General Dynamics Electric Boat on Tuesday began the renovation of graving docks 1 and 2 at its shipyard, which will enable the company to build upon its submarine-repair capabilities and help retain its workforce in Connecticut. The two-year project will cost $65 million. The docks are used for new
B.C. Ferries says it’s still negotiating to buy a ship to replace the Queen of the North, which sank last March off the North B.C. coast with the loss of two lives. The information is contained in the company’s first quarter financial results, which show net earnings of $14.9 million, down slightly
If only the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) and FF Cruz Company would be contracted for the use of their suction dredgers, the oil clean-up in the Guimaras seas would only take four to five months, a Coast Guard officer said Thursday. Captain Luis Tuason, District Commander of Philippine Coast Guar
Members of the FBI say that a body recovered from waters off the coast of Italy is that of a Florida woman who disappeared from a cruise ship in last month. Lourdes Hall, an FBI spokeswoman, told reporters that 22-year old Elizabeth Galeana is a victim of drowning, and that investigators believe the
B.C. Ferries has chosen a German company to build a new ferry that will replace the aging Queen of Prince Rupert. Flensburger Schiffbau
Wagenborg Shipping chooses Bureau Veritas for a unique 1,700 teu, open-hatch containership at the IHC yard in Holland, built to BV class. Innovative vessel designs and using sophisticated software tools are ordered in this project. Egbert Vuursteen, CEO of Wagenborg, explains,
The Russian prosecution has launched criminal proceedings against the three fishermen who were on a schooner detained in disputed waters, while Japan is pressing Moscow for more details on the fatal shooting of one of the crewmembers. Russian maritime border guards opened fire on a Japanese fishing
G E Shipping has signed a contract to buy a 1,47,834 dwt., modern Suezmax crude carrier. The 1996 built double hull tanker is expected to join the Company’s fleet during Q3 FY 2006-07. The Company
Japan’s Coast Guard on Thursday chased away a group of Taiwanese nationalists as they tried to sail to Japanese-held islands also claimed by Taiwan, officials said. The group was filmed before they left northern Taiwan’s Keelong harbour, shouting at Taiwanese coast guard officials. “I am not afraid
Bharati Shipyard has bagged a contract from Reliance Industries for the construction of six vessels, including one diving support vessel, for its offshore terminal at Jamnagar. According to a release issued by Bharati to the BSE today, the contract value of the order is approximately Rs 120 crore.
CEOs of Korean shipbuilding companies had no time off even during summer vacation as the industry is enjoying soaring sales this year. Choi Gil-sun, CEO of Hyundai Heavy Industries, has been to Nigeria during his vacation with his executives to visit the company
On August 16 the Volgograd Shipyard laid down the first dry cargo ship of the 006RSD05 project for Beaufort Shipping Ltd (Malta). The cargo ship is 6,970 tons dwt, 140 meters long and 16.5 meters wide. This is the largest of Russian river-sea-going vessels. It is aimed for transporting breakbulk, ti
Three Mexican fishermen who disappeared in the Pacific Ocean nine months ago have been rescued nearly 8,000 kilometres from their home, saying they survived by eating seagulls, drinking rainwater and reading the Bible. A Taiwanese tuna boat scooped the men out of the water about halfway between Hawa
YOKOHAMA (Kyodo) Kanagawa Gov. Shigefumi Matsuzawa said Wednesday the prefecture has accepted the U.S. plan to deploy a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier at the naval port in Yokosuka in 2008. “As the utmost safety measures are being taken, inevitably we have to accept” the deployment, Matsuzawa told
