Shipbuilding industry news

Crew of hijacked Belgian ship head home

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:01 GMT

Crew members of a Belgian ship hijacked by pirates off Somalia in mid-April will be re-united with their families early next week, Belgium's Government crisis centre said in a statement. The announce...

Courses to hone industrial skills - Times of India

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:44 GMT

AHMEDABAD: The state industries department on Saturday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with CSM Software Limited to hone skills of students, faculty and industry participants in the automative, ship-building and industrial machinery ...

Colombian Navy training ship arrives at Yokohama port

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:26 GMT

YOKOHAMA — The Colombian Navy’s sail-training ship Gloria arrived at Yokohama port Saturday on the occasion of the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the port’s opening. The...

"Feast and famine to the yards are nothing new" - Sunday Herald

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:23 GMT

JAMIE WEBSTER, the indefatigable GMB convener at the Govan shipyard, is rarely short of a memorable phrase. After 48 hours in which a leaked memo suggested the yard and its sister at Scotstoun might close, and politicians fought to out-do one another ...

Wanted man surrenders in Port Angeles

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:54 GMT

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PORT ANGELES, Wash. -- Police in Port Angeles say they cornered a man wanted on a federal warrant, and then he emerged from the crawl space of a garage to surrender. Brian Smi...

Toyota employs the Japanese hybrid solar powered vehicle carrier ship 'Auriga Leader'

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:42 GMT

. Auriga Leader has 328 solar panels to provide 40 kilowatts, about 10% of the ship's power while sitting idling in dock. This amount of energy is the equivalent to the power used by ten average home...

Salmond urged to offer support for manufacturing - Scotland on Sunday Online

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:07 GMT

THE SCOTTISH Government is facing calls to draw up an urgent strategy for the beleaguered manufacturing sector. Industry groups and opposition MSPs say the 900 job losses announced at drinks giant Diageo&os;s plants in Scotland, plus renewed uncertainty ...

Poland looking to be hub for Gulf investors - Gulf Times

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:52 GMT

After striking a long-term gas supply deal with Qatar and with the process of selling two shipyards to unidentified companies from the Gulf state in progress, Poland is looking to become an EU hub for Mideast investors. Polish Prime Minister Donald ...

Australia probes navy 'sex game'

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:40 GMT

An investigation is under way in Australia over claims that navy sailors competed with each other to bed their female colleagues for cash prizes.According to Channel Seven news, sailors on board HMAS ...

Toyota employs the Japanese hybrid solar powered vehicle carrier ship ''Auriga Leader''

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:33 GMT

Crew onboard hijacked ship are "desperate" - report

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:20 GMT

By Jon HerskovitzSEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea fired seven ballistic missiles on Saturday, South Korea's defence ministry said, in an act of defiance towards the United States that further stoked regi...

Colombian Navy training ship arrives at Yokohama port+

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:46 GMT

YOKOHAMA, July 4 (AP) - (Kyodo)The Colombian Navy's sail-training ship Gloria arrived at Yokohama port Saturday on the occasion of the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the port's opening....

Search ends for ferry passenger

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:14 GMT

A search has been called off for a passenger feared missing in the Irish Sea after failing to disembark from a Liverpool to Dublin ferry.The alarm was raised shortly before midnight on Friday when the...

Campaigner expresses fears for the UK's shipbuilding future - NW Evening Mail

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:38 GMT

Campaigner expresses fears for the UK's shipbuilding future
NW Evening Mail
He said any big drop in orders after the carriers could result in younger people in the industry emigrating to countries like Australia that are expanding ...

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Indian Navy sends 4 vessels to France

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:13 GMT

For the first time ever, the Indian Navy sent a big fleet of four vessels as far out as the Atlantic Ocean for Varuna -- the Indo-French naval exercise that is carried out every year for the last seve...