(mirror.co.uk)  A sailor saved his £50,000 yacht from sinking after fixing a hole with a £7 tube of super glue.  Source

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• Japanese steel output will look first decline since December 2009 rising after six months

    In December 2009, Japanese steel pipe and tube output saw its first decrease following a rising trend which began in June of the same year. In the month in question, the average domestic price of steel pipe and tube reached its lowest level in two years. According to the Japan

• MOL developed worldwide 1 Portable liquid level gauge for ballast tanks

    Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. Friday announced that MOL and Musashino Co., Ltd

• Zim employs super slow steam in the emission bid

    Israel-based ZIM Integrated Shipping Services is to employ ‘super slow steaming’ in two of its services, Zim Container Service (ZCS) and East Mediterranean Express Service (EMX), a measure designed to cut fuel consumption and substantially reduce CO2 and NOx emissions.… Read at Zim employs ‘super slow steaming’ in emissions reduction bid

• Zim busy in emissions reduction bid

    Israel-based ZIM Integrated Shipping Services is to employ ‘super slow steaming’ in two of its services, Zim Container Service (ZCS) and East Mediterranean Express Service (EMX), a measure designed to cut fuel consumption and substantially reduce CO2 and NOx emissions. One of the first shipping companies whose owned fleet is

• Super post-Panamax ship-to-shore cranes to the port from the North and South America provided

    Two Super Post-Panamax ship-to-shore cranes were delivered to Port of the Americas last Friday, January 22nd. Read at Super Post-Panamax ship-to-shore cranes delivered to Port of the Americas

• Largest All-Tube Bending innovator wins

     Unison has won an order from BAE Systems Surface Ships for a large tube-bending machine to support ongoing projects, including the construction of the Royal Navy’s Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers. Capable of handling tube and pipe diameters up to 175 mm (~7 inches), the machine is expected to be

• Duluth and Wisconsin Dock Company shipyard sued over damage to the vessel in port

     (twincities) It is a parking-lot nightmare: The attendant helps guide you into a tight space when, all of a sudden, you hear a crunch that tells you his directions weren’t so good.  Now, imagine the vehicle you’re parking is a 1,000-foot-long coal freighter weighing 36,641 metric tons. And that sickening crunch is the sound

• Super-large oil tankers to make its maiden voyage

    The world’s most advanced super-large crude oil tanker will make its maiden voyage from Guangzhou Zhongchuan Longxue Shipbuilding base later this month, according to Guangzhou Daily. Renowned as “the aircraft carrier” of commercial ships, the 308,000-ton super large pilotless crude carrier “Xin Buyang” is of the largest tonnage in the

• Super Yard Primorie to begin in first half of 2010

    Construction of Zvezda-based (ship-repair plant) super-shipyard in Primori will commence first half 2010. As per Igor Hkruschev, director of industrial and transportation department of Primorskii krai, elaboration of project master-plans and initial works are being carried out to the date.

• Rowan Gorilla VI approved for Norway operations

    Super Gorilla set for Norwegian Sector North Sea operations Read at Rowan Gorilla VI approved for Norway operations

• S-80 weapons start Milestone reached

     Babcock International has completed delivery, on-schedule, of all six of the internal slide valve lengths for the Weapon Handling and Launch System (WHLS) for the first of the new Spanish S-80 submarines.? These items (part of a new design for the S-80) are the first major elements of system hardware

• CKYH leading super slow steam

    Container alliance CKYH has reached a collective decision to seriously cut back the speeds of its boxships. Announced by COSCO’s Capt Wei Jiafu towards the end of this year’s World Shipping Summit, the alliance, which also includes “K” Line, Yang Ming and Hanjin, will adopt super slow steaming, an initiative

• Dockwise detailed record number of boats

     (soundings) The 556-foot Super Servant 4, one of Dockwise Yacht Transport’s four semisubmersible ships, will leave Newport, R.I., Tuesday packed with a record 50 cruising and racing boats valued at $41 million.  Source

• New England ice fishing tips

     (fosters) Now that the Patriots have been tagged out in the Super Bowl hunt, you’re probably looking for something to do these winter Sundays.

• New England ice fishing tips

     (fosters) Now that the Patriots have been tagged out in the Super Bowl hunt, you’re probably looking for something to do these winter Sundays. Ice-covered New England waters rarely freeze uniformly, but there are some proven ways you can determine whether it’s safe ice to fish.  Source