On the 8th of June 2005 Damen Shipyards Gorinchem, The Netherlands and Wilson, Sons, Brazil have signed a contract and licence agreement for the construction of a Damen Platform Supply Vessel 7216. The nearly 72 meter long vessel will be built by Wilson, Sons at their shipyard in Guaruja (Santos), B
Iridium Satellite and Radio Holland Group today signed a letter of intent at the Nor-Shipping exhibition in Oslo to come to an agreement to provide installation and support services for Iridium marine satellite communication systems. Radio Holland will make this possible through its extensive worldw
The South African Maritime Safety Authority has made contingency plans to deal with a possible oil spill from the bulk carrier Kiperousa, aground off the Eastern Cape coast. As a salvage ship from Cape Town headed to the area, measures were being put in place should estuaries need to be closed off i
Right on schedule, the VO70 movistar, the Spanish participant in the Volvo Ocean Race 2005-2006, arrived on Sunday afternoon in Galicia. The yacht sailed past the C
Maine lawmakers are reacting with skepticism to a new proposal by the Navy to generate competition between shipbuilders for its next-generation destroyer — the DDX. Congress had balked at the Navy’s recent effort to shift to a winner-take-all strategy. As an alternative, Assistant Navy Secretary Joh
A JOBS boost could be on the cards for the Rosyth dockyard if the construction of a third new super-carrier goes ahead. Armed Forces Minister Adam Ingram revealed during Defence Questions in the House of Commons that the French are planning to build a super-carrier on top of the two already programm
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John Fredriksen, Norway’s wealthiest shipowner and an avid salmon fisherman, is now casting himself into the seafood business in a big way. Fredriksen’s Greenwich Holdings Ltd is buying a stake in fish-farming business Pan Fish that’s been held by Nordea Bank since Pan Fish ran into trouble a few ye
Jacksonville based Caribbean Shipping Services has been cited as the largest locally owned shipper to the Puerto Rico market by newly released statistics from the Jacksonville Port Authority. Puerto Rico is the Port of Jacksonville
The water running into Rose Bay should get even cleaner as the City Council discusses dredging another phase of a 2-mile-long feeder canal. Engineers are suggesting the city spend $1.2 million in grants and city funds to dredge silt from the canal that runs from First Baptist Church of Harbor Oaks o
A Norfolk-based destroyer inadvertently fired a .50-caliber machine gun round into an unoccupied crew berthing barge June 6 as the warship sailed away from a local shipyard, a Navy official confirmed. No one was injured. The destroyer Ross had completed a short maintenance period at Norfolk
It is therefore not surprising that Doha was the launch venue for the 1st International Middle East LNG Shipping Forum this week. Top Qatari officials used this occasion to call on the global finance industry to get its act together on LNG finance, as there is a feeling that this great business oppo
PORT BLAIR: Jetties play an important role in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the logistics of transporting passengers and cargo to various islands. Their significance in the life of the people can be understood from the fact that there are 49 jetties at various islands for berthing ships. But se
Importing gas from Iran through a pipeline via Pakistan will work out cheaper for India, with consultants estimating that it would cost just between $2.40 to 2.49 per million British thermal unit. The piped gas would be cheaper than shipping in liquefied natural gas, which would cost $4,10 per mBtu,
