Archives: July 2007

Items from 31st July 2007:

BLACK WATCH passengers test for Legionnaires Disease - ship clear Ship found to be clear - possibility fountain water in St Petersburg to blame

V.Group and Norstar aim for Chinese shipbuilding market New joint venture in shipbroking and newbuild placement

Coastguard officer breaks leg whilst giving safety advice Further bad luck for officers of the coastguard, this time the weather was the assailant

Expansion at Southampton Container Terminals SCT leases a further 10.5 acres from ABP

Items from 30th July 2007:

A ship a year for British shipyards Guaranteed work or wages paid to keep shipbuilding skills says paper

Fred Olsen hit by another sickness bug on board ship Passengers from BLACK WATCH taken to hospital suffering flu like symptoms

Coastguard pushed into water by unknown assailant Officer safe and well but suffers grazing after incident on Medway Strand

PRISCO ALCOR launched at Hyundai shipyard Second Suezmax tanker for Russian shipping firm

Feature: The Story of the Clyde Bank Shipyard As giant shipyard crane is opened to the public, Shipping Times looks at the history of one of the world's most famous shipyards...

Items from 27th July 2007:

Massive 13,100 TEU container ships ordered from Hyundai shipyard Biggest container ships yet built by HHI ordered by Nordcapital

Calmac pays tribute to paddle steamer WAVERLEY Calmac house flag flown on WAVERLEY at special event to mark her Diamond Jubilee

Ships drifting after collision NYK chartered ALPHA ACTION collides with containership off Oshima

BAE Systems welcomes announcement on aircraft carriers Company's businesses in Glasgow and Barrow will be involved in design and build

Mitsui OSK agrees joint ownership of new LNG Carrier Agreement reached for tanker under construction at Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation

Items from 26th July 2007:

Korea's first monster container ship christened today at shipyard First 10,000 TEU vessel for China named COSCO ASIA

Astonishing build time for launched LPG tanker Keel laid in April, launched in July

Aker Yards to build supply vessel for Portosalvo UK subsidiary orders one PSV with option for a second

Stena Bulk and Teekay expand collaboration NAVION GOTHENBURG delivered after modifications at Dubai Drydocks

Items from 25th July 2007:

UK's future aircraft carriers given the green light All systems go as Secretary of State announces the building of Britain's largest ever naval ships

VT and BAE Systems announce shipbuilding merger agreement Press release published today outlines terms and benefits of the joint venture and says no yards are to be closed.

Improve planning processes urges PD Ports Operator calls for government to make applications such as Teesport faster

Huge boost to Eagle Bulk with purchase of 26 ships Fleet size will more than double in deal with Anemi Maritime Services

Items from 24th July 2007:

Another new ship for OOCL named at her namesake port OOCL KOBE follows hard on the heels of OOCL YOKOHAMA

New car carrier for Grimaldi launched at Uljanik shipyard And as GRANDE COLONIA takes to the water, another one has her keel laid

New Hamburg Felixstowe Bilbao service welcomed at port The JAN MITCHELL inaugurates the new weekly service

Items from 23rd July 2007:

Royal Navy assists with floods in Gloucester Personnel from Plymouth, HMS OCEAN and HMS NORTHUMBERLAND

MOL's new training ship starts on board training Handsome new vessel takes on board Russian and Filipino trainees

K Line announces order for ten new container ships 4500 TEU ships from Hyundai Heavy Industries

Insurance club warns of rising tide of inexperienced mariners Shipping industry needs to invest more for the future of safe seafaring says North of England club

Irish Ferries announces new name for ferry bought from Color Line Continuing Irish literature theme, she will be called OSCAR WILDE

Items from 22nd July 2007:

Latest developments mean UK flag is no flag of convenience UK Ships Register back in Qualship 21 and is top of the Paris MOU 'White List'

Last chance to save last of the clippers Determined group heads for Scotland to save the CITY OF ADELAIDE

MSC NAPOLI not okay for Devon, says councillor Devon County Council will lead a full enquiry

British lifeboats to China Expanding Chinese rescue services get retired UK craft

Keppel Singmarine bags two ship order from Greatship Offshore Two state of the art PSV's for Indian shipowners

