Norwegian Cruise Line, unprofitable so far this year, on Thursday unveiled a contract for new ships valued at $2.8 billion. The contract calls for building two 4,200-passenger ships for $943 million each, with an option for a third ship priced at $896 million. If the third ship is built, the contrac
APB Resources Bhd said its proposed joint venture with PSC Industries Bhd (PSCI) unit Penang Shipbuilding & Construction Sdn Bhd would immediately help the group expand its oil and gas (O&G) process equipment fabrication capacity.
Portions of the old Charleston Navy Shipyard, closed a decade ago, have now been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Navy Shipyard Historic District includes 29 buildings and 27 structures on the north end of the former Charleston Naval Base slated for renewal as part of the Nois
Today, Thursday, 7th September saw the naming ceremony in Portsmouth of the British Royal Navy
A Marine Atlantic ferry connecting Newfoundland with Nova Scotia has encountered mechanical problems, little more than a month after its last repair. The MV Leif Ericson is expected to be out of service until Sunday because of a broken engine part. The disruption in the gulf service between Port aux
An online auction of a 123-foot long yacht owned by Rockford businessman John Martin ended Friday with no one putting in a bid, which started at $5 million. The yacht, a ship specially designed to cut through waves with reduced motion, would cost $20 million to build new Martin said. He dissolved th
Statoil has signed a letter of intent with Wavefield InSeis for the charter of two seismic vessels for the 2007 season. Statoil has secured seismic vessel capacity for the majority of its exploration programme in Norway in 2007. The group has signed a letter of intent with Wavefield InSeis for the c
Following their delivery voyage from Fremantle to Sydney via The Great Australian Bight, ninety six metres of new Austal vessels in the form of six, 16 metre Patrol Boats are now in service with the New South Wales Water Police. Austal is often recognised for the increasing size of its vessels, yet
The international shipping company bidding to take over Caledonian MacBrayne ferry routes has pulled out of a contest, the BBC has learned Isle of Man-based V.Ships’ announcement puts in jeopardy the entire Scottish Executive exercise. It announced it is withdrawing from the tender exercise for the
Moored recently at Mombasa’s Kilindini Berth No.1 was the luxury yacht M.V. ‘Octopus’. She is currently the world’s fourth largest super yacht (the third largest, ‘Rising Sun’, is owned by Larry Ellison, the CEO of Oracle) and the second largest not owned by heads of state. ‘Octopus’ is measured at
With the growth of energy and resources transportation fleet and the pushing-forward of From Ship-owning To Ship-controlling strategy, COSCO owned and operated fleet reached 40.1 million deadweights with the total number of 687 vessels on 6 September. It is the second ship fleet exceeding 40 million
HAMILTON, Bermuda, Sept. 7, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) — Seadrill has been awarded a letter of intent by an E&P operator in the Gulf of Mexico for the semi-submersible drilling rig West Sirius (Jurong 1). The contract has a firm duration of four years with the option for the operator to extend the contract to
OSLO, Norway Norway’s Aker Yards ASA won a
USS Texas (SSN 777), the second ship of the Virginia attack submarine class, Sept. 9, at the Port of Galveston piers in Galveston, Texas. As the Navy’s next-generation attack submarine, the Virginia-class submarine is the first class specifically designed to counter post-Cold War threats, providing
