A Philippine passenger ferry with 260 people on board caught fire south of Manila on Sunday, leaving at least five dead, coast guard officials said. A total of 255 survivors were rescued by two passing fishing boats and a coast guard from the MV Catalyn D, which caught fire off Mindoro island, about
Carnival Corp. said Monday it exercised its option to build a 2,100-passenger ship for its luxury Holland America Line brand at a cost of about $567 million, with delivery scheduled for fall 2010.
A multi-million pound regeneration of a Cambridgeshire port has begun. A boat lift, capable of lifting vessels up to 75 tonnes, has been installed at the Port of Wisbech, as part of the Nene Regeneration Scheme.
ISA is proud to announce the sale of the brand new ISA 600, a twin screw displacement motoryacht 60,50 meters long and 12 meters beam, that, in terms of dimension, this is the largest motoryacht ever built by the ISA shipyard in Ancona.
Lévis, June 12, 2007—Davie Québec is delighted to announce that Cecon ASA (pronounced “seacon”) of Norway has confirmed its intention to exercise a shipbuilding option worth US $145.3 million, providing the Lévis shipyard with another major contract—its third in less than four months.
Kockums AB is acquiring the elements of the Swedish Armed Forces’ marine maintenance activities at Muskö naval dockyard that have been offered for sale. The completed negotiations comprise the takeover of Muskö naval dockyard’s marine engineering facilities, initially for three years, with an option
Saint Tropez – Two Wallys participated this year in the Giraglia Rolex Cup inshore races, Magic Carpet Squared and K2Wind, and both of them competed in the IRC Class with the super maxis like Alfa Romeo and the new Wild Oats XI.
Davie Québec is delighted to announce that Cecon ASA (pronounced “seacon”) of Norway has confirmed its intention to exercise a shipbuilding option worth US $145.3 million, providing the Lévis shipyard with another major contract—its third in less than four months.
Russian and Norwegian interests meet in the far north and the Arctic. The new StatoilHydro company has big ambitions in this part of the world, chief executive Helge Lund told the St Petersburg Economic Forum this weekend.
The great Trans Tasman rivalry between Australian supermaxi Wild Oats XI and her near sistership Alfa Romeo, from New Zealand, has resumed, this time at the Giraglia Rolex Cup off St Tropez, and it was first blood to the kiwis by the narrowest of margins.
Bharati Shipyard said on Monday that it bagged orders worth USD 65.10 million (approx. Rs 2,600 million) from Norwegian Offshore Shipping of Norway for supply of two 150 tons bollard pull anchor handling, tug and supply vessel with the company.
First though, plans to refloat the 40,000-tonne bulk carrier stranded on a reef just off Newcastle’s Nobby’s Beach, have come unstuck. Salvage crews have found the Panama-registered Pasha Bulker has an outer hull breach, and is taking on water. The massive vessel ran aground in gale force winds and
Aker Kvaerner and SKF have established a partnership for Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) for the offshore and onshore oil and gas industry. Condition Based Maintenance reduces plant downtime, increases equipment reliability and reduces maintenance by means of optimised maintenance and inspection p
Unit 4 Agresso NV said it has won a contract worth an undisclosed amount from Dutch dredging company Van Oord. Van Oord will set up a control center to rollout the systems in all the 23 countries it is active in.
