when David Stirling first set eyes on the APL Panama, the 835-foot container ship that became stranded on an Ensenada beach on Christmas Day, the 47-year-old salvage master had only one thought:
Travelift will transport mammoth vessels from shipyard to the river. Burger Boat plans to debut a new method for launching its mega-yachts when the Mirgab V goes into the Manitowoc River this spring.
Two boatyards up the coast from the spot where Maine’s shipbuilding tradition was born in 1607 are working on new replicas of two ships that carried the founders of the Jamestown colony
More than 200 people who returned to San Diego yesterday from a cruise to Mexico reported suffering a highly infectious stomach illness.
Reclamation for the Northern Town development, on the north-western coast of Bahrain has begun. The reclamation work is a joint venture between Netherlands-based Boskalis Westminster and Van Oord.
Moonen Shipyards, world-renowned Dutch builder of
PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD – The crew of the USS Hartford will join four other submarine crews who are calling the Seacoast their temporary home.
Kuala Lumpur – An international piracy watchdog on Friday warned of fresh attacks off Somalia after heavily armed pirates fired on a United Nations food aid ship.
Shell is planning to begin its Beaufort Sea oil exploration this summer, a state official said. The initial work will involve excavating “well cellars” from below the sea floor.
Shell International Trading and Shipping Company has obtained Green Passports for all 25 of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers in its managed fleet.
Aker Yards has entered into a contract with DOF ASA, through its subsidiary DOFCON ASA, for the building of two large Construction Vessels, with optional agreement for two sister vessels. The value of the contract is approximately NOK 1,580 million.
Cargotec’s MacGREGOR business area providing marine cargo handling solutions has received a large number of ship crane orders during the first months of 2006. The cranes will be delivered during 2006-2008.
A woman has been jailed for 35 years by a federal court in New York for running an immigrant-smuggling ring. Cheng Chui Ping ran a multi-million dollar scheme which transported hundreds of illegal immigrants to the US in packed cargo ships.
LONG BEACH, Calif. Investigators are still working to put out a fire that broke out this afternoon in the hold of a large cargo ship docked in Long Beach Harbor. Tons of scrap metal are burning. The fire has spread smoke across the massive Long Beach Port area.
