IT MIGHT have recently slipped out of the rankings of the world’s largest 100 boats but luxurious super yacht Helios remained an impressive sight on the Brisbane River yesterday. Measuring an imposing 60m long and boasting a pillow collection worth more than $500,000, the Helios costs $533,000 a wee
(TKMS) is a super yacht specialist with its two yards Blohm + Voss and Nobiskrug. It will present two models at SMM. The “Triple Seven” is the latest yacht, built at Nobiskrug in Rendsburg, responsible in the group for all super yachts with a length of up to 90m. Longer mega yachts are handled by [&
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A Cumbrian port will be closed to commercial traffic for four weeks as a key phase of a multi-million pound refurbishment scheme gets under way. Essential repairs will be carried out on the Port of Workington’s dock gates at a cost of
Maersk AS has announced that they will exercise the option with Aker Yards to build another two Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessels (AHTS). The value of the contract is approx. NOK 670 million. The two vessels will be sister vessels to the eight Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessels ordered by AP. Molle
Every day the Ham 318 dredger sails from the coast of Dubai to a constantly extending location more than 25km offshore, where it sucks up 23,000m3 of sand from the seabed, before returning to deposit it on the site of Palm Deira. It is a process that has been duplicated up and down the coast [&helli
Angolan state oil company Sonangol plans to buy an oil tanker and production ship for US$570 million to be used in developing the Gimboa oil field in bloc 4 of the country
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From the skies to the high seas. Just like the so-called “near-miss” between a civilian airliner and two Sukhoi-30MKI fighters near Rajkot on September 21, it has now come to light that another disaster in the form of a head-on collision between a warship and a merchant vessel was averted near Mumba
The owners of Southampton docks are set to double the container port’s capacity by 2010, creating hundreds of new jobs. Associated British Ports (ABP) intends to use modern technology to make the most of existing dockland and increase efficiency. The strategy has been developed since the government
The Kuwait Oil Tanker Company (KOTC) plans to build four new crude oil tankers with a total capacity of 1.2 million tons, Kuwait News Agency (TUNA) reported on Wednesday. According to the report, each tanker will cost 120 million to 130 million U.S. dollars depending on technical specifications, whi
Aker Yards, Cruise & Ferries business area combines the long tradition of Finnish and French shipbuilding, benefitting from a unique design competence and strong industrial synergies. The integration process was named 1 + 1 = 3. Since January 4, 2006 when the news of joining forces of the two giants
One of the world’s top luxury cruise ships will receive a $23 million stem-to-stern makeover this fall during a two-week dry dock at BAE Shipyard in Norfolk, Virginia. The 940-guest, 50,000-ton Crystal Symphony, a perennial favorite among well-heeled cruise travelers, will enter the shipyard Oct. 31
The Halifax Shipyard has signed contracts to build two luxury cruise ships for Pearl Seas Cruises, a Connecticut-based company. The value of the deal, signed Tuesday, was not made public. Pearl Seas president Charles Robertson said the company chose the Irving Shipbuilding Inc. operation because of
