Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels and officials of American Commercial Lines announced Thursday morning that the barge-maker Jeffboat will add 1,100 jobs to its Jeffersonville operation. Mark Holden, chief executive officer of ACL, Jeffboat’s parent, said the company “was thrilled to partner with the state
Durban and Singapore are now off the Panamanian coast, with the rest of the fleet not far behind. The diaries coming in tell of boat maintenance being done, wildlife being watched, and, as far as possible, sleep being banked up for the start of the race to Jamaica.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has received a bulk order for 443 large-size wind turbines from Babcock & Brown, one of the largest developers and owners of wind power in the U.S., for its four new projects involving large-scale wind power generation. As each MWT 62/1.0* (MWT-1000A) ordered
Statoil has signed a supplementary contract with AF Pihl for commissioning work related to Hammerfest LNG at Melk
American Steamship Co. has bolstered its fleet by acquiring six vessels for $120 million. The Amherst-based company bought the vessels from Oglebay Norton Marine Services in Cleveland, expanding its fleet to a total of 18 vessels. American Steamship already had the largest U.S.-flag fleet on the Gre
The South Korean Navy Friday launched its first, 1,800-ton class, state-of-the-art submarine equipped with advanced missile systems, a Navy spokesman said. Named after the country
Technip-France has chosen Siemens to supply a produced water filtration system and a seawater injection system to Total Upstream Nigeria Limited for its Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) unit of the Akpo field development, offshore Nigeria. This project follows Siemens
Three people died and eight were missing today after a boat packed with immigrants seeking entry into Europe sank off the Mediterranean islands of Sicily and Malta, coast guard officials said. Italy’s navy dispatched rescuers to search for the missing migrants after 16 of them were pulled from the w
A long, loud blast from the Quanzhou’s ship’s horn announced the inauguration of a new direct shipping route between the city Quanzhou in southeastern Fujian Province and Jinmen in Taiwan. This is the third direct shipping route linking the Chinese mainland and the region of Taiwan. The other routes
A VESSEL with about 30 metric tonnes of condensate has been arrested by the Nigerian Navy along the Imo River in Ikot Abasi, Akwa Ibom State. Disclosing this to The Guardian in Calabar in an exclusive interview yesterday, the Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) Eastern Naval Command, Rear Admiral Sunday B
Police investigating a large cache of bombs found in East Java ruled out any link to a terrorist plot, saying Friday that the high-intensity explosives were produced for use by local fishermen. Authorities discovered 43 bombs in a house in the East Java town of Pasuruan after one accidentally detona
The first group of yachts (Singapore, Durban and Victoria) have rounded Punta Mala and are heading up towards Marina Flamenco, with an ETA of about 1800 UT today. The first group of yachts will then be officially measured and booked into the earliest available canal transit slot.
London – A Maltese-flagged tanker, carrying 44,000 tons of fuel oil, has collided with a cargo ship off the south coast of Britain in the English Channel, the authorities said Friday. The tanker, Shakhdag, with 21 people on board, suffered minor damage to her stern but was able to proceed to the por
Perini Navi is thrilled and proud to announce that on Wednesday June 7th the 88m Clipper Yacht the Maltese Falcon successfully completed her first sail trial on the Bosphorus sea, with an off shore breeze that gradually increased from 8 to 16 knots.
