Frabelle Fishing Corp, a firm which supplies tuna to processors here and in other parts of the Philippines, recently launched its $31.25-million tuna plant in Lae City, Morobe province in Papua New Guinea. The plant is the third in Papua New Guinea and the second to be built there by Filipino tuna p
Operated by Harren and Partners, the 127-metre vessel M/V CFS Pafilia was christened in Germany on May 5 by Rosalie Donaldson, board member of the Maritime Authority of Jamaica and senior vice-president of marketing at the Port Authority of Jamaica. “This brand new ship will be a good addition to th
Viking Industries Limited (VKI) is set to expand the geographical reach of its marine services division with the $6 million acquisition of two boat refitters, Blackline Shipping on the Gold Coast and Marine Applications in Brisbane, the company
His bloodshot eyes wandered, barely managing to keep focus, while the smooth Gallic voice so distinctive in a crowd was quivering like one of his split sails. Sebastien Josse sat onboard ABN AMRO TWO looking truly shattered having led his team into New York in last place. It came as no surprise when
Larsen & Toubro Ltd on tuesday said it would invest about $110 million to set up a shipyard that can build huge vessels, including large crude carriers. “The company would invest about $110 million for the project as part of the second phase of L&T’s ship building venture,” L&T Senior Executive Vice
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is to replace two steam generators for the Electrabel-owned Doel-1 pressurized water reactor (PWR). Doel-1, a 392.5 MWe unit, is located near Antwerp in Belgium. The two replacement steam generators are to be manufactured at MHI’s Kobe Shipyard and are scheduled for
The Barchetta should finally make it to the Columbia River today. The $25 million, 157-foot-long yacht was placed on a dry dock Monday, completing a journey that began Thursday. “It’s a hassle,” joked John Lance, spokesman for Christensen Shipyards, which built the Barchetta. Transporting a ship fro
Another asbestos-lined vessel is heading for the western Indian ship-breaking yard in Alang, the environmental group Greenpeace says. The Blue Lady was originally named the SS France, and later the SS Norway. It has more than 900 tonnes of toxic waste, Greenpeace says. The ship was banned from Bangl
With luck, $800,000 or so will be left over from some of the mega-dredging jobs the Army Corps of Engineers is undertaking this summer in storm ravaged areas like New Orleans allowing the Westport River to get scooped out this fall for the first time in 50 years. That’s the price for the relatively
The owners / master of a Dutch fishing vessel were fined a total of
Shetland Islands Council is looking into spending more than
The 120 metre superyacht Galeb, which was used by President Tito, is to be sold at auction, by order of a Croatian court. The Galeb (Seagull) had been a World War II mine layer and, before that, a cargo vessel. After being sunk by the British, towards the end of the war, it was raised […]
Aker Kvaerner has signed a contract with Statoil for design and delivery of the world’s largest system for capturing and recovering crude oil vapours. The new system will treat all vapours emitted from ship loading of crude oil at the oil company’s Mongstad terminal at the Norwegian West coast. The
The Naming Ceremony for the sixth and seventh Armidale Class Patrol Boats to be launched was held today at the Austal shipyard in Henderson, Western Australia. Fourteen patrol boats in total are to be delivered to the Royal Australian Navy. The 56 metre, all-aluminium monohull vessels were named
