Two ships, one Danish and one Swedish, collided early on Tuesday morning between V
Panama’s president is appealing to his citizens to support the biggest expansion of the Panama Canal since it opened in 1914, making way for huge container ships that can carry twice as much cargo. The project, which will be put to voters in a referendum later this year and is expected to cost $6 bi
The head-on collision between Indian naval ship INS Prahar and container vessel MV Rajiv Gandhi off the Goa coast on Friday night was caused by a navigational error by the Defence ship, according to Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) sources. INS Prahar sank in the incident.
Yantar Baltic Shipyard, Kaliningrad, has pulled out of the bankruptcy once it sealed an amicable agreement and undertook to start principal debt
HAMBURG (AP) – A German shipyard yesterday delivered the world’s largest passenger ship to its U.S. owner. The Freedom of the Seas was handed over to Florida-based cruise operator Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE:RCL) at a ceremony in Hamburg that drew crowds of onlookers. The 160,000-ton cruise l
The Accommodation Production Team has successfully insulated the no.12 car deck of H.N.4442 using the
HMS CLYDE is coming to the Falkland Islands to replace HMS DUMBARTON CASTLE as the FALKLAND ISLANDS PATROL VESSEL (FIPV). CLYDE’s sister ships in the class – MERSEY and SEVERN are employed on UK Fishery Protection duties. CLDE is being built by VT and is a bigger and more capable ship than the Castl
Neal McDonald returns to the position he was ousted from in Rio, taking back the role of skipper from John Kostecki, who returns to his TP 52 campaign, while Steve Hayles makes his long expected departure, resigning from the team and opening up a vacancy for 1998 winning navigator Mark Rudiger. Barn
Brunel skipper Grant Wharington was reunited with his Volvo Open 70 today and believes his new and improved yacht, bolstered by four fresh crewmembers, will make an impact on Saturday
South Korea plans the fourth ever launching of an unmanned submarine which can explore depths to 6 kilometers, next Wednesday. The Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute (KORDI) said Tuesday that it would hold a launching ceremony with its submersible remotely operated vehicle (ROV), named “
Emirates Dredging Company LLC (EDC) has signed an agreement with IHC Holland (IHC) to build one cutter suction dredging vessel and a land booster station. The dredging vessel to be delivered in 2007 is a 1,100 kw power-on cutter with significant cutting power for dredging both sand and rock. The lan
Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB) has constructed thirteen vessels including six corvettes under Baynunah program the UAE and the GCC Navies, Khaleej Times reported. Other new building programs include a 64-metre naval landing craft for the Royal Navy of Oman, a 42-metre landing craft for the UAE Speci
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A report submitted to Egyptian parliament has assigned blame for February’s Al Salam 98 ferry disaster, in which more than a thousand passengers died, to the ship’s owner and government transportation agencies. “The parliamentary findings showed up the situation at Egypt’s Red Sea ports,” said Hafez
