The U.S. fleet grew by two this week as the Navy took delivery of a supply ship and its first new submarine in a decade. The Virginia-class sub USS Texas was turned over to the Navy following completion of sea trials off the coast of Virginia. Texas is the second boat in the nuclear-powered Virginia
A container ship leaking gas from hazardous chemicals has anchored off Queensland’s Sunshine Coast while authorities assess the risks before it docks in Brisbane. The ship, Kota Pahlawan, has a dry powder chemical giving off gas in one of eight containers carrying the mining chemical, Xanthate. The
INCAT has announced that it has been selected by Heesen Yachts to implement and deploy CATIA(R) V5 within that organization. Heesen Yachts, a world leader in the super-yacht industry, uses CATIA V5 PLM software to save time and costs. INCAT will assist Heesen Yachts in the implementation of CATIA V5
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) – A ship carrying more than 70 passengers and crew sunk off Indonesia’s Sumatra island on Thursday amid bad weather, a naval spokesman said. The accident occurred around 64 kilometres off the port of Sibolga on western Sumatra, Lt. Col.
On June 24 2006 the Volgograd Shipyard incorporated in Maritime and Gas projects launches the sixth dry cargo ship of the 006RSD05 project built for Palmali Shipping. This is the sixth ship in the series of 7 units to be built within 3 years.
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With just 24 hours until the start of Race 10, the Clipper crews in Port Antonio’s Errol Flynn Marina are busy making last minute preparations for the 1,420 mile race to New York. The boats are scheduled to leave the pontoons at 1100 local time (1600 GMT) on Friday ready for a race start at [&hellip
China’s largest ever maritime search-and-rescue exercise, involving 400 people, 28 fleets, two helicopters and an aircraft, was carried out on Thursday in the waters near Dalian Port, northeast China’s Liaoning Province. The exercise started when a “collision” between a passenger ferry and a cargo b
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Malta Shipyards Ltd yesterday announced it had secured a contract valued in excess of Lm5 million for the conversion of a second heavy lift barge for a repeat client, Fairmount Heavy Transport. This contract will include fitting of propulsion equipment and on-deck accommodation facilities. Also yest
Statoil (OSE: STL, NYSE: STO) announces that it has reached agreement on the terms of the sale of Statoil Ireland, its Irish downstream Retail and Commercial & Industrial business, to Topaz, a financial consortium lead by Ion Equity. The two businesses are complementary with a strong strategic fit w
Installation of the four MTU 8000 Series engines is now complete in the first of two, Austal Auto Express 107 metre vehicle-passenger ferries for Hawaii Superferry (HSF) currently under construction at Austal
ONLY the bow could be seen. That was all that was left of a mainland ferry which collided with a Hong Kong-Macau ferry yesterday. No one was injured in the accident, reported Hong Kong newspapers, but the 92 passengers on the China ferry were forced onto the bow as the boat began to sink. And [&hell
