Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has today launched Hatsu Shine, the first in a series of ten 7024 TEU S-type container vessels that it is building for the Evergreen Group. She was named by Evergreen Group Chairman, Dr Y F Chang while Mrs Elisabeth Verschoor, the wife of Mr Jan Verschoor, Managing Direct
The shipping-derivatives market will grow 53 per cent in the next two years as hedge funds, banks and insurers start trading the contracts, Boston-based consulting company Celent Communications said.
The U.S. Coast Guard has proposed new rules to protect cruise ships and other boats from terrorist attacks. But now fishing groups, floatplane operators and cruise lines are among many businesses trying to understand what effect the rules would have on marine traffic in the tight channels and small
The British fishing industry needs a major shake-up if its long-term future is to be sustainable and profitable, an all-party committee of MPs said yesterday.The call comes from the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, which took a critical look at many of the recommendations made in last
The Navy is sending Congress a long overdue, 30-year shipbuilding plan that projects a fleet that could range from 260 to 325 ships, the service’s top acquisition official said Wednesday.
What was billed as a weeklong cruise along California’s Channel Islands, turned into a daylong test of survival on a grounded ship for a 63-year-old Cedar Mill man.
City officials took their eight-year campaign to dredge Norwalk Harbor to the state Transportation Strategy Board yesterday, asking them to take a larger role in helping municipalities get approval for such projects.
In its first trans-oceanic voyage, the Spanish team leaves Australia sailing through Cape Horn en route to Brazil, clocking in 8.100 miles of navigation – 6.700 of them non-stop.
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HONOLULU (AP) – A cruise ship company has canceled a 10-day cruise to Hawaii because of engine trouble. The Celebrity Cruises ship “Infinity” was scheduled to set sail this Sunday from Ensenada, Mexico, to Honolulu.
Millions of visitors are due in the North this summer to celebrate the arrival of a spectacular fleet of Tall Ships as they drop anchor in the Tyne. And yesterday the build-up to what promises to be one of the biggest events in the UK this year began with a Tall Ships launch event on […]
SUCCESSFUL bid for the navy’s air warfare destroyer contract would eventually inject more than $20 billion into South Australia’s economy, State Defence Unit chief executive Kevin Scarce said. Rear Admiral Scarce said the $6 billion construction program would likely be supplemented by a long-term ma
Louisiana shipbuilder Conrad Industries Inc. says it will voluntarily take its stock off Nasdaq around the end of the month and will deregister its common stock.
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