Officials at the Bach Dang shipyard in northern Hai Phong city said Sunday that the newly built freighter that got hung up on its own launch rails has now been towed into the water without further damage. The Sun Island freighter was resurrected by high tide, after which it was easily towed to the w
BREMERTON — At the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, workers are preparing to transplant the nose of a retiring submarine — the USS Honolulu — onto the USS San Francisco, which was damaged when it ran into an undersea mountain in 2005. “A bow replacement on an operational hull is unique and has never been
Acergy S.A. today announced that it had been awarded a contract valued at approximately $125 million for a deepwater SURF installation project offshore Angola. The installation work is scheduled to take place during the first half of 2008.
The fleet commenced racing at 2100 UTC on June 26th, using a Le Mans starting sequence controlled by the duty skipper, Conor Fogerty on Cardiff. The following race start report is from Nicola Finan, also from Cardiff.
ST. PETERSBURG, June 26 (RIA Novosti) – Baltic Shipyard [RTS: BALZ] will not pay dividends for 2005 but will use the company’s net profit for development, the press service said. The net profit of one of Russia’s largest shipyards, which specialized in production of warships, large-capacity commerci
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Bangladesh shipping minister Akbar Hossain has died after suffering a heart attack, an official said on Monday. Hossain, 65, went to hospital in the capital Dhaka late last night complaining of chest pain. “Shipping minister Akbar Hossain, a veteran freedom fighter, died after a massive cardiac arre
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Multraship has added twin-schottel tug Hamtun (1985, 3.500 ihp, ex-Red Funnel/Adsteam) to its fleet. The tug has been renamed Multratug 16 and will mainly be deployed for harbour towage services in the ports of Terneuzen and Flushing and on the Terneuzen-Ghent Canal. Earlier this month the former Du
The first project, set to be announced in Halifax on Monday, will be the selection of a builder for the navy’s three new joint support ships. The $2.8 billion program was started under the former Liberal government. A consortium led by General Dynamics Canada is thought to be leading contender and i
The fleet is heading north to the restart line, and at present is just west of Great Inagua, the southern most of the Bahamanian islands. Conor Fogerty, skipper of Cardiff and the duty skipper for the fleet at the moment, hopes to restart the race from Jamaica to New York later on today. They have [
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The duty skipper, Conor Fogerty on Cardiff Clipper, decided to go for the pre-arranged Plan B in case of extremely light winds after the start. The fleet is now motorsailing towards a rendezvous point in the Windward Channel, where they will restart later today. The wind stream chart shown indicates
A couple of fierce battles ensured there was plenty of action on the first weekend of Louis Vuitton Act 12 on the waters off Valencia. Two close matches between unbeaten teams trimmed the top of the leaderboard and provided spectacular racing for the large spectator fleet. Alinghi and Emirates Team
