New Brazilian facility will deliver up to three ships a year

Source: Lloyd's List
OFFSHORE and towage specialist Wilson, Sons has expressed its interest in developing a $50m shipyard in Rio Grande, underlining the port’s position as Brazil’s fastest growing shipbuilding cluster.

Russia unveils $2bn terminal overhaul as cargo booms

Source: Lloyd's List
RUSSIA’s booming economy will see over $2bn spent within four years to expand and modernise congested container and ro-ro terminals in the Baltic ports.

Robot sub discovers secrets of the deep that could predict a natural disaster

Source: Times
One of the world’s deepest-diving robot submarines has returned from its first mission with spectacular images of giant holes on the seabed and evidence of underwater avalanches. Autosub6000, which was developed by British scientists, descended almost three miles below the surface to investigate a submarine canyon north of the Canary Islands.