Excel Maritime breaks through one million tons barrier Two additions to the bulk fleet bring capacity over the million mark

Items from 19th July 2007:

Adopt a Rivet - Save a Ship Preservation trust's novel idea to save one of the last ever turbine steamers in the UK

Crew and ship missing for three weeks Anxiety over fate of ship after contact lost in Indian Ocean

Genco scoops massive acquisition of newbuilds at shipyards Huge boost to company's tonnage from new Capesize bulkers

OOCL christens container ship at Geoje shipyard OOCL YOKOHAMA is the second of 16 newbuildings for the company

Fred Olsen reveals 2008 cruises with fleet of five ships Regional cruises from Leith, Liverpool and Greenock, more destinations and fly/cruises

Danaos to acquire five container ships from Hyundai Merchant Marine And will go to charter with same for ten years

Canada to build up to eight Patrol Ships And will establish a deep water port in the far north

Items from 18th July 2007:

HMS DARING begins her life as trials commence World's most advanced warship leaves Clyde shipyard for start of sea trials.

MSC NAPOLI gets second round of explosives Another attempt happens today to pull apart the beached container ship

New container ship launched at Emden shipyard Nordseewerke launch new vessel bound for operations with Hamburg Sud

Polish shipyard launches it's biggest vessel this year Remontowa launches the first of a series of ships for Finnish company

New cargo ship delivered from Damen Bergum mv BLUE DRAGON delivered to Otto A Muller

Farstad Shipping announces a raft of charter contracts Company sees evidence of improvement in charter rates

Tragedy at Hyundai-Vinashin shipyard after two explosions H&S worker killed after inspecting ship following intitial gas explosion

BAE Systems Ship Repair in USA wins Sealift contract Virginia yard to carry out $6million contract to overhaul USNS KANAWHA

MAIB publishes report of FR8 VENTURE tragedy in Pentland Firth Report into incident on tanker on 11th November 2006 which resulted in fatalities.

Items from 17th July 2007:

MSC NAPOLI to be cut into two Beached container ship will be split after cracks discovered longer than expected

Faslane based warship saves fishing vessel from sinking in the Clyde HMS PENZANCE assists with sinking vessel that had just left a repair yard.

Port offices wrecked by angry dock workers Captain of tanker AILSA CRAIG amongst those charged with manslaughter after two men are killed.

Eitzen sells two bulkers and a gas tanker Another sale of former Gibson tanker

Greek to Greek tanker transfer LMZ Transoil fleet is snapped up by Eletson

IMB Weekly Piracy Report Ships recently involved in incidents include containerships, chemical tanker, bulk carrier and a tug

ELSA OLDENDORFF to be sold for $29 million TBS International agrees to buy from Oldendorff

Items from 16th July 2007:

Guest Vocals: Piracy - Enough is Enough Steven Jones of the Nautical Institute tells Shipping Times that more needs to be done by politicians and of the need to address the effects of pirate attacks

Glasgow celebrates its river with visiting ships A fleet of 'puffers' and ferries amongst the many vessels enjoyed by crowds over the weekend

No more bodies found on stricken Philippines ferry Search called off, 11 confirmed as dead

Cruise ship battered by winds and seas Passengers on P&O's PACIFIC STAR stranded as cruise cancelled

Food delivery on the Thames trial for Sainsbury's Back to the future as the Thames takes cargos off the road and onto barge

Biggest livestock ship in record voyage with 22000 animals Siba's DENEB PRIMA delivers largest shipment of livestock from Australia to South East Asia

Two year charter for NAVIOS ASTRA Recently built ultra-handymax extends company's fleet coverage

Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding delivers 60th 56000 ton bulk carrier mv TORENIA delivered to Lepta Shipping

More passengers for Dover in 2007 Second ferry terminal more likely as figures show strong growth

Items from 12th July 2007:

Container ship MSC NAPOLI to be beached again Cracks in hull mean she cannot be towed and will be beached in shallow waters.

Epic Shipping UK sign contract for six RO-RO vessels Contract signed with Odense Steel Shipyard

Latest PRISCO tanker launched at Hyundai Heavy shipyard And in two months PRISCO ALCOR will join the fleet.

