Two men from the Isle of Man are hoping to navigate the Irish Sea in a home-made rowing boat. Mark Buttery, 41, and Alan Kneen, 37, who hope to raise money for Leukaemia Research, will launch the boat at Peel Lifeboat slipway on Saturday. Their maiden voyage will be in July 2007 when they sail [&hel
Parts of a steel tower for a wind farm in the Western Isles have been lost overboard from a ship in the North Sea. They were being transported from Denmark on the German-registered Lass Moon to Lewis. The towers should have been built on the island but the contract was taken away after the yard [&he
After three days of mixed weather, the Super Yacht Cup 2006, held in Palma, Mallorca, finally came to a close on Saturday. But despite the fluky conditions, Brian Jones, co-founder of High Modulus, reported on the excellent organisation of the event, and the friendly atmosphere amongst owners and cr
The Dominican Republic’s less popular northern coast will be receiving a boost with the development of AtlanticA, a 1,100-acre resort development poised to become the Caribbean’s largest. Carlton Advisory Service’s hospitality group, in a joint venture with an undisclosed New York-based private equi
A blockade at the port of Calais by French sailors staging industrial action has been lifted. The BBC was told about 100 sailors blocked the port on Tuesday evening after three of their colleagues were arrested for violence against police.
Aker Kvaerner has been awarded contracts to supply three subsea drilling riser systems, featuring Aker Kvaerner’s innovative CLIP riser system, to Brazilian drilling company Queiroz Galv
FB245, Amnesia, 60m, is the third Superyacht of the same owner who decided to place his trust in Benetti and in his marine engineer, Garry Bunce, once again. The owner and his friends, the representatives of the Redman Whiteley Dixon Designer study, together with the Benetti bulding team and top man
East Azeri, part of the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) oil development in the Caspian, is well ahead of schedule and should be on stream by the end of this year.
With only a week and a half to go until applications for this year
Dutch lawyer representing some 1,000 victims of toxic waste dumped in Ivory Coast says he is suing the company that shipped the waste there. Dutch firm Trafigura has denied responsibility for dumping the waste in the city of Abidjan, saying it employed a local company to dispose of it. But the lawye
Sweden: All 16 crew members were rescued from a navy ship that sank after an exercise in the Stockholm archipelago early today the Swedish military said. The ship started taking in water on the way back to its base after a late-night exercise with three other vessels. The crew abandoned the sinking
Fraser Yachts, the largest yacht brokerage in the world, today announced that it will have 16 mega yachts with a combined value of more than $200 million on display at the 2006 Ft. Lauderdale boat show. The boat and yacht show, which runs from Thursday, October 26 to Monday, October 30, will feature
Three sailors from a Russian cargo ship that is thought to have sunk in the Pacific off South Korea’s east coast were found alive Tuesday, and one was found dead, Russian officials in Vladivostok said. The Sinegorye, with 18 crew members on board, is believed to have sunk in the Sea of Japan, accord
Seadrill has been awarded a letter of intent by a major oil company for international explorations activities with the ultra-deepwater drillship West Polaris (Mosvold I). The contract has a firm duration of three years and estimated contract value is approximately US$ 570 million. West Polaris is cu
