VT Halter Marine Inc. has signed a $16.3 million contract to build a catamaran lift barge for a dam-building project in Illinois. The catamaran lift barge is being built for Washington Group International and its joint venture partner, Alberici Group.
India has set a date for the start of a $500m project to open to shipping the narrow stretch of ocean between the southern tip of India and Sri Lanka.
South Korea’s HANJIN SHIPPING CO. (KSE:000700) will open a new shipping route linking Asia, the Middle East and the Mediterranean.The new route links Shanghai, Yantian, Singapore, Genoa, Fos, Valencia, Gioia Tauro, Jeddah and Khor Fakkan. * Hanjin plans to launch a joint operation with UNITED ARAB S
PTC, the Product Development Company, jointly announced with Wuchang Shipyard the implementation of PTC’s shipbuilding solution comprising Windchill PDMLink, Windchill ProjectLink and CADDS 5i, which will be used as a production design management platform in Wuchang Shipyard.
Richmond’s history is forever intertwined with the shipyards that initiated the city’s World War II-era population surge. While those shipyards created opportunity for thousands of workers, the decline and ultimate departure of those powerful economic influences created a climate of unemployment tha
Team New Zealand beat BMW Oracle in the in the pre-America’s Cup yachting regatta off Valencia today to complete the series with 10 wins from 11 races. However, yesterday’s loss to defending America’s Cup champions Alinghi meant they completed this fourth series of races leading into the America’s C
With a need for reliable training conditions, the Ericsson Racing Team will set up their training camp in Vigo, on Spain’s Atlantic coast. Davila Sports Marina will host the team until the race start late this year. The waters off Vigo will provide excellent training and testing opportunities and Da
South Korea is in favor of utilizing whale resources but cannot say whether it agrees with whale hunting, Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Oh Keo-don said Monday. Oh told reporters after the opening ceremony of the International Whaling Commission’s (IWC) 57th assembly meeting that South K
The Pakistani and the U.S. navies will hold joint exercises from Tuesday in the Arabian Sea aimed at ensuring waters near some of the world’s most important shipping lanes remain trouble-free, officials said on Monday.
G E Shipping announced on Monday that it has delivered its VLCC,
CHESHIRE firm Nalfleet has won a global contract to supply water treatment chemicals in a deal worth more than #500,000. The deal has been struck with TBW Alliance which is a purchasing co-operation between Teekay Shipping, Bergesend ASA and World-Wide Shipping. Nalfleet will supply on-board water t
Maritime authorities are looking to tomorrow’s spring tide off the coast of East London to assist in refloating the beached bulk carrier Kiperousa. “Weather permitting and progress permitting, the first real attempt to refloat the Kiperousa will be made on Wednesday because the spring high tide is o
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Australia will help the Philippines assess its maritime surveillance and response capabilities in a bid to improve security in the region, Defense Minister Robert Hill said June 18. The initiative emerged from a two-day security seminar held in Manila this week to examine how Australia could work mo
