In case you haven’t noticed–Big! Boats! are Back! Known variously as “yachts,” “megayachts,” “superyachts,” “gigayachts” and just “mine is the big one in the harbor with the helicopters,” they’re the new must-have playthings of the extraordinarily wealthy, not to mention a great way to stand out amo
The characterization by Andy Applegate, a biologist from the New England Fishery Management Council, of scallop dredging effects on ocean floor habitat in Becky Evans’ story, “Action considered for N.J. fishery,” which ran on April 12, downplays and contorts the real and devastating effects of scall
This morning Ellen MacArthur received her Damehood from the HRH Queen, Ellen MacArthur was joined by others including, Private Johnson Beharry, from The Princess of Wale’s regiment, who was decorated with the Victoria Cross for his bravery during the war in Iraq. Ellen MacArthur received the Command
A beleaguered Brooklyn containerport company sent packing by the city could end up in a spanking-new $200 million facility in New Jersey, the Daily News has learned. Red Hook-based American Stevedoring inked a deal in February with Mediterranean Shipping Inc. – the world’s second-largest shipping co
New jobs are coming to an old east Toledo shipyard. News 11 has learned 180 positions will be created this summer when a major barge-building project returns to town. The Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company already repairs ships in east Toledo drydocks. In April of 2004, Manitowoc began building it’s fir
A goal to get all of North Carolina’s shallow inlets dredged and open for Memorial Day weekend has hit a snag. But federal authorities said they still might plow through the task on time. “It’s going to be tight, but we’re going to try,” said Howard Varnum, director of Navigation for the U.S. Army C
“The Police are dealing with the injured passengers on our ferry, the overall condition is fine.” Having a walkie-talkie on hand, Hung Shun-leung was able to grab the latest situation about the rescue. The Hong Kong Marine Department’s Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Center (MRCC) conducted a maritime
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world’s largest shipbuilder, earned a US$10 million bonus for sticking to “three strict conditions” laid down by a customer that had ordered a supertanker from the company. HHI said Thursday it was paid the bonus by U.S. oil giant Exxon Mobil, along with a thank-y
Visiting Montenegro Deputy Prime Minister B Gvozdenovic, heading a high-level delegation, and Union Shipping, Road Transport and Highways Minister T R Baalu today held discussions on areas of mutual co-operation and collaboration in the maritime sector, especially in the areas of development of port
Norwegian vessels building and rebuilding company Bergen Yards is mulling the moving of some of the production of special-purpose vessels to the production site of Bulyard Shipbuilding Industry (BSI), Bergen Yards marketing director Magnus Stangeland said.
Singapore and Malaysia ended a two-year dispute on Tuesday over Singapore’s land-reclamation works in a narrow strip of sea that separates the neighbours, the latest improvement in often-strained relations. Singapore’s Foreign Affairs Minister George Yeo and his Malaysian counterpart, Syed Hamid Alb
Team New Zealand is close to securing another major sponsorship deal which would all but complete their funding for Valencia 2007. Rumours abound the new backer is a giant Spanish brewery. Team boss Grant Dalton is giving little away, apart from saying the deal is nearly done. However, Dalton admits
Northrop-Grumman’s Newport News Shipbuilding is challenging a report published in The Savannah Morning News on April 23, 2005, which alleged that a dozen shipyard workers who had installed protective foam inside the hulls of aircraft carriers said “they had fudged records or installed the foam contr
A committee of the Harbor Commission on Monday voted to enact a 5 percent increase in the port’s shipping services fees, including rates for using docks and storage of containers. It’s the first such increase in the port’s general tariff since December 2003, when the rate was also raised 5 percent.
