The Pha Rung Shipbuilding Company in Haiphong city on June 26 started the construction of a 20,000 tonne cargo ship. This is the first cargo ship of high tonnage designed by and built under supervision by Vietnam.
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PROSPECTS for a major new iron ore port in Western Australia improved significantly yesterday with news of a study funded by Korean steel and Japanese manufacturing giants. A consortium led by iron ore hopeful Murchison Metals and including one of the world’s largest steel companies, Posco of Korea,
Davao City (27 June) — A leased commercial super ferry vessel operated by the U.S. Navy, the High-Speed Vessel -1 (HSV) Joint Venture, arrived in the Philippines on June 17 en route to providing humanitarian and civic assistance throughout the southern Philippine islands under joint U.S. Military-Ar
PORT HUENEME – Port Hueneme in Ventura County was closed off for several hours Monday afternoon while authorities investigated a possible terrorist threat on a cargo ship, authorities said. The closing came just before noon after a dockworker discovered a possible threat written in the cargo hold of
ST. THOMAS – Once U.S. Coast Guard certification is complete, Mr. B – a $3 million barge – will begin transporting vehicles between St. Thomas and St. John. The new, 136-foot-long, 44-foot-wide barge was blessed during a small private ceremony at the V.I. Port Authority barge terminal at Enighed Pon
MOSCOW (RIA Novosti, by Viktor Litovkin) — I’d like to start with some figures. During the Cold War, the Soviet Union built more nuclear-powered ships than any other country – about 250 nuclear missile submarines, five surface ships, including several heavy missile cruises of the Admiral Ushakov cla
Australia’s Sean Langman is switching from speed to nostalgia by restoring a 1932 built 28-footer to contest this year
The Italian Luna Rossa Challenge stunned America
Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc., a leader in the field of deep-ocean shipwreck exploration, has purchased an additional ship similar in size to the Odyssey Explorer. This ship has completed preliminary mobilization and will be equipped with a state-of-the-art side-scan sonar system and a Remotely O
Sens. Gordon Smith and Ron Wyden said Tuesday that a Senate panel has approved an additional $15 million to continue deepening the Columbia River. The funding for dredging was included in the annual spending bill approved by the Senate Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee.
New Orleans developer Earl E. Weber Jr.’s search for a place to dock his 107-foot Dennison yacht led him to buy the old Summerfield Boat Works boatyard in Fort Lauderdale. Weber will follow through on plans initiated by Dallas-based GreyHawk Marine Group to convert the World War II-era boatyard into
Authorities, salvors and other stakeholders are working together to facilitate an effective response to the grounded container ship
SEOUL – South Korea fell behind China and Japan in the number of shipyards ranking in the world’s top 50 in terms of order backlogs as of the end of May, although seven South Korean companies were No 1 through No 7, a London-based market research firm said Monday. Fifteen Japanese shipyards and the
