped pump water out of a listing ship near Nantucket this evening. The Coast Guard got a call around 3 this afternoon that the “Susan Marie” was taking on water and listing about 30 miles off the coast of Nantucket.
A Japanese submarine collided with a civilian cargo ship during exercises in waters off southern Japan Tuesday, defense officials said. There were no immediate reports of any injuries.
An unconditional contract has been signed for the supply of multiple aluminium passenger ferries. The contract also includes the option to purchase further vessels. Due for a staggered delivery in 2007 and early 2008 these fast ferries will be built in Australia and provide the basis for the continu
On Monday 20 November 2006 the name-giving ceremony and launch of the 5,600m
H.5285, a 49,000 TDW Product Carrier for Vela was named ZAURAK STAR by Mr.S.B.K
The clock is ticking for the Pride of Newport, the riverboat that’s housed the Newport Harbor Nautical Museum for the last decade. The boat will be sold or scrapped, possibly by Dec. 31, as the museum moves to its permanent home at the Balboa Fun Zone. In the meantime, the museum’s permanent collect
Minister of Defence Seppo K
The number of collisions between vessels and humpback whales this year is already up to six, prompting discussions about speed limits on the oceans around Hawai’i as a way to protect both humans and the whales. Researchers estimate that 10,000 of the big animals visit Hawaiian waters each year
After a recent decline in the number of new ships entering service, the pace is picking up. Eight new ships – each carrying more than 2,000 passengers – will come on line in 2007. All but one will look familiar. That’s because seven of the eight are clones of existing ships. Only one, Cunard’s Queen
Amidst fanfares, sea shanties and a rousing haka performed by the sailors of the Royal New Zealand Navy, the latest naval ship, the Offshore Patrol Vessel OTAGO, was launched on Saturday 18 November at Williamstown, Melbourne.
