A.P. Moeller’s giant container ship Emma Maersk is on its way to the Far East. It is the longest ship trading in the world today. At 396 metres, it is only exceeded in length by the floating production and storage vessel Knock Nevis which sits off Qatar, permanently in the same spot, dispensing crud
A huge restoration of the Cutty Sark tea clipper is to go ahead thanks to a
New Zealand’s superyacht industry is on show this weekend to the world’s most discerning audience. The Monaco Boat Show is the most prestigious event in a very high luxurious world and more than a dozen New Zealand boat builders and designers are exhibiting. Gary Dickson, editor of the New Zealand y
A state commission is scheduled to decide Monday whether to bolster funding for a task force trying to draw cruise ships to visit southeastern Connecticut. The Connecticut Cruise Ship Task Force is requesting about $70,000 from the state’s Commission on Culture and Tourism. The task force has been r
MACKENZIE’S Tug Service has welcomed an addition to its fleet with the arrival of a new tugboat from China. Designed by Dutch company Damen, the $6.5million vessel arrived at the Esperance Port Authority last week after a brief stopover in Broome. MacKenzie’s Tug Service Owner Fud MacKenzie said the
MS Otopan, a toxic ship currently roaming the Mediterranean in search of a port, has been refused harbour by the Maltese government. The Malta Environment and Planning Authority has advised the Dutch government – which had made a request on the ship’s behalf – that Malta will not provide harbour to
Haber & Quinn Public Relations & Marketing has added Patrick Knowles Designs to its client roster. Patrick Knowles Designs, founded in 1998, is a leading custom yacht and aircraft interior design firm located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The firm works with some of world
The $200 million Yacht Haven Grande development being built in the U.S. Virgin Islands is not just a parking lot for supersized boats and the site of 12 luxury condominiums with views of one of the Caribbean’s prettiest harbors. It is a prototype for marinas that the New York developer Andrew Farkas
An officer on a P&O ferry was yesterday arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after three men drowned when their yacht sank in the Channel in a suspected collision. The 61-year-old man, who has not been named, is the second officer on the car ferry the Pride of Bilbao. P&O said yesterday that his du
Total has signed the final agreement with the Basilicata regional authorities in southern Italy to implement the development of the Tempa Rossa field. This agreement also defines the Group
The Government has approved a project for developing a complex of port and facilities for oil and gas services in Ben Dinh-Sao Mai area in the southern coastal province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau. Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung on Tuesday agreed in principle to the cooperation between the State-run
Billions are being spent on superyachts and at this time of year there’s only one place to be to monitor the health of the industry, the Monaco Yacht Show, where two of the world’s largest sailing yachts stole the limelight. David Glenn takes a close look at Maltese Falcon, bumps into royalty and li
The Indonesian government Friday signed joint oil productions contracts worth 218 million U.S. dollars with five companies, according to local media reports. Petronas Carigali Overseas won the contract for offshore oil field in Lampung province, Husky Energy Int. got offshore field in East Java , Ma
DAP charter vessel sinks in Punta Arenas
