The Emirates Team New Zealand squad won its fourth consecutive race of the Louis Vuitton Cup Final and now sits one win away from a trip to the America’s Cup Match. The Kiwis trailed early in Tuesday’s race, but soon recovered to lead at every turning mark of the race course.
Devonport-based HMS Sutherland is set to return to her home port after completing an eight-month deployment in the Gulf. The Type-23 frigate has now handed over duties of protecting Iraqi oil platforms to HMS Richmond in Egypt.
Sky Petroleum, Inc. (OTCBB:SKPI), an oil and gas exploration company, is pleased to announce that the company has acquired a minority stake in the development of an oilfield in the Komi Republic of the Russian Federation
Ten people have been rescued from a fishing boat in trouble off the north west coast of Guernsey.
Palmer Johnson Yachts is well on its way to building a complex of yacht construction buildings on the city’s east side. The first steps in the process began a few months back with the construction of a 16,000-square-foot building immediately adjacent to the existing yacht-fabrication facility on Fir
Wärtsilä has been awarded a contract in May 2007 by the Brazilian offshore company Dynamic Producer Inc. to supply the entire power, automation and propulsion system for a dynamically-positioned well-testing FPSO (floating production, storage and offloading) vessel with the project name PIPA II. The
Setting out into the Channel at the Dover Strait in thick fog is a hair-raising prospect but organisers of the Calais Round Britain Race got the fleet of 11 Open 60s away this afternoon despite a real pea-souper. Sensibly, they dispensed with inshore legs, which would have been utterly invisible fro
SOMALI pirates holding a Taiwan-flagged fishing vessel have killed one of its crew members because the ship’s owners were not giving in to demands for a ransom.
Maersk Contractors has sold the jack-up drilling rigs MAERSK EXERTER, MAERSK ENHANCER and MÆRSK ENDEAVOUR. The buyer is Northern Offshore Ltd. Bermuda, a company controlled by a large number of foreign investors.
This off day is one that might not be enjoyed by either of the Louis Vuitton Cup finalists. For Emirates Team New Zealand, who has led at every mark en route to a 3-0 series lead, there is danger it could disrupt their momentum. While for Luna Rossa Challenge, another day of questions about its [&he
The second day of the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club’s Vice Admiral’s Cup was dogged by light airs. Fortunately for the Quarter Tonners (Class 4), Race Officer Robin Oakley and his team were on excellent form and did an impressive job of tracking what little breeze there was up on the Lee On The Solent
NAUTILUS Minerals raised US$175 million (K547 million) in the first quarter of this year in support of the world’s first seafloor mining venture in Papua New Guinea. The company told the Toronto Stock Exchange, where it is listed, a contracthas also been awarded for construction of a 191m vessel, Ju
Already global players at the top end of the boating market, Maine yards are now trying to increase their market share, banding together to sell Maine-built boats by establishing a brand identity associated with high-quality craftsmanship. The effort — unique among U.S. builders — is taking Maine’s
The Earthrace Project is presently making plans to visit up to 40 European cities during an upcoming promotional tour covering the next 8 months. The showpiece of the tour is a revolutionary and spectacular-looking, biodiesel-powered boat – simply called Earthrace.
