HEALTH inspectors will rip up carpets and furnishings in a ship on which 100 people were struck down with a vomiting bug last weekend, the third such outbreak on the boat. The Black Prince returned to Leith, Edinburgh, early yesterday after about 100 of its 393 passengers fell ill with a stomach bug
TWO navy patrol boats, to be named Glenelg and Maryborough will be built at Fremantle and then based at Dampier to protect the North West shelf. Defence Minister Brendan Nelson said today that the boats will be built at Austal’s Henderson shipyard near Fremantle by Austal and the Defence Maritime Se
Todd Shipyards Corporation (NYSE:TOD) announced today that the U.S. Navy has awarded to its wholly owned subsidiary, Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation (“Todd Pacific”), a delivery order under its Multiple Award Contract in the amount of $5,180,291 for the in-drydock repairs and preservation of Cais
GROTON, Conn., July 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — General Dynamics Electric Boat has won a $20 million, 18-month contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to continue development of shaftless propulsion technology for submarines. Electric Boat is a wholly owned subsidiary of G
The South Australian Government has approved another $115 million to expand the Osborne shipbuilding site in Adelaide. South Australian Premier Mike Rann says he met with the state’s defence industry advisory board chairman, General Peter Cosgrove, yesterday to brief him on the Techport Australia ex
The fleet is proceeding to a new start line as there is no wind off the Ambrose Lighthouse. Tim Magee, skipper of Liverpool 08 and the current Duty Skipper, reports back that there is a Force 0, gusting Force 1, and still heavy rain. The fleet is aiming to start at dawn, so the details […]
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources orders owners to salvage the ship Billy Star and sop up the sulfuric acid that escaped from its tank off the coast of Bauan, Batangas. Owned by Grand Asian Shipping, the 150-ton ship was having repairs at the Keppel Shipyard in Barangay San Miguel,
OTTAWA – The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and Minister responsible for Prince Edward Island today announced on behalf of the Honourable Loyola Hearn, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, that the Government of Canada will pro
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The fleet started racing today, in position N40 40.5 W070 08. The start signal was given by the Duty Skipper Tim Magee on Liverpool 08 at 1345 UTC, with the boats lined up north to south. Tim reported “WA, durbs and jersey had the initial best start but cardiff and wa slightly to windward are [&hell
Hanjin Shipping is to deploy “Hanjin Bremerhaven,” the world’s fastest, latest 6,655TEU containership, on its Asia-Europe trade. On July 5, Hanjin Bremerhaven was christened at Hyundai Heavy Industries in Ulsan, a south eastern city of Korea. Hanjin’s owned super-high speed container vessel is sched
It has been 9 days since the container ship
A Korean research vessel has completed a survey in waters near the country’s easternmost Dokdo islets. Government officials in Seoul say the vessel, called Haeyang 2000, is set to arrive in the southern port city of Busan on Friday evening. The ship’s mission to survey the East Sea has raised diplom
GULFPORT – Commissioners quickly approved the sale of two parcels of land in the Bayou Bernard Industrial District, most notably allowing Gulf Ship LLC to expand six acres. It was part of three actions in a special meeting of the Harrison County Development Commission held this morning. The shipbuil
