Aker Yards, via its wholly owned subsidiary, Aker Brevik, has entered into a contract with Island Offshore VIII KS in Ulsteinvik, Norway, to deliver a UT 755LN platform supply vessel. The value of the contract is approximately NOK 130 million.
KONGSBERG Maritime AS has introduced a new design in radar technology
THERE is an urgent need to launch an education campaign on the maritime industry to woo youngsters to seek a career in seafaring, Maritime Institute of Malaysia (Mima) senior fellow Capt (Rtd) Mat Taib Yasin said.
China is fast becoming a formidable sea power of the other marine variety. It doesn’t yet have monstrous aircraft carriers capable of delivering awesome fire power in the world’s seven seas, but there is a huge fleet of small fishing trawlers flying Chinese flags that sail the ocean blue.
Cruise ships of the future are likely to have everything from roller-coaster rides and go-kart tracks to wild laser light shows, if the major cruise lines have their way. And the ships will be bigger and faster, too.
The sun was shining at the historic St Katharine Docks in London on Wednesday 16 March, as Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong christened the new 68ft yacht, Uniquely Singapore.
One of the great advantages of being involved in boating is the enormous variety of activities and products offered for everyone
High-tech equipment capable of detecting bombs attached to the hulls of ships will be introduced as part of a major security upgrade of the Port of Melbourne. The Royal Australian Navy and the Port of Melbourne Authority planned to install sonar systems to monitor activity on the harbour floor and p
The Bureau of Ministers of the Shipping Organisation of Western and Central Africa meets March 22-24 in Luanda, in its fourth session, to balance the shipping activities, to help foment it and improve maritime security.
The three crew members of a Japanese tugboat who were abducted by pirates in the Malacca Strait last week are all safe, the head of the shipping company that owns the boat said Monday. Kanji Kondo, president of Kondo Kaiji Co., met the three — Captain Nobuo Inoue, 56, and chief engineer Shunji Kurod
The New York Mercantile Exchange (search) will offer futures in the booming shipping market as early as late April, a spokeswoman said on Thursday. China’s rapidly growing thirst for petroleum, iron and coal as well as its growth in exports helped to almost triple the shipping futures market to $30
The South African maritime industry could create thousands of new seafaring jobs by encouraging vessels to fly the South African flag, training more ships officers and switching to a tonnage tax, Marine Crew Services founder Robert Knutzen said yesterday.
Abu Sayyaf terrorists in the southern Philippines have trained as scuba divers in preparation for attacks on shipping outside the country, a Philippine military report says.The military’s claims are based on the interrogation of an Abu Sayyaf guerilla, Gamal Baharan, now on trial for the recent Vale
The Indian unit of Royal Dutch/Shell plans to commission its liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal next month but is concerned Indian shipping rules may hurt its operations, government and company officials said. Shell is setting up a terminal which can handle five million tonnes of LNG a year at Haz
