Maritime safety authorities have launched an investigation into the deaths at sea of 14 South African chokka fishermen after a tanker collided with their trawler off Port Elizabeth. The 14 men are believed to have drowned when their 30-metre steel fishing vessel, the Lindsay, was hit by the 20 000-t
Dubai, which is the regional leader in waterfront development, will see more coastal development projects in the future, according to Khalid Bin Sulayem, Director General, Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing, Government of Dubai. Opening the Waterfront 2005 Dubai exhibition and conference a
New bids for the first phase of deepening the Columbia River channel are closer to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers estimates, putting the project on track for a timely start-up, corps officials said. Three companies presented their cost estimates to get the project under way as early as this month. The
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, the world’s largest shipbuilders, won Iranian contracts worth almost $1 billion to build 10 oil tankers, an Iranian official said. National Iranian Oil Tanker Co. will award the contracts to South Korea-based shipbuilders Dae
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are lining up to save the military’s shipbuilding programs, which promise to be central to budget negotiations when House and Senate authorizers meet to mark up the fiscal 2006 defense authorization bill. With members of both parties concerned about the details o
The town of Sanford has the largest population of Portsmouth Naval Shipyard employees. 392 people who work at yard live in the town. People who live there are hopeful the shipyard will stay off the Pentagon’s list of base closures.
Starting today, 25 medium-sized Coast Guard cutters will be repaired at Baltimore’s Coast Guard Shipyard. Commanding officer Captain Ron Rabago says the project will take eight to ten years. He says, when completed , the aging ships will be equipped with the latest navigation equipment, so they can
New Zealander Russell Coutts moved into a tie for the career victories lead on the Swedish Match Tour yesterday with his second straight triumph in the Toscana Elba Cup – Trofeo Locman. Coutts won the event, Stage 5 of the 2004-’05 Swedish Match Tour, with a 3-2 victory over Australian Peter Gilmour
The day dawned brightly for the Angostura Tobago Regatta yesterday. After a night of thundershowers and lightning, the fleet were welcomed by perfect racing conditions with winds gusting at 15-20 knots, and the blazing sunshine was dappled by cloud cover. Personally, having spent the night at the Hi
Fourteen months after breaking the non-stop singlehanded westabout round the world record, Jean-Luc van den Heede is to take on the non-stop solo round Britain and Ireland record. The former maths teacher and Vendee Globe skipper is planning to start his attempt in Adrien, his 86 ft sloop.
For years, local environmentalists had protested the dredging of this area
A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S, the world’s biggest container-shipping company, and Royal P&O Nedlloyd NV are in talks on the industry’s largest-ever merger. Rotterdam-based P&O Nedlloyd, in a statement today, didn’t give details about the negotiations with the Maersk Sealand unit of Copenhagen-based A.P.
The decision by Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) to select Aveva’s marine products for the design and production of ships and offshore projects is expected to have strong positive effects in the Middle East, said Louay Dahmash, Regional Director, Middle East, Aveva. The contract, worth in excess of $1
The chief executive officer of an Iowa shipping company has appealed his conviction on charges of conspiracy to defraud the government and falsifying records to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta. Rick Dean Stickle’s attorney filed the appeal April 7. U.S. District Judge Allan Gold se
