On June 24 2006 the Volgograd Shipyard incorporated in Maritime and Gas projects launches the sixth dry cargo ship of the 006RSD05 project built for Palmali Shipping. This is the sixth ship in the series of 7 units to be built within 3 years.
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With just 24 hours until the start of Race 10, the Clipper crews in Port Antonio’s Errol Flynn Marina are busy making last minute preparations for the 1,420 mile race to New York. The boats are scheduled to leave the pontoons at 1100 local time (1600 GMT) on Friday ready for a race start at [&hellip
China’s largest ever maritime search-and-rescue exercise, involving 400 people, 28 fleets, two helicopters and an aircraft, was carried out on Thursday in the waters near Dalian Port, northeast China’s Liaoning Province. The exercise started when a “collision” between a passenger ferry and a cargo b
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Malta Shipyards Ltd yesterday announced it had secured a contract valued in excess of Lm5 million for the conversion of a second heavy lift barge for a repeat client, Fairmount Heavy Transport. This contract will include fitting of propulsion equipment and on-deck accommodation facilities. Also yest
Statoil (OSE: STL, NYSE: STO) announces that it has reached agreement on the terms of the sale of Statoil Ireland, its Irish downstream Retail and Commercial & Industrial business, to Topaz, a financial consortium lead by Ion Equity. The two businesses are complementary with a strong strategic fit w
Installation of the four MTU 8000 Series engines is now complete in the first of two, Austal Auto Express 107 metre vehicle-passenger ferries for Hawaii Superferry (HSF) currently under construction at Austal
ONLY the bow could be seen. That was all that was left of a mainland ferry which collided with a Hong Kong-Macau ferry yesterday. No one was injured in the accident, reported Hong Kong newspapers, but the 92 passengers on the China ferry were forced onto the bow as the boat began to sink. And [&hell
The US oil corp. ENSCO said Monday a jackup rig was damaged while preloading offshore Vietnam and may be out of service for 60 days. No employees were injured and there was no environmental damage, the company added. Preliminary inspection indicates relatively minor damage to the rig, which has been
Federal grants, including $2.4 million announced this week, will help pay for a new Ocracoke ferry and improvements to its Manns Harbor shipyard. The U.S. Department of Transportation announced Monday that it will help fund an enclosed paint building at the Manns Harbor Maintenance Facility , said J
General Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), today delivered the USNS Lewis and Clark (T-AKE 1) to the U.S. Navy. The ship is named after Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, who led a legendary exploration of the American West from 1804 to 1806. USNS Le
The U.S. Navy is christening a ship named after American Indian guide Sakakawea, who joined famed explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark in North Dakota and accompanied them to the Pacific Northwest. The ship, which will transfer cargo to other ships at sea, will be named the USNS Sacagawea, f
