Det Norske Veritas (DNV) a leading international provider of services for managing risk has announced it will open a series of new and enhanced office locations throughout the Middle East and India, due to escalating revenues which are estimated to reach US$ 45 million by the end of 2006.
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There was just one thing on the Mirabella V that struck me as BIG; this roller reefing mechanism. That apart, this yacht is so perfectly proportioned that everything else seems to be of normal size, but that is not, of course, true! Having the world
Ending media speculation about side-stepping an open bidding process to hand over Gwadar port operation and development to DP World, Pakistan has announced a re-tendering process for the concession.
Marigot Marina Fort Louis has offered free docking for participating yachts on Friday afternoon and overnight during the St. Maarten-St. Martin Classic Yacht Regatta taking place the third week-end of January 2007. Space for the classics will however be limited due to the high season and long term d
Papenburg, 14/15 October 2006 Upon completion of extensive tests and engine trials the 93,500 gt cruise ship
Three people were killed and three others were missing after an offshore natural gas pipeline exploded when a tug pushing two barges struck it on Thursday, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The tug and barges hit the gas line at about 12:30 p.m. in West Cote Blanche Bay, about 100 miles (161 kilometers) so
The keel for a fisheries research vessel of the Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (CIFT) was laid on Thursday. S. Ayyappan, Deputy Director General, Fisheries, of the Indian Council for Agricultural Research, laid the keel in the presence of K. Devadasan, director, CIFT. It is the Kerala Shi
A federal jury today convicted a ship captain of criminal misconduct in a deadly docks crane collapse on Mobile’s waterfront. Wolfgang Schroder, 58, was convicted in U.S. District Court of misconduct in the March 2 accident at the Alabama State Docks container facility. At sentencing in February, Sc
BAE Systems has won a seven-year contract from the U.S. Navy to maintain Navy warships at Pearl Harbor. The company employs more than 300 people in Hawaii. The Naval Sea Systems Command contract is a multiship, multioption award. For the first year it’s worth $87 million. The Navy has an option to e
Sealegs International says it has shipped its first amphibious boat to Kuwait and has received orders for five more. It says two boats are scheduled to be shipped each month to Kuwait over the next three months, the group’s fastest entry into a new country market. It says the six Kuwait orders repre
The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat an $18.7 million contract to perform reactor- plant planning yard services for nuclear submarines and support yard services for moored training ships. Electric Boat is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) . Work will be per
Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp. of Seattle has won a $6.5 million contract to overhaul the Alaska state ferry Malaspina, the company announced Thursday. The work is to be done at Todd’s facilities in Seattle, and is to be completed by April 5, 2007. Todd performs a variety of overhauls of large commerc
When Holland America Line recently added a new Culinary Arts Center to the final ship in the fleet, all structural changes originally envisioned for the company’s $225 million Signature of Excellence initiative were complete. The comprehensive Signature of Excellence upgrades announced nearly three
