Cost rather than capabilities was at the center of congressional questions to shipbuilding officials at a hearing Wednesday. Philip Teel, president of Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, came to the House subcommittee on defense appropriations hearing expecting to have to defend his company’s ability to
With more than 12 million vacationers ambling up the gangways last year and nearly 13 million expected to sail this year, cruise lines’ coffers are awash with profits – with lots of it slated for shipbuilding. A dozen new liners will take to the seas this year, according to Cruise Lines Internationa
Racing in Round Robin One of the Louis Vuitton Cup is scheduled to end today and with respect to the leaderboard, the competition is coming down to the wire, with Flights 10 and 11 offering points that will be critical to determining final positions.
Quintana Maritime Limited (NASDAQ: QMAR), a leading international provider of dry bulk transportation services, announced today that it has agreed to acquire a newbuilding Capesize bulk carrier of 180,000 deadweight tons (dwt). The vessel will be constructed by Imabari Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., the la
German ship owner Peter Döhle Schiffahrts KG is expanding its yacht crew support services for superyachts through its Isle of Man office, Döhle (IOM) Ltd. The goal is to maintain a pool of experienced, qualified and service-oriented personnel for the growing fleet of superyachts clients by providing
A Spanish hospital ship began disembarking a group of African illegal migrants in Senegal on Thursday after they had been rescued from their sinking craft off the coast of West Africa while trying to reach Europe.
Aker Kvaerner’s focus on technology has been duly recognised by the 2007 Offshore Technology Conference (OTC). Aker Kvaerner’s PowerTrac® Cone Crusher(TM) and Aker Kvaerner’s SeaBooster(TM) technologies have both won 2007 OTC Spotlight on New Technology Awards.
Volvo Ocean Race has moved forward with its plans to bring the 2008-09 event to India and it now looks likely that the major southwestern port of Kochi will be the stopover on the new race route through the Middle East and Asia.
China State Shipbuilding Corp., the nation’s top ship maker by capacity, plans to more than double sales to RMB 100 billion by 2010 from RMB 40 billion last year. The company, which aims to be the world’s largest shipbuilder before 2015, said sales growth in the next two to three years will be drive
Daewoo Shipbuilding Marine and Engineering Co., the world’s third-largest shipbuilder, said Thursday that it swung to the black in the first quarter of the year on increased orders for high-priced vessels.
House Democrats appear increasingly likely to endorse a major boost to the Navy’s 2008 shipbuilding budget, even as they and their Senate counterparts also advance legislation to cut off funding for the war in Iraq and bring American troops home.
Thousands of young salmon are to be released into the River Taff in an attempt to reinstate the fish back into the south Wales valleys. Salmon were almost wiped out in the area because of industrial pollution.
A pecking order is beginning to be established after seven flights of racing at the Louis Vuitton Cup, with the best teams establishing themselves at the top of the leaderboard.
Pirates attacked 41 vessels in the first three months of 2007, down sharply from the same period a year earlier, a global watchdog has said. The International Maritime Bureau said the number of attacks between January and March was the lowest since 1998.
