A giant container ship remains stuck on the sand in Ensenada, where it landed on Christmas Day. Helicopters are lifting containers off the ship to lighten her load and hopefully float her again.
Statoil has shut down production on the Kvitebj
The Kongsberg Maritime engine room simulator upgrade at Istanbul Technical University has been successfully installed. The Site Acceptance Test for the new Mimic of the Sulzer 12RTA84 engine
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Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) had successfully delivered the first three sets of 5H17/28 diesel generating sets last December which had been ordered from Kaptanoglu group in Turkey.
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A 93,000-ton cargo ship blocked the Suez Canal on Wednesday, stopping all transit of the waterway between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, a Suez Canal Authority official said.
According to initial weather routing being done by team navigators, The Volvo Ocean Race fleet looks set for a rocket ride to Wellington next week, riding a 40-knot front all the way from the Bass Strait, across the Tasman Sea to the Cook Strait between New Zealand
Dredging contractor Royal Boskalis Westminster nv announces that it has acquired the dredging fleet from Finnish company Wasa Dredging Oy. In addition, the Wasa staff of some 30 employees will join Terramare Oy, the Finnish home market organization of Boskalis.
Aker Kvaerner has been awarded a contract with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd in South Korea for delivery of mooring equipment. The total contract value for Aker Kvaerner is approximately NOK 60 million.
Schelde Naval Shipbuilding has received an order from the Indonesian Navy for a second series of two corvettes.
The largest superyacht ever built by Westport Shipyard was launched on Monday, at Platypus Marine, Port Angeles on Monday. The 164 foot yacht has an advanced hull design by renowned naval architect William Garden and styling by Donald Starkey.
The Navy submitted a plan Tuesday for reversing the decline in the size of the U.S. fleet, expanding from 281 ships this year to 313 within several years, though the number of aircraft carriers would drop by one, to 11.
ABG Shipyard is constructing three `Special Pollution Control Vessels` for the Indian Coast Guard which are capable of absorbing oil spread at the sea due to the spills, reports Business Standard.
