Stories of general maritime & marine interest from around the world. http://bymnews.com/news/newsList.php?cat=3 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:38:37 -0800 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:38:37 -0800 http://www.bymnews.com/rss_banner.gif http://bymnews.com/news/newsList.php?cat=3 144 42   In just over one year, Royal Caribbean International’s Oasis of the Seas will make her long awaited debut. The ship, under construction at STX Europe in Turku, Finland, reached an important maritime milestone today when she was “floated ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46387 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:17:09 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46387 An Italian company has won the first Compotec Award for innovative technology. The winning project is an entrance door for civil housing; the door weighs 38 kilos, is fireproof and anti-intrusion. One piece with a very high technological content ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46379 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:00:26 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46379 Chemring Group PLC ("Chemring" or "the Group") today provides an update on trading before entering the close period in respect of its preliminary results for the year ended 31 October 2008, which are expected to be announced at the ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46365 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:22:36 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46365   Adriana Resources Inc. ("Adriana" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:ADI) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Guilherme Moretzsohn de Andrade as the Director of Port Development, Brazore Ltda. ("Brazore"). Adriana is earning up to 75% of Brazore ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46360 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:09:54 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46360 Pete Goss finished in fifth place in the 1996 Vendée Globe.  At the moment he is sailing a hundred miles or so to the south-west of the leaders in the Vendée Globe, but this time on a very different ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46359 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:28:17 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46359   Mr. Buck Morrow, President of Northland Resources Inc. (TSX:NAU) (FRANKFURT:NBS) (OSLO:NAUR), is pleased to advise that Northland has signed a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") with the Port Authority of Kemi in Finland, and its owner, the City of ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46354 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:16:08 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46354   TOP Ships Inc. (NASDAQ:TOPS) has announced its operating results for the third quarter and nine-month period ended September 30, 2008. For the three months ended September 30, 2008, the Company reported net income of $41,640,000, or $1.48 per ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46353 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:15:07 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46353   K-Sea Transportation Partners L.P. (NYSE: KSP) has announced that its Chief Financial Officer, John J. Nicola, has decided to semi-retire and will become a special advisor to Timothy J. Casey, Chief Executive Officer and President of K-Sea, effective ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46351 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:08:21 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46351 Two Adelaide men and a Singapore national have been charged in relation to the importation of more than 80 kilograms of crystal methylamphetamine (Ice) in Adelaide's single largest methylamphetamine seizure. A 34-year-old Parafield Gardens man, a 37-year-old man from ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46345 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:20:39 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46345 As I sit wallowing away at two knots and look back at the trip so far it strikes me that the wind Gods have not been completely on our side during this voyage. This is my fifth time through ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46311 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:57:38 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46311 4000 young fish including carp, tench, rudd and roach will today (20 November) arrive at their new home at Gnoll Country Park Pond in Neath. Environment Agency Wales has transported the fish over the last 24 hours, to be ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46291 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:35:37 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46291   Globus Maritime Limited ("Globus" or the “Company"), (AIM: GLBS), a marine transportation company that owns and operates Handymax and Panamax dry bulk ocean-going vessels announces the following trading update and unaudited financial highlights for the three months (“Q3-08”) and ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46277 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:39:31 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46277   Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE:SAI) today announced it has been awarded a task order by the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Program Office to provide professional services to design and implement an ERP system across ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46274 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:30:52 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46274 Royal Caribbean International’s newest Freedom-class ship, Independence of the Seas, made her US debut yesterday at Port Everglades in Ft. Lauderdale, Fl. Sharing the title of world’s largest cruise ship with her sister-ships, Freedom of the Seas and Liberty ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46272 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:28:44 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46272 Transas announces a renewed order of its Navi-Sailor 3000 systems to NORDEN,one of Denmark’s oldest ship owning companies (established in 1871). NORDEN now runs a fleet of 174 vessels (a mix of owned and chartered tonnage) and has an ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46267 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:04:37 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46267 The Transas T 214 AIS Base Station was awarded a type-approval certificate from the National Agency of Telecommunications of the Republic of Brazil. An extensive verification process conducted by the independent expert laboratory ActA resulted in type-approval being awarded ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46266 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:03:56 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46266 Transas is delighted to announce an order from TORM, a world leading ship owner of carriers of refined oil products and a significant participant in the dry bulk market. Established in 1889 and with its head office in Copenhagen ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46265 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:01:46 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46265 Transas 3D VTS (Vessel Traffic System) is the latest development in the Vessel Traffic Management concept. The product visually represents the full-scale 3-dimensional view of the navigational situation in the VTS area. 3D VTS functionality is integrated with VTS ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46264 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:00:08 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46264 The U.S. Coast Guard medically evacuated a man off Mackinac Island, Mich., Wednesday, at approximately 1:30 p.m. Coast Guard Station St. Ignace received a call from a physician at the Mackinac Island Medical Center at approximately 1:15 p.m. The physician requested assistance with transporting a possible ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46261 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:01:43 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46261 Gibbs Technologies previewed its new high-speed amphibian vehicle technology at the official opening of the company's new global headquarters and product development center here today. Gibbs Chairman Neil Jenkins said the company currently employs 80 people at the 37,500-square-foot ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46245 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:17:44 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46245