Three crew members aboard a chemical tanker sailing in Tokyo Bay died of chemical poisoning Monday while cleaning a tank that had been carrying benzene, a Japan Coast Guard official said. The 263-ton Shuho Maru was traveling some 1.2 km east of Haneda airport when the coast guard received a message
We waited in the cold, exchanging inane banter to pass the time until the boat arrived. No one really knew what would happen when they got here, just that the words or gestures or condolences would come when they finally did. In those moments anything trivial carried supreme importance. Why is there
The captain of a Celebrity Cruises cruise ship arrested last week for failing repeated breath-alcohol tests was charged Monday with operating a vessel under the influence of alcohol — with more than four times the legal limit in his system — a charge that could net him as much as a year in prison. N
Aker Yards and Alstom announced on 4 January 2006 their intention to join forces in shipbuilding and create one of the world leaders in the industry, focused on high value added ships, including world class cruise ships. The transaction is expected to be final on May 31 2006. A new company has been
A flotilla of traditional Scottish boats is to help mark the Highland 2007 Year of Culture. So far 20 boats have signed up to sail from Wick to Portsoy, with stop overs along the north coast and Moray Firth. Vessels such as the Swan, once Shetland’s largest fishing boat, will sail close to the beach
PORTLAND, Maine –A high-speed ferry that can cruise the ocean at highway speeds arrived in Portland on Monday in advance of its inaugural run later this week between Maine’s largest city and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. The 320-foot aluminum catamaran known as The Cat was greeted by a fireboat and tugboat
‘MV Rio Lawrance’, the country’s fastest ever container vessel, is scheduled to arrive in the Chittagong port on or before May 23. The QC Shipping has added this high-tech vessel to its fleet with the aim of speedy shipment of export cargo, especially ready-made garments to Singapore and Malaysia. B
Beijing, May 22: China will start construction of four advanced F-22P frigates for Pakistan later this year, with the first to be delivered to Islamabad in 2008. Expressing complete satisfaction over the deal, Pakistan’s Navy chief Admiral Muhammad Afzal Tahir said the deal also envisaged transfer o
The endangered loggerhead turtle may face a greater threat than previously realised from longline fishing. Researchers found that many turtles spend considerably longer in the open ocean, where longline boats operate, than earlier studies had indicated. The boats aim to catch big predatory fish such
The Singapore cruise industry is getting a S$10 million boost to help operators tap into strong growth potential in the business. The new Fly-Cruise Development Fund has already attracted a major company, Costa Cruises, which will partner Singapore in developing more cruise products for passengers.
Roy Heiner – Technical Sailing Director TEAM ABN AMRO: There is nothing in the world that can prepare you for something like this. These are sailors that need to continue in the future. Hans was a very personal friend, we sailed round the world together and I would like to share with you some of [&h
BoatStats, a new web site, has been launched to give surveyors, boat buyers and boat owners access to information previously locked up in thousands of yacht surveys carried out by professional yacht surveyors over the last ten years. CE Proof International Ltd has been working with a growing band of
Sumatec Resources Bhd has ordered two units of 8,000 deadweight tonnes (dwt) double-hull product oil tanker from a Chinese shipyard for US$11.6 million (about RM42.11million) each. In a statement to Bursa Malaysia on May 22, Sumatec said it had entered into a letter of intent (LOI) with Yangzhou Kej
Larsen and Toubro, India’s engineering conglomerate, has announced plans to exploit the current growth of the shipping industry in the Middle East. A M Naik, chairman and managing director of L&T, was quoted by Gulf News as having said: ‘Dubai presents a good future for the shipbuilding industry. Th
