WHITE HOUSE Two Presidents Bush are helping to christen America’s newest aircraft carrier today. The current president and first lady will join the 41st president and his wife at Northrop-Grumman’s Newport News, Virginia, shipyard for the christening of the George H.W. Bush. It’s the tenth and last
Ferretti Group Pavilion – 7,000 square metres dedicated to premieres and brand new boats. An exhibition of 52 yachts, of which 12 new models, in the largest stand of the entire boat show. The Ferretti Group further consolidates its leadership in a new, futuristic area of over 4,000 m
Two major international companies are moving into Murphy Development Co.
The Royal Navy has helped seize a haul of cocaine, with an estimated value of
Roberto Cintron has learned many things as general manager of the bustling Flamingo Cancun Hotel, but few as critical as how to track bad weather from his office computer. As we speak, he’s got one eye on Hurricane Gordon, the other on tropical storm Lane, but his mind is on Hurricane Wilma. It’s be
It doesn’t get much better than the conditions off Saint-Tropez today – sailors and photographers live for days such as this, with 25-30 knots of wind, sunny skies and a fleet of the most beautiful sailing yachts in the world. After a week of extremes: too much wind or too little, the competitors we
During the Genoa Boat Show Perini Navi announced its new production plan and introduced the Maltese Falcon, one of the largest sailing yachts in the world. Giancarlo Ragnetti, Perini Navi
The Foreign Office says contact had been made with seven foreign oil workers – including four Britons – taken hostage in Nigeria, as efforts continued today to secure their safe release. Sources in Nigeria have spoken to one of the workers, who reportedly confirmed that he and his colleagues were “O
Stena Bulk USA is hosting the Christening of the new Concordia Maritime P-MAX Vessel, Stena Performance; the fourth of ten in the P-MAX series. Klas Eskilsson, head of Stena Bulk USA welcomed Hans Nor
OJSC Mining Metallurgic Company “Norilsk Nickel” has confirmed its order of container ships for its own fleet, as Fairplay, a weekly about international shipping, reports. Four container ships of high icebreaker class will be made at Aker MTW Werft GmbH shipyard (Warnemunde, Germany). The total frei
THE Qatar Shipping Company (Q Ship) yesterday said it has sold another of its new Aframax tanker to Porlock Maritime Company for $69.5mn (QR253mn). With the sale of its newly built
The 108-foot fishing vessel Sunlight collided late Wednesday night with the 891-foot oil tanker Erik Spirit about 20 nautical miles southeast of Portland Head Light in the northern outbound shipping lane, the U.S. Coast Guard reported Thursday. Lt. Connie Braesch of the Coast Guard in Portland said
VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin) reported an output value of over VND9 trillion ($567 million) and revenues of over VND5.6 trillion ($351 million) in the first nine months of 2006. The figures represented year-on-year increases of 40.7 percent and 73.3 per
A company that wants to scrap former US naval vessels on Teesside, is likely to know whether it can go ahead with the controversial project within days. Able UK wants to dismantle up to 13 so-called ghost ships at its facility in Graythorp, Hartlepool. But the plan has been dogged by legal and plann
