A large amphibious landing ship from Russia’s Black Sea Fleet will participate in multinational exercises on the Black Sea later this month, a naval spokesman said Thursday.
The Pritzker family put Triton Container International Ltd., a Bermuda-based shipping-container company, up for sale, seeking as much as $2.5 billion, three people familiar with the matter said.The Pritzkers hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to find a buyer for Triton
A replica of the first European ship to visit Australia 400 years ago has set off on a year-long voyage in the footsteps of 17th Century sailors.
At the 2200GMT poll last night it appeared as though movistar had broken through into the south easterly trade winds and it was confirmed by the 0400GMT poll this morning. In the intervening period the rest of the fleet broke through and all are now reaching with the true wind on or just forward of
Atlas Copco, in partnership with marine specialist Hamworthy Gas Systems, has received a major contract for the liquid natural gas (LNG) market. The Atlas Copco part of the total contract is worth approximately MSEK 140 (MEUR 15). Delivery is set for the first half of 2007.
State ferry authorities say population and job growth in the central Puget Sound area are expected to reverse a recent trend and increase ridership on their vessels by 70 percent over the next 25 years and require spending an additional $400 million on new boats.
Burning Giovanni tanker in Kaliningrad has supposedly sprang a leak. As a REGNUM correspondent was told by rescuers from the Emergency Ministry, who at this moment continue extinguishing fire at the vessel, a large slick appeared near the tanker.
Fire on the Russian tanker Jivanna at the Kaliningrad shipyard Yantar has been localised and extinguished, the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry
Instead of launching nuclear warheads that could travel more than 4,000 miles, the refitted sub can now deliver as many as 66 special forces troops close to a target.
OPEC oil output fell 180,000 barrels per day in March as attacks on Nigeria’s oil industry left the members bound by formal supply limits pumping at the lowest rate this year and below their 28 million bpd ceiling.
The pirates who had seized a South Korean vessel off the coast of Somalia presented the terms of the release of 25 crew, including eight South Koreans, but the first negotiation ended with no tangible results, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Seoul said on Thursday.
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On March 30th, 2006, a contract was signed between Vroon Offshore B.V. and Damen Shipyards Gorinchem for the design and construction of four Safety Standby Vessels 4711.
Japanese coast guard officials are questioning a sea captain whose cargo ship was attacked by pirates off the coast of Indonesia. Six pirates armed with swords attacked the Panamanian-registered Martha Verity in the Gelasa Strait
