A period of relative stability in the region’s ship repair industry is expected to continue at least for the next two years with a steady flow of Navy work, the director of fleet maintenance for Fleet Forces Command said Thursday.
Aker American Shipping ASA (AKASA) reports that the bond loan of up to NOK 700 million has been closed at the maximum level of NOK 700 million. Aker ASA, the biggest shareholder of Aker American Shipping with a 53.17% ownership share, subscribed for an amount of NOK 200 million.
A Japanese whaling ship crippled by fire drifted off the world’s largest penguin breeding grounds today, and New Zealand alerted other countries it may need help if the vessel leaked oil into the pristine Antarctic waters. One crew member was missing from the 8,000-ton Nisshin Maru, which was starti
Carnival Corp. has delayed basing a second cruise ship in the Port of New Orleans due to slow advance bookings and nagging reluctance among some tourists to venture into the city following Hurricane Katrina, a port spokesman said Thursday.
Center-console boats are getting bigger, so it was simply a matter of time before outboard motors got bigger, too. Yamaha unveiled its biggest outboard yet on the opening day of the Miami International Boat Show on Thursday, a 350-horsepower four-stroke. The F350, on display at the Miami Beach Conve
Eating fish and seafood during pregnancy has long-lasting benefits for the child, a UK study has suggested. Children of mothers who had eaten lots of fish during pregnancy had better communication and social skills at seven years old, the Lancet paper says.
Strong winds have resulted in more containers being swept overboard from the wrecked cargo ship MSC Napoli. The 62,000-tonne ship was grounded off the Devon coast on 20 January after being damaged in the English Channel.
Ever since Hurricane Katrina, I’ve had a special concern for Trinity Yachts, which was based in New Orleans and then moved to Gulfport, Mississippi. Well, no need to worry, Trinity has been creating some amazing yachts. The latest is the 161 ft. tri-deck motoryacht Imagine. The yacht has a sleek loo
In an effort to delay this summer’s planned launch of the interisland Hawaii Superferry, some state senators are calling for an extensive environmental review of the ship. A Senate committee has advanced a bill that would require a study of traffic, invasive species, harbor space and humpback whale
The Dutch government and the publicly owned Mozambican Ports and Railways company (CFM) are investing 18 million US dollars in two emergency dredging projects for the access channel and the manoeuvering basins in the central port of Beira. The chairperson of the CFM board of directors, Rui Fonseca,
Good Earth Maritime Ltd will build a shipyard at Cuddalore in Tamil Nadu, with an investment of Rs 1,000 crore. The company has floated a special purpose vehicle (SPV)- Good Earth Shipbuilding Pvt Ltd-for the purpose. Tamil Nadu Maritime Board, in presence of Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi,
ENSCO International Incorporated (NYSE:ESV) announced today that its Contract Status of Offshore Rig Fleet Report has been updated as of February 15, 2007. The Report is available on the Company’s website at https://www.enscous.com and can be accessed from the home page by clicking on “Rig Contract
The Sri Lankan navy says that it has recovered more than a million steel ball bearings – used in claymore mines – after a skirmish at sea. The navy says that two Tamil Tiger boats were destroyed in the clash off the north-west coast.
Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) is ready to deliver the Navy Multiband Terminal satellite communication system to the U.S. Navy for formal tests to begin later this week. NMT is a system of submarine, shore-based and shipboard communications terminals for the transformational SATCOM component of the U.
