The Ferretti Group, one of the world leaders in the design and construction of motoryachts and sporting boats, marketed with the brand names Ferretti Yachts, Pershing, Itama, Bertram, Riva, Apreamare, Mochi Craft, Custom Line e CRN, will be on display at the Genoa Boat Show with a completely new loo
High-level sources say that the inspection committee on Blue Lady was under intense pressure to give clearance to the vessel for beaching, as per the admissions by credible sources within Technical Committee on Ship-breaking. The source that spoke on condition of anonymity referred to intense pressu
Posco also said in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing that it has no plans to move into manufacturing automobile gas filters. The company said it made the statements in the SEC filing in response to reports on those matters. South Korean steel maker Posco said it hasn’t considered acquiring
Of all the sailing vessels at the Tall Ships Festival, the Tallship Unicorn has the most “girl power.” An all-woman crew sailed her in yesterday from Green Bay, Wis., with a half-dozen women executives on board for leadership training. It leaves here next Saturday for Port Huron, Mich., with a group
Captain Bruce Randall may not have long dreadlocks, gold teeth, or a peg leg, but he’s every bit the pirate at heart. Randall, 45, along with his tall ship, The Red Witch, and his not-too-motley crew have been known to fly a pirate flag and shoot off a cannon when the scallywag mood strikes. And [&h
Faulty electrical equipment on the captain
One of ten suspected Somali pirates, captured by the US Navy early this year, yesterday accused the US of torture at the opening of a trial intended to deter rampant piracy off Somalia
A 19,800 dwt stainless steel chemical tanker vessel is the 60th ship being built with Germanischer Lloyd class at Qingshan Shipyard. The 10th anniversary of close cooperation between Qingshan Shipyard and Germanischer Lloyd is being celebrated today with a ceremony attended by more than 100 guests.
Two crucial tasks for the U.S. Navy are to provide security for sea lines of communication (SLOCs), and to defend the U.S. homeland from afar. But the shape of the landscape for 21 st century sea power is changing fast — figuratively and literally. China’s growing naval strength — especially submari
Security barriers in the water around the docks at Port Everglades no longer will be regularly used to protect oil tankers from a seaborne terrorist attack like the one that damaged the USS Cole in 2000. County commissioners, who are in charge of the port, say the change never was discussed with the
Big oil has been pressing Congress for years to expand its rights to drill for domestic offshore oil and gas, with little to show for its efforts. But with tensions in the Middle East and gasoline prices at home rising, the industry
Five Miami-based cruise ships have changed their itineraries to avoid Tropical Storm Chris. (Royal Caribbean’s Navigator of the Seas, Royal Caribbean’s Freedom of the Seas, Carnival Cruise Lines’ Valor, Carnival’s Triumph, Carnival’s Elation.) Forecasters have issued a hurricane watch for the southe
The Federal Opposition has condemned a Government plan to hold illegal fisherman and asylum seekers intercepted in Australia waters for up to a month on a prison ship. Customs is searching for a vessel that can be converted to hold up 30 detainees and be armed with mounted machine guns. The ship wil
The Swan Hunter shipyard could yet see the return of shipbuilding work after owner Jaap Kroese said he would be bidding for a contract with a Scandinavian company. Just two weeks since the RFA Lyme Bay vessel was towed away from Swan’s Wallsend yard in an unfinished state after rows over costs with
