Russia will scrap five nuclear submarines decommissioned from the Pacific Fleet by 2010 under a joint project with Japan, a Japanese deputy foreign minister quoted by RIA Novosti said Tuesday. The Victor class vessels will be dismantled under the Star of Hope program for the dismantlement of decommi
Authorities in Cyprus say they found what appears to be military radar equipment on a Syria-bound cargo ship detained on suspicion of arms smuggling. Police in Cyprus say the Gregorio 1 was carrying 18 trucks fitted with mobile radar they believe are part of an air defense system. The equipment was
Authorities are investigating the disappearance of an Ohio woman who was reported missing Monday from a Carnival Cruise Lines ship. The 36-year-old woman, whose identity was not released, had been on a four-day cruise to Key West and Mexico. The Miami-based cruise line said relatives last saw the wo
Imtech has been granted the order for the supply of the Automation package, the Blue-Line Integrated Bridge System as well as the complete Electrical Installation package for the 10 Singapore Police Coast Guard (SPCG) StanPatrol vessels. The vessels will be built at Damen Shipyard in Singapore and w
The world’s first 14-cylinder low-speed engine entered service on 1 September 2006 in a large, fast container vessel. Developed by W
Norwegian minister for the environment, Helen Bj
To commemorate Sept. 11, the keel of the second U.S. Coast Guard national security cutter being built here was declared authentic or “truly and fairly laid.” “We existed before 9/11 and we will continue to be here long after today,” Coast Guard Rear Adm. Gary T. Blore, executive officer of the integ
The Bridgeport Port Authority and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plan to dredge about 1.5 million cubic yards from the harbor and are awaiting results of a federal and state project on the uses for recycled sludge. The $2 million project will use sediment from a New Jersey harbor, which has a simi
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has received an order for three sets of LNG-fired gas turbine combined-cycle (GTCC) power generation systems, 1,350 MW in total, for Morata Energia S.L. of Spain. Morata Energia is a special purpose company (SPC) established by Electrabel S.A. of Belgium. The
Mazda Motor Co. says it wont sell as new any of its 4,700 cars on board a ship that severely listed on its side south of Alaskas Aleutian Islands in July. The Cougar Ace was transferring ballast in the Pacific Ocean on July 23 when it listed 60 degrees onto its port side, probably damaging […
Petron officials announced in a news forum that it has chartered a double-hull, double bottom ship for its oil cargo transport under its shipping alliance project even before the M/T Solar vessel oil spill in Guimaras happened. Petron’s VisMin industrial marketing coordinator Steve del Mar bared Pet
Dredging of the Missouri River southeast of Springfield is scheduled to begin this week according to the foreman of the contracting company. Last week the crew continued to connect 3,600 feet of pipe which will take sand from the river and relocate it to form three sandbars. The pipeline is being co
The new record was achieved during the unloading of MSC MICHELE,
On September 10 Krasnoe Sormovo Shipyard launched the lead ship of RSD17 project for the Palmali Group. The 5 dry cargo vessels are being built undet the contract signed in 2005. The lead ship of the series “Mirzaga Khalilov” is to be delivered to the customer in November 2006, other ships are sched
