The future of shipbuilding in the United States requires national commitment and the nation and Congress need to determine the ship requirements of the U.S. Coast Guard and the Navy, Northrop Grumman Ship Systems President Phil Dur told a U.S. Senate Armed Services subcommittee Tuesday
A fishing boat which sank with the loss of seven men did not have vital flood prevention equipment and twice had to be baled out by hand in the months before the tragedy, a court heard today.
Actor Johnny Depp may make an appearance in Wellington in February – joining fellow Pirates of the Caribbean stars Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley. Depp, Bloom and Knightley will crew a boat in the round-the-world Volvo Ocean Race. Bloom will cover Cape Town, Melbourne and Wellington, where compet
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Team Alinghi was officially welcomed to Valencia at a ceremony in the Valencian Town Hall earlier today. The event was headed by Mayoress Rita Barbera, and President of the Valencia Region Francisco Camps welcomed the 104 members of Team Alinghi to Valencia.
The Shipping Ministry has proposed the setting up of two shipbuilding hubs, including a Rs. 2,100-crore world-class facility in Kochi contiguous with the special economic zone proposed on land owned by Cochin Port Trust.
Doha 2006 has won the Oryx Quest 2005, the non-stop round the world yacht race which commenced and finished in Qatar. Skipper Brian Thompson picked up $1 million prize fund, the biggest in yachting history.
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The Chairman and owner of Sabine Transportation Company, Rick Dean Stickle, has been sentenced to 33 months in prison and a $60,000 criminal fine following his conviction for the illegal dumping of 440 tons of oil-contaminated grain into the ocean from the SS Juneau, a Sabine tanker, and of obstruct
In the strongest signal yet that efficiency at the Durban container terminal has improved significantly, shipping lines yesterday lifted a $100 (about R610) port congestion surcharge levied on containers moving through the terminal.
European Union pressure on shipowners to shoulder progressively stricter anti-pollution safeguards will end up undermining a vital EU industry and encourage law-abiding operators to skirt regulations, the Union of Greek Shipowners warned in a statement Tuesday. In a speech to an Independent Associat
Workers had a hard time dredging the Cocheco River this winter because of rocks discovered in the riverbed, but the project is still expected to be completed next March, according to the contractor. The crew dredging the Cocheco for the Army Corps of Engineers recently wrapped up the first phases of
China Shipping Container Lines Co Ltd said yesterday its first-quarter revenue rose 38.7% as trade increased and it charged more to ship containers around the world. The world’s 10th largest container shipper said in a statement its first-quarter revenue was 6.23bil yuan (US$752mil), based on unaudi
Romanian shipyard Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries (DMHI) will sign on Friday a deal worth more than $500 million (387 million euro) with German Hamburg Sud to build six container ships. Each of the ships will have a capacity of 5,200 twenty-foot equivalent units (teu).
