German industrial giant Siemens won a tender for a 35-million-euro (US$44.74 million) project in China, as it seeks to expand its oil and gas business in the market. The project, awarded to Siemens by Yantai Raffles Shipyard in Shandong Province, involves the construction of an offshore drilling pla
Keppel Singmarine Pte Ltd has clinched contracts worth a total of S$260 million for two highly specialised vessels from LUKOIL
In keeping with its commitment to accelerate the replacement of its older vessels, BC Ferries announced today that it has signed a $45.5 million contract with Vancouver Shipyards, a Washington Marine Group company, to build a new 125-car intermediate size ferry. Construction on the 100 metre vessel
What an incredible cavalcade the maxi catamaran Orange II put on across the North Atlantic. Multiplast and the Gilles Ollier Design Team can add another prestigious trophy to their achievements board. They now hold all of the major sailing records possible with the Atlantic record, the round the wor
Ras Al Khaimah: A cargo ship that capsized off Ras Al Khaimah dumping 1,600 tonnes of white cement into the sea was shifted from Saqr Port to RAK Port on Thursday. The ship capsized as it tried to change course during a storm a few days ago. The transfer will help officials clean up the […]
After the first full night of racing the fleet is starting to show a north/south spread. The shortest route would be to aim for just south of Cape Race at the south eastern tip of Newfoundland and then sail a great circle course directly for the Western Approaches and Jersey. This is not necessarily
The Hamburg shipping company
Despite a strong south westerly wind and four metre swells, both the cargo removal and fuel removal operations with respect to the grounded container ship
Rotterdam, the Netherland – Brewaba, Van Oord’s German subsidiary, has been awarded a dredging contract in Bremerhaven, Germany. Client is Bremenports Consult GmbH. The project is executed in joint venture. The contract value for Van Oord amounts to EUR 7 million. Execution of the project starts on
Areva Challenge has made some changes to the afterguard of its race boat following Louis Vuitton Act 12. The French team says that Thierry Peponnet will no longer be skipper and helmsman but will remain with the team. His new role is still to be defined.
The Board of Directors of SembCorp Marine Ltd (the
The Maltese Falcon has left the Yildiz shipyards in Turkey on the 1st of July, and is now sailing towards La Spezia via Malta (in the pictures, MF sailing through the Bosphorus, and leaving La Valletta port). The owner declared: “We picked the departure date of July 1st to leave the yard, and during
Lurssen’s Apoise (formerly known as project Marlin). The 67-meter (around 220 feet) yacht has been delivered to her owner. She was designed by Espen Oeino to offer a lot of space without an ungainly length. There are six decks with four guest cabins with king size beds on the lower deck and the main
FOLLOWING the failure of A.P. Moller to decongest ports and bring about a seamless port operation, a group of six shipping companies have formed a consortium with a view to breaking the monopoly of A .P. Moller at the container terminal port . The group, which is made up of Alraine Nigeria Limited,