Items from 11th July 2007:

Spanish ferry sinks after striking island Iscomar's DON PEDRO goes down, but all aboard rescued

Port of Belfast to be expanded to meet growing traffic The best is yet to come says chairman as £630 million plan is announced to reclaim land from Belfast Lough

LNG carrier launched at Mitsui's Chiba shipyard Vessel is being built for a consortium made up of PRISCO, Mitsui OSK and KKK

New container ship for Hamburg Sud christened at Daewoo shipyard Ffith of six identical vessels, the BAHIA LAURA was officially named yesterday

Craig Group sheds divisions to concentrate on shipping Reversal of trends as Scottish company focuses on shipping interests

Eitzen orders eight LPG carriers from Japanese shipyard And disposes of former Gibson tanker

Items from 10th July 2007:

Confusion over missing crew after Indian supply vessel sinks Third instance since 2003 involving the state-owned oil company's vessels

No Sunday sailings to Hebrides says Calmac Despite survey showing strong support, ferry company adamant there are no plans for mainland to island services on Sundays

Two new ships for Seaspan Corp Containerships from Chinese and Korean shipyards delivered the same day

CMB in agreement for 27% stake in Anglo Eastern Shipping firm says it wants access to ship management services

Young shipping firm adds bulker to increase fleet to seven GO Carriers buys Handymax from ABG Shipping

New ship leaves Gdynia for outfitting at Bodewes Shipyard EMSCARRIER, the second of her type to be built in Poland

Items from 9th July 2007:

UK joins call for funds for North Sea shipping routes Finance projects as part of Motorways of the Sea plan says UK and other parties

MSC NAPOLI  refloated Stricken container ship floated off Branscombe in mammoth operation

Cruise ship's cruises cancelled due to propeller damage CELEBRITY MILLENNIUM to miss two Mediterranean cruises

Ulstein X-BOW shows it's possible to create shipping history Ulstein's celebrates 40th design sale, nearly half of which have the revolutionary X-BOW design.

Yet another ship order for Ulstein Verft shipyard Marine Subsea goes back for another offshore construction vessel

Feature: Travelling by sea more popular than ever DFDS says 'forget the plane' and take the more relaxed route

Scottish Parliament cannot issue LANCASTRIA medal Scottish official says matter is reserved, but MSP's may take it up with those responsible

Grounded cruise ship returns to service US authorities deem EMPRESS OF THE NORTH  fit to return to cruising in Southeast Alaska

Launch at German shipyard is crowned with new orders SSW’s newbuilding will become the standard for feeder freighters

ITF seeks to protect EU seafaring jobs on ferries "Stop cut-throat free for all" says transport union

Excel Maritime agrees charter of two of its ships Bulk carriers POWERFUL and PRINCESS 1 go to European charterers

Items from 6th July 2007:

Crew rescued after fire on 944 ton fishing trawler Vessel loses power off the Isle of Wight

BP Shipping takes delivery of world's largest LNG carrier BRITISH EMERALD is first of four Gem class LNG carriers

LYME BAY delivered two months ahead of schedule Ship that transferred to Govan yard from Tyne successfully delivered early

ITF backs proposal to address piracy Proposal to go to UN Security council will allow ships to enter Somali waters to deal with pirates

Scottish officials seeking to scupper LANCASTRIA medal Lancastria Association of Scotland dismayed by 'hypocritical' Parliament officials

Latest Mercy Ship performs first surgeries in Liberia Utilising six onboard surgeries, AFRICA MERCY performs vital role in assisting Liberians

Items from 5th July 2007:

Bulk carrier in shoddy condition detained at Cardiff MCA detains vessel for 'unacceptable state' of lifeboats

Ulstein wins order for two new seismic survey ships Futuristic looking pair for Eidesvik

Eitzen goes on Indian buying spree EMS splashes out on Indian ship agencies, crewing and management firms

Odense Steel Shipyard sells Volkswerft Stralsund Moller-Maersk-owned shipyard enters agreement with the Hegemann Group

DOF and Aker in contract to build new Anchor Handling Supply Vessel Yet another vessel for DOF from Aker Yards

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