For the first time since the 1982 Falklands conflict the number of warships at Portsmouth naval base on active service has dropped below the number decommissioned and awaiting disposal. The home of the Fleet has 19 redundant ships compared with 16 on active duty but in dock. Although these figures m
Turkish coast guard officials have seized undeclared military cargo from a British ship that was heading from a Ukrainian port. Eight of the detained crew are Ukrainian citizens, RIA Novosti reports. On Monday, Turkish customs officials carried out a search of the British-flagged ship named
Inside one of the boardrooms on Igloo Avenue in Fictional District, an extensive discussion is taking place between the company
Feadship has designed a fully customized tender to complement its brand-new series of semi-production motor yachts, the F45 Vantage. Some seven meters in length, the stern-drive catamaran tender has been specially designed by Feadship De Voogt Naval Architects for parking onboard the F45. Serving as
The CKYH Alliance (COSCON, “K” Line, Yang Ming, and Hanjin Shipping) held an annual CKYH Summit Meeting on June 7, 2006 at Miyazaki, Japan with each line
Transas Norway, based in Horten, have recently announced that they have been chosen by Goliat Shipping (Norway) to supply the company
After months of dedicated work and preparations Xinhe Shipyard in Tianjin (China) finally announced the launching of the CSD Kaerius. Special and unique feature was the installation of the approximately 200 ton heavy mega cutter ladder. The launching ceremony took place on Monday the 12th of June 20
Perini Navi successfully completed the first trial sail of the 88m Clipper Yacht the Maltese Falcon last Wednesday in an 8-16knt offshore breeze on the Bosphorus sea. Tom Perkins the owner, who acted as project manager during both project conception and construction of his vessel, commenting on the
Aker Floating Production has recently acquired three tankers to be converted into FPSOs (Floating Production, Storage and Offloading units). Following the contract with Aker Yards Brevik on 2 June 2006 for the provision of marine and interface engineering as well as conversion supervision of the fir
ABG Shipyard has secured another order for construction of a vessel at a price of euro 16,590,000 ( about Rs 98 crore) and an option for 78 M LOA diving support vessel at euro 16,540,000 from Vroon Offshore, The Netherlands. According to an official release issued ot the BSE today, the company is al
Cargotec has signed an agreement to acquire BMH Marine AB, a Swedish company specialising in dry bulk handling equipment on ships and at port terminals. The business will become a part of Cargotec
A local court in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has sentenced the captain of an Indian ship to life imprisonment following an incident in February that led to the death of a sailor. Apart from Jitendra Malhotra, the captain, who was awarded life imprisonment, five other crew members were sentenced t
Having won this race eight years ago, sailed a leg in the last edition and seemingly led his Pirates of the Caribbean crew to second place this time round, Paul Cayard remains undecided on whether he will sail a fourth Volvo Ocean Race campaign in three years time. Cayard, who will be 50 when the [&
While the excitement of the Leg 8 finish and then the In Port race has been taking up most of the attention, the gaps have been filled by the Volvo Extreme 40 catamarans. The cats have been racing in the canalised Maas river, just off the race village, except for one day when they ventured […
