During the International Tug and Salvage Conference, which took place in Rotterdam from the 25th until the 29th of April, Adsteam Marine and Damen Shipyards Gorinchem, signed contracts for two Damen ASD Tugs 2411. The signing was performed by John Moller, CEO of Adsteam and Pim Schuurman, Sales Dire
A fire on board a ship with 708 passengers on board in the English Channel near Beachy Head has been extinguished, a coastguard has said. The blaze on board the Calypso was tackled by East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. A six-strong fire team for the Maritime Incident Response Group (MIRG) has now
A normal sunny Saturday and the area beside Annapolis’ Ego Docks might normally be busy with a steady turnout of locals and visitors taking a stroll to see which shining craft has tied up in the harbour to be admired. But this morning hundreds of keen sailing fans gathered to hear the thoughts of th
If Elvah Jones had the strength, the 87-year-old says she would swim the 24 miles behind tow boats that will carry the USS Oriskany to its grave in the Gulf of Mexico this month. Her memories mean that much. The last time Jones saw her son, 24-year-old Navy Lt. Ralph Foulks Jr., was aboard the [&hel
The newly built Freedom of the Seas, the world’s largest passenger ship, is crossing the Atlantic Ocean, bound for New York City. The Freedom of the Seas will then move to Bayonne, where it will leave on May 18 for a trip to Boston. The ship’s departure from Bayonne won’t be its maiden voyage. Last
The high-speed catamaran passenger-vehicle ferry that once connected the cities of Toronto and Rochester has been sold to a British firm, according to the Toronto Star on Saturday. The city of Rochester sold the vessel, called the Spirit of Ontario but often referred to as the CAT, to Euroferries Lt
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The hull of the new super high performance sloop was successfully de-moulded at WallyEurope facility. This breakthrough design is developed by Wally with the lines by Javier Soto Acebal, and the interiors by Foster and Partners. The advanced technologies applied to the Wally 130 include the water ba
The House overwhelmingly approved legislation Thursday to try and stop nuclear weapons from being smuggled into the country by screening nearly all cargo for radiological materials at seaports. Yet the technology will not be available, the Bush administration said. The bill “will improve the safety
ST. PETERSBURG, May 5 (RIA Novosti) – The St. Petersburg-based Severnaya Verf shipyard will launch a new surface ship for the Russian navy on May 16, an official said. The Steregushchy corvette is the first in the Project 20380 series designed by the Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau being built at
Marine archaeologists have discovered the remains of a sunken French ship in the Bay of Bengal in Orissa that they believe may be older than the early 20th century Titanic. The ship has been found near the Hukitola Island, about 50 km from the district headquarters of Kendrapada. It is believed to b
With four gleaming levels, six cabins, twin 1,800 horsepower diesels, a top speed of 17 knots and a range of 4,300 nautical miles, you could take the 157-foot-long Barchetta anywhere: Greece, the Virgin Islands, Costa Rica. That would be no sweat for your crew of nine. The problem on Thursday was th
Among the programs still in the Senate version are $4 billion in farm aid, $2.3 billion to prepare for a bird flu pandemic, $1.9 billion for border security, $1.1 billion in aid to the Gulf Coast seafood industry, $700 million to relocate a rail line along the Gulf Coast, $648 million for port secur
The Moonen Shipyards, now celebrating 25 years of building fine
