Fincantieri in $2bn cruiseship order ITALIAN shipyard Fincantieri has won an $800m order to build two panamax cruiseships for up-market Holland America Line.
French Floods French railway workers repair damaged electrical lines along rail tracks which were knocked down by flood waters near the village of Villedaigne, near Narbonne in southern France. At least 27 people were killed in the heaviest flooding in the region for 50 years.
Kvaerner rejig on course despite loss KVAERNER, the Anglo-Norwegian construction and engineering group, claimed that its massive restructuring was on course despite a NKr4.85bn ($613m) nine-month net loss.
Bullish Vosper lifts profit by 8% at midway Vosper Thorneycroft, the diversified UK naval shipbuilding group, yesterday accompanied an 8% advance in half-year pre-tax profit with bullish remarks about prospects.
Alondra Rainbow pirates arrested INDIAN coastguards, using patrol boats and aircraft, yesterday boarded the hijacked cargoship, Alondra Rainbow, off the coast of Goa and arrested 15 men after they set light to and tried to scuttle the ship.
Thyssen still aiming to spin-off shipyards GERMAN industrial conglomerate ThyssenKrupp yesterday said it still aimed to spin off its shipbuilding activities as part of the group's major restructuring.
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