A Spanish hospital ship has rescued a boatload of illegal immigrants off the Canary Islands. They are all said to be healthy. The
The latest Phillipe Briand designed megayacht ‘Bristolian’ is to be the largest composite sloop to be constructed in New Zealand to date. Yachting Developments successfully won the bid for construction, which begun in February this year. At 120′ (37 metres) Bristolian is a lightweight, low profile s
Conn. –Rising fuel prices that are a bane to consumers have been a boon to Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. and other manufacturers of helicopters shuttling workers to and from rapidly multiplying offshore drilling rigs. Between 2002 and 2005, commercial helicopter sales rose from about $100 million to $600
With nine of the ten Clippers now moored up in St Helier, crews are enjoying the summer sunshine in Jersey as they await the arrival of Cardiff Clipper. Cardiff retired last night along with Glasgow in light airs, and proceeded to motor sail to Jersey to join the rest of the fleet. Jersey led the [&
Mitsui and Vopak have decided not to continue pursuing a previously-announced 50/50 joint venture regarding their tank storage activities in North America. The joint decision was reached after careful analysis of a number of unresolved issues, including the timing and outcome of all necessary approv
The 58 meter (190-feet) 2,500 tonne Anchor Handling Tug / Supply Vessel “Hadi 21” was launched from Cheoy Lee’s Doumen facility. Still with 10 weeks of construction works remaining, the vessel is on target to meet her contract delivery date of September 2006. A sister ship for the same owner, is due
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The cruise ship that tilted suddenly at sea this week, injuring hundreds on board, is now on its way to New York. The Crown Princess left Port Canaveral on Thursday. On board are the ship
CNOOC and Shell Petrochemicals Co Ltd, China’s biggest Sino-foreign partnership deal, plans to expand its current capacity by 10 to 20 per cent within the next four years, to meet surging domestic demand. The US$4.3 billion joint project, launched in March between Royal Dutch Shell and China’s bigge
Viet Y Steel Joint-stock Co. yesterday signed a deal with local lenders to take out loans totaling VND264 billion, or more than US$16 million, to build a high-quality steel billet factory in the northern city of Haiphong. Five banks joined forces to provide the syndicated loans to the company at a s
General Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) , today announced the start of construction on the fifth dry cargo-ammunition ship in the U.S. Navy’s T-AKE program. The ship will be named later and is scheduled to be delivered to the Navy in the first quarter of 200
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has permitted the transport ministry to proceed with a project to develop a general port along the Thi Vai River in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau. In a decision signed on Monday, a HCMC-based company will build the Phu My General Port inside Phu My I Industr
The National Transmission Corporation (TransCo) signed a memorandum of Understanding last Monday, July 17 with Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction (HHIC-Phil., Inc.) for the direct power connection of Hanjin’s shipbuilding facility to be built inside the Special Economic Zone in Castillejos, Zamb
Practice in emergency drills saved a Danish ship and its crew from a massive fire that engulfed the Port of Providence dock where the ship was unloading gasoline, the ship’s captain said Thursday. In his first public statement since the fire, Leif Nielsen, captain of the 600-foot tanker Nordeuropa,
