Gunmen have kidnapped six oil workers in Nigeria’s main oil-producing region, sources in the region say. The six were reportedly in a boat laying pipelines off the Bayelsa State coast when they were attacked.
Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) is proud to announce the Thursday, May 24th christening of the seventh of its eight 5,888-TEU vessels, built by the Imabari Shipbuilding Group.
Nova Scotians will hear next week about plans to build a US$300-million container terminal in the Strait of Canso, but attracting business to a new facility will have its competitive challenges.
A former Tyneside shipyard worker has won almost £1m damages after developing a fatal asbestos-related lung cancer. Grandfather Raymond Shanks sued Newcastle-based Swan Hunter, where he worked as an electrician for four years from 1965.
Passenger debarkation from a Carnival