Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. announced Aug. 31 that it was further expanding in European and Latin America by purchasing Pullmantur, the largest cruise ship operator in Spain with five cruise ships. In addition to its cruise ships, Pullmantur also has a tour operation that sells travel packages whic
The geo-technical work is taking place now, and should be finalized by early fall so construction can start later this year. Over the next year, even more changes are forthcoming. Two new Super Post-Panamax cranes will be installed. They will give the container terminal the capacity to handle the ne
FOUR of the nine owners of an oil tanker that sank into the Guimaras Strait have left the country long before the Bureau of Immigration placed them on its watchlist, an Immigration official said Thursday. Japanese nationals Tomoki Tsubomoto, Hiromi Irishika and Mototsugu Yamaguchi departed the Phili
Dutch Environment Minister Pieter Van Geel announced the Netherlands would take back the toxic ship Otapan; denied entry to Turkish waters because of the 54 tons of carcinogenic asbestos it contained. In Lahey, Van Geel said the Otapan would be granted permission to return to the Netherlands, but it
China’s shipbuilding industry continues to grow rapidly with shipbuilders getting new orders totaling 16.08 million deadweight tons in the first half of the year, a 113-percent rise over the same period last year, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said here Thursday.
Great Eastern Shipping Co. Ltd. on Thursday obtained court approval extending the deadline for the delayed demerger of its offshore services business by three months, the company said. Court officials could not be immediately contacted for confirmation. The demerger of GE Shipping’s unit that provid
Japanese salvage ship Senshei Maru arrived in the country Wednesday afternoon, ABS-CBN News learned. The salvage ship arrived at the Iloilo Strait at 4 p.m. and is now anchored at the Iloilo International Port. Reports said the salvage ship’s first mission is to confirm the exact location of the sun
Research and Markets has announced the addition of China Shipbuilding Industry Report, 2005-2006 to their offering. This report not only makes an in-depth study on supply-demand, competitive pattern and latest market changes in Chinas shipbuilding industry, but also presents and analyzes the develop
French-based classification society Bureau Veritas has joined forces with the growing Vietnam Register, its Managing Director of the Marine Division, Bernard Anne, has said.
US oil firm Chevron Corp. will build the world’s biggest drilling and production platform at its Tombua Landana field in Angola, South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co. said on Thursday. Daewoo, the world’s second-largest shipbuilder, said in a statement it won a 1,22 trillion w
Ultra-luxury cruise specialist Crystal Cruises is spending $23 million to enhance the award-winning Crystal Symphony in what will be the cruise line’s largest-ever dry dock. In just two weeks, from October 31 through November 12, 2006, nearly 1,300 people will work around the clock on more than 150
In just over six months from now, the world’s most popular mass-market cruise line will launch a “Freedom” of its own. Carnival Freedom, following in the wake of Royal Caribbean’s recently-launched Freedom of the Seas, will leave the Fincantieri shipyard in Maghera, Italy and ply the global waters,
Hyundai Corporation has completed the slipway construction of Qingdao Hyundai Shipbuilding Co., Ltd, an acquired shipyard in China, and announced its mid- to long-term development plan. The newly constructed
The Maritime Self-Defense Force launched its sixth Aegis destroyer at a Wednesday ceremony in a dockyard in Nagasaki as part of Japan’s plan to add sea-borne antimissile capabilities. The Ashigara, built at a cost of 140 billion yen, will be fitted with the U.S.-developed sea-based Standard Missile-
