Dubai Drydocks, part of Dubai World, will acquire the management of Jadaf Dubai shipyard and integrate their business under one management, a senior official said. “The process has started. It may be completed when we move to Dubai Maritime City or at some later stage,” Jadaf general manager Hamed M
Finnish investors in the areas of hi tech, shipbuilding and fishing industry will visit Bulgaria by the end of 2006, the Bulgarian National radio (BNR) announced, citing the Honorary Consul of Finland in Bulgaria Krasimir Ganchev. He is the first official of its kind in Bulgaria and started operatin
A cruise liner is returning to Scotland after a second serious outbreak of sickness among passengers in less than a month. More than 100 people aboard the Fred Olsen liner Black Prince have been confined to their cabins after reporting ill with vomiting and diarrhoea. It is only three weeks since 13
Joystick Sailing is an innovative new system bringing the benefits of Superyacht sail control to new and existing yachts from 35 ft to 55 ft. With one hand on the joystick, sails can be unfurled or furled, sheeted in or out and even trimmed for flatness or fullness. A simplified electro- hydraulic p
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AN extra $115 million will be used to develop Techport Australia – home base for the $6 billion air warfare destroyer project – into the country’s premier shipbuilding hub. Premier Mike Rann and General Peter Cosgrove made the announcement yesterday as the former defence chief officially started as
Rolls-Royce, the world-leading provider of power systems and services, has delivered the first three gas turbine generator sets which will provide the main electrical power system for the Republic of Korea Navy
Efforts to remove the fuel and deck cargo from the grounded container ship
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Omega Navigation Enterprises Inc. a provider of global marine transportation services, said on Wednesday that it took delivery of two product tankers, which will be renamed “Omega Princess” and “Omega Lady Sarah”. Omega said so far it has taken delivery of five double hull product tankers and has ag
Jumbo exercises option for 4th 1,800t lift capacity J-class vessel. In 2004, Dutch heavy lift ship operator Jumbo set a world record with the introduction of the first J-Class 1,600t lift capacity vessels, the mv Jumbo Javelin and the mv Fairpartner. In order to meet the growing demand of the oil &
A joint venture of Dutch contractors BAM Civiel and Van Oord Nederland signed a design and construct contract for a new railway on 4 July 2006. The client is Prorail. The contract is for a part of the Hanzelijn, a new railroad between the Dutch cities of Lelystad and Zwolle. The execution of the pro
An attempted pirate attack on a Japanese cargo vessel off Indonesia on Tuesday has alarmed shipping companies plying the Malacca Strait, a bottleneck that is critical for far eastern commerce. About half of the world’s traded oil passes through the 550-mile channel, which links the Indian Ocean to t
