Fincantieri has won an order from Costa Crociere for two ships (one option) worth 840 million euros to the owner. The 92,700-ton vessels will be built at Marghera (Venice) shipyard with delivery due in spring 2009 and autumn 2010.Each ship will have a passenger capacity of 2,260 with 1,130 cabins av
Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), today announced that it has ordered two cruise ships for its European brands with an option for a third. Included in today’s order are a 92,700-ton vessel for Genoa, Italy-based Costa Crociere, as well as an option for a sister ship, both to be
With the thud of a sparkling wine bottle against a steel hull, a replica of the USS Monitor was christened Sunday afternoon. An array of dignitaries gathered Sunday afternoon at The Mariners’ Museum to recognize the full-scale replica of the famed Navy ironclad. The ship won’t be sailing but instead
Navy chief Admiral Arun Prakash will travel to Russia next week to review ongoing defence projects, including the work on Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier and its MiG-29K fighter complement, and also discuss new projects like the procurement of three more stealth frigates. Admiral Prakash will also
A contract worth about NOK 160 million for hook-up of a new quarters module on Snorre A in the North Sea has been awarded by operator Statoil to S
Teekay Shipping Corporation (Teekay) (NYSE: TK) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a plan to create a new publicly-traded master limited partnership called Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. that will focus on providing marine solutions to the growing offshore energy sector. Teekay
THE French registered fishing vessel ‘Mariette Le Roch’ contacted Clyde Coastguard yesterday afternoon reporting loss of power. The ‘Mariette Le Roch’ was drifting two and a half miles off the Isle of Arran. Clyde Coastguard tasked the Arran Coastguard Rescue Team to the scene, they were on site wit
Rescue crews searched the Chesapeake Bay on Sunday for a prominent publisher and former diplomat whose sailboat was found empty and drifting in shallow water. Philip Merrill, 72, an experienced sailor, had taken his sailboat out alone Saturday, and he typically followed an 18-mile round trip without
Fifteen hundred long and painstaking miles around Britain and Ireland turns out to be nothing more than a useful indication that Brunel can be competitive in light winds. Their fifth place on Leg 8 has been annulled due to a navigational oversight on the approach to Rotterdam. Thirty miles from the
Something goes on between the port and starboard earlobes of the ABN AMRO ONE think tank which simply doesn
The first of a new breed of Navy ship
0940GMT Start. All the boats close together towards the committee boat end. ABN AMRO ONE come sto the line first but has to bear off, making for the in end. Brunel at te Committee boat gets a great start over Pirates. Ericsson at the pin end has to gybe off – over early as they […]
Liverpool 08 and Cardiff arrived in Panama City on Sunday afternoon, joining New York, Victoria, Uniquely Singapore and Durban. Glasgow is expected at around 5pm local time and westernaustralia.com, Qingdao and Jersey are epected later today. The prizegiving party for Race 8 from Victoria starts at
To see Torben Grael beaming a contented smile, let alone one from the winning boat, was a surprise in itself, but this light wind leg was one of surprises for each of the three podium dwellers, who finished within 26 minutes of each other in the early hours of this morning. For Brasil 1, a […
