For the first time, Carnival Corp. will sell cruises in Asia, announcing plans on Monday for its Costa Cruises subsidiary to mount five-day cruises from Shanghai starting in July.
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Here is a list of all U.S. ports affected by the pending sale of London-based Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co. to Dubai-owned DP World
A subsidiary of the state-run giant shipbuilder Vinashin in the northern port city of Hai Phong has won a US$2 million contract to outfit five cruise ships owned by Raon Group of the Czech Republic.
A duplicate of “Pingyuan”, China’s first steel battleship in the late 1880s, is to be built this year in Fuzhou, capital of east China’s Fujian Province.
The Shipbuilding Joint Stock Company (SHINEC) has won a 200,000 USD contract to build the interiors for five ships owned by the RAON group of the Czech Republic.
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A P & O cruise ship that was forced to dock in Malaysia for urgent repairs has now departed again for the final leg of its seven day journey.
Somalian pirates have demanded a ransom of 400,000 US dollars to release an Indian cargo ship with a 21-member crew they had hijacked off the coast of Somalia last month.
A Norfolk-based guided missile cruiser helped a Panamanian diesel tanker last week when it was fired upon and illegally boarded in the Arabian Gulf.
Lockheed Martin launched Lider, the first of two SLICE(R) Crew Transport Vessels (SCTV) the company is building for Hoteleria y Servicios Petroleros, S. A. de C.V. (HSP) of Mexico on Saturday.
Aker Arctic, which started operations as a new company in the beginning of 2005, has erected a modern new office and ice model test facility in the Vuosaari district of Helsinki.
Most managers in the US maritime industry are relaxed about the takeover of P&O
Proposals for a massive deep water terminal on Teesside could result in up to 7,000 new jobs, port bosses claim.
