American Steamship Co. has bolstered its fleet by acquiring six vessels for $120 million. The Amherst-based company bought the vessels from Oglebay Norton Marine Services in Cleveland, expanding its fleet to a total of 18 vessels. American Steamship already had the largest U.S.-flag fleet on the Gre
The South Korean Navy Friday launched its first, 1,800-ton class, state-of-the-art submarine equipped with advanced missile systems, a Navy spokesman said. Named after the country
Technip-France has chosen Siemens to supply a produced water filtration system and a seawater injection system to Total Upstream Nigeria Limited for its Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) unit of the Akpo field development, offshore Nigeria. This project follows Siemens
Three people died and eight were missing today after a boat packed with immigrants seeking entry into Europe sank off the Mediterranean islands of Sicily and Malta, coast guard officials said. Italy’s navy dispatched rescuers to search for the missing migrants after 16 of them were pulled from the w
A long, loud blast from the Quanzhou’s ship’s horn announced the inauguration of a new direct shipping route between the city Quanzhou in southeastern Fujian Province and Jinmen in Taiwan. This is the third direct shipping route linking the Chinese mainland and the region of Taiwan. The other routes
A VESSEL with about 30 metric tonnes of condensate has been arrested by the Nigerian Navy along the Imo River in Ikot Abasi, Akwa Ibom State. Disclosing this to The Guardian in Calabar in an exclusive interview yesterday, the Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) Eastern Naval Command, Rear Admiral Sunday B
Police investigating a large cache of bombs found in East Java ruled out any link to a terrorist plot, saying Friday that the high-intensity explosives were produced for use by local fishermen. Authorities discovered 43 bombs in a house in the East Java town of Pasuruan after one accidentally detona
The first group of yachts (Singapore, Durban and Victoria) have rounded Punta Mala and are heading up towards Marina Flamenco, with an ETA of about 1800 UT today. The first group of yachts will then be officially measured and booked into the earliest available canal transit slot.
London – A Maltese-flagged tanker, carrying 44,000 tons of fuel oil, has collided with a cargo ship off the south coast of Britain in the English Channel, the authorities said Friday. The tanker, Shakhdag, with 21 people on board, suffered minor damage to her stern but was able to proceed to the por
Perini Navi is thrilled and proud to announce that on Wednesday June 7th the 88m Clipper Yacht the Maltese Falcon successfully completed her first sail trial on the Bosphorus sea, with an off shore breeze that gradually increased from 8 to 16 knots.
Slightly quicker than anticipated, the leading group of Ericsson, Brasil 1 and ABN AMRO ONE
A press release from the Ministry of Environment & Natural Resources said yesterday that the state-of-the-art Draco, which was launched in Spain last month and is also one of the world
VANCOUVER — As federal investigators prepare a new dive to the final resting place of the Queen of the North, the waters are being muddied by a war of words between B.C. Ferries president David Hahn and the union representing officers and crew aboard the vessel when it crashed into an island and san
Today the Commission has adopted an important Green Paper. This paper captioned: Towards a future Maritime Policy for the Union: A European vision for the oceans and seas, marks the start of a one-year consultation period designed to gather information from the wide variety of interest groups and in
