This week 55 years ago, on April 6, 1970, another giant - the 250,000-ton Esso Hibernia - was launched on the river at Wallsend’s world-famous Swan Hunter yard. “Watched by 6,000 people ...

Lady West, wife of First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Alan West, did the honours at the rejuvenated Swan Hunter shipyard by cracking a bottle of champagne against the hull of the 22,000-tonne Royal Fleet ...

FROM the iconic shipyards of the Tyne to the production of generations of tanks, and as the former home of brands like Vickers-Armstrongs, Royal Ordnance and Swan Hunter, our region boasts a ...

ClassNK has issued an approval in principle (AiP) for retrofitted methanol dual fuel Kamsarmax bulk carrier developed by TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING and Maersk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon ...

U.S. shipyards built thousands of cargo ships during World Wars I and II. In the 1970s, they built about 5-25 new ships per year. In the 1980s, this number fell to around 5 ships a year, and it ...

A new Bensham shop has been granted an alcohol licence despite calls from residents to throw the application out. Gateshead Council’s licensing committee approved an alcohol licence for Vishu ...

Even though Travis Hunter expects to play offense and defense in the NFL, trying to figure out which side of the ball teams prefer him on three weeks away from the 2025 draft remains a mystery.

The best cloud storage for photos keeps your precious memories safe and lets you manage your collection from anywhere. With photos and videos eating up more space, storing them in the cloud makes ...

The six largest shipyards in the U.S. formed the American Shipbuilding Association (ASA), a new Washington, D.C.-based industry trade association. The six yards include Avondale, Bath Iron Works ...

Researchers believe the discovery suggests an ancient hunter paused within the cave, built a small fire, repaired their essential tools and left behind the mundane items of everyday life that waited ...