The Norfolk Naval Shipyard, which typically handles just one aircraft carrier at a time, will be home to three carriers at once this fall, said Navy Capt. Joseph Campbell, the yard’s commanding officer.
The Forrest Sherman will be ready to operate and deploy with a battle group in 2008, he said. There is more training to do and shipyard work to complete.
AHMEDABAD, India — Foreign shipping and offshore logistics companies are sailing to Indian shipyards which are fast emerging as the preferred destinations for building smaller and medium sized vessels (up to 30,000 DWT).
Pirates of the Caribbean skipper Paul Cayard has managed to get his Volvo Open 70,The Black Pearl , across the Melbourne finishing line, after struggling with winds that varied from almost nothing to 30 knots, over the last few hours.
The Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), the Netherlands national Institute for oceanographic research and KONGSBERG have signed a contract for the delivery and installation of a KONGSBERG EM 302 1×2 degree multibeam echo sounder
First Admiral Abdul Malik Yusuf, the chief spokesman for the Indonesian Navy was quoted by RIA-Novosti news agency as saying combat submarines were strategic armaments allowing the country to maintain security in its territorial waters.
The mts. Mistral was delivered to owners on 17 December 2005 after a building period of approx 20 months. The newly designed vessel is a respond of the demand for modern bunker vessels in seaports in Europe.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) announced Sunday that a smugglers’ boat carrying some 120 Ethiopians and Somalis capsized off the coast of Yemen, leaving at least 22 people dead and 28 others missing, according to survivors
Passengers on the Queen Mary 2 cruise ship are threatening to mutiny after the ship set sail from Florida with a damaged propeller. They have said they will refuse to disembark when the ship reaches Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, next week, to prevent it from continuing its journey.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – The U.S. Navy boarded an apparent pirate ship in the Indian Ocean and detained 26 men for questioning, the Navy said Sunday. The 16 Indians and 10 Somali men were aboard a traditional dhow that was chased and seized Saturday
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. said yesterday it targets shipbuilding sales of 6.5 trillion won ($6.6 billion) this year, up 23 percent from 2005. The shipbuilder plans to continue focusing on technological development of high value-added vessels
At the start of the leg movistar held an early lead thanks to a bold easterly strategy that almost, but not quite worked. By staying east movistar was closest to the finish for a long time as the boats headed south and even when they started to turn to the east once they were down […]
Cunard Line has announced its 2006 winter cruise programme that features two epic Liner Voyages that will virtually circumnavigate South America. The new itineraries aboard the world-famous luxury liner Queen Mary 2 will feature a number of exciting maiden calls
Oil prices zoomed to a four-and-a-half month high above $68 a barrel Friday, rallying on supply fears tied to Iran’s tense diplomatic standoff with the West over its nuclear ambitions.
