U.S. COAST GUARD SECURITY OFFICER CERTIFICATION - MTSA / ISPS CODE REQUIRED TRAINING
Reservations are now being taken for the October 17 - 20, and November 21 - 24 classes being held at the MPS Deerfield Beach, Florida, training facility....more

ROLEX BIG BOAT SERIES AT SAN FRANCISCO
San Francisco, CA September 18, 2006 - At this evening's Rolex Award Ceremony, six skippers were awarded the St. Francis Yacht Club's six Perpetual Trophies, earned for success in each of six racing classes during the Rolex Big Boat Series. Today's final race - the Bay Tour, ranging from 14.21 to 15.44 nautical miles for the two divisions - concluded the 42nd annual regatta. Each of the six Perpetual Trophy winners also was presented with...more

FIVE VIE FOR PANAMA BOX PORT.
23 July 2006-FIVE major international container terminal operators have submitted preliminary bids to build and operate a US$900 million container terminal project at the western entrance to the Panama Canal.The companies identified by Panamanian officials are, Denmark's AP Moller-Maersk, US-based Maritime Terminal Corporation, Hong-Kong Based Hutchinson Port Holdings, China’s Cosco Pacific and Singapore-based PSA.Work on the port, sited by the Canal’s West Coast entrance should start next year.A first phase is intended to give the port a mile of berths with 18 post-Panamax cranes and 15 metres depth alongside. Potential annual capacity will be 2.4 million TEU.

LEHMAN BUYS SHIPYARD IN FLORIDA
23 July 2006 - US-based JF Lehman & Co is set to buy Jacksonville shipyard Atlantic Marine for an undisclosed price. Lehman & Co was founded in 1992 by former Secretary of the Navy John Lehman US and ahs acquired several defence related firms.Atlantic Marine's Jacksonville facility, which specialises in shiprepair, has a 14,600 lifting capacity floating dock. The Company’s Alabama yard carries out newbuilding work.



NEW YORK YACHT CLUB RACE WEEK AT NEWPORT : One Design Winners Decided - FINAL
July 23, 2006 - For the over 700 sailors who competed this week at New York Yacht Club Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex, today's final races were an ideal ending to a perfect regatta. A variety of boats, nationalities and sailors were represented across seven one-design classes, where North American championships were determined in the Beneteau First 36.7, Farr 40 and J/109 classes. Additionally, those three winning skippers were also awarded a Rolex Steel Submariner timepiece for their overall performance: Takashi Okura (Tokyo, Japan) in the Farr 40 class; Tom D'Albora (E. Greenwich, R.I.) in the Beneteau 36.7 class; and Jon Halbert (Dallas, Texas) in the J/109 class...more