Cruise ship operator Carnival Corp.’s Holland America Line hired SeaMobile Enterprises to provide the company’s 13 ships with wireless cell phone and personal digital assistant device communications, SeaMobile said Wednesday. SeaMobile will begin installing wireless equipment on the ships later this
The stubborn, headlong rush toward the creation of more absurdly large ships continues without letup. Last month, Norwegian Cruise Lines announced that it has contracted with a French shipyard to build at least two — perhaps three — 150,000-ton vessels, each capable of carrying at least 4,200 passen
New Zealand’s innovative marine industry is on Europe’s radar this week with a dozen of its leading exporters exhibiting at the Monaco Yacht Show. Devoted to luxury yachting developments, the event showcases 520 marine companies from around the world, while 90 of the world’s finest superyachts will
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd., (HHI) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding(MOU) with Jiangsu Shagan Group Co., Ltd. to import 180,000 ton of shipbuilding steel plates annually. Including this contract, HHI is expected consume 22% of its steel plate requirement(3.2million ton) requirement
A company from the Nam Trieu shipbuilding industry, which is part of the Viet Nam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin), won a contract on Sept. 20 to build a 54,000-tonne cargo ship and a 13,500-tonne oil tanker. The 54,000-tonne ship will be 190m long and 32.26m wide and have a main engine of 9,4
Abu Dhabi: Adnoc subsidiary Esnaad, a marine and supply base services company, has ordered five new vessels from Singapore at a cost of $60 million as part of its fleet replacement, a top company official revealed. Darwish A. Al Qubaisi, General Manager, said that the fleet replacement process is on
Global transportation and supply chain leaders APL and APL Logistics have been honored among the most innovative users of information technology by a pair of respected industry journals. APL was ranked first among all ocean container shipping lines in the 18th annual InformationWeek 500 listing of t
A piece of pioneering technology will greet Norwegian finance minister Kristin Halvorsen today, 21 September, when she performs the official inauguration of the Kristin field. This Statoil-operated gas and condensate field, which lies at the southern end of the Halten Bank in the Norwegian Sea, is c
The cargo ship “Clipper Lasco,” which ran aground off Fort Lauderdale, Florida, last week, was refloated successfully on Wednesday, the U.S. Coast Guard said. “First thing this morning, at high tide, the vessel did refloat,” Coast Guard spokesman Luis Diaz said. He said the 645-foot (197-meter), Bah
Amsterdam’s City Council said Wednesday it has ordered an independent investigation into a ship that carried waste blamed for the deaths of seven people in Ivory Coast. The ship, the Probo Koala, was chartered by a Netherlands-based company, Trafigura Beheer BV, and had unsuccessfully tried to unloa
The Government has spent $62,000 salvaging the Bulou ni Ceva off a reef in Rotuma, Government Shipping Services Director Captain Seci Waqa said. But he said there was never any contract signed by the Government for the towing of the Bulou Ni Ceva. Captain Waqa said the salvage crew from Work Boats F
Over 3000 fishermen and a naval commander went missing as a naval ship, about 630 trawlers and 25 boats capsized in the Bay of Bengal when violent storms hit the sea and the country’s coastal belt Tuesday evening. In Bagerhat, over 300 fishermen and a naval commander were missing as some 100 fishing
Russian divers say they have found the wreck of a Soviet ship which sank attempting a historic journey along the Arctic coast in 1934. The Chelyuskin was trapped in ice as it tried to complete a voyage from Murmansk in north-western Russia to Vladivostok in the Pacific Ocean. It was supposed to show
The Environment Agency in Wales says it is becoming increasingly concerned by shipments of illegal waste. It follows a four-day crackdown at Holyhead port, Anglesey, when 67 trailers and lorries were inspected by agency and customs officers. The agency said it was carrying out further investigations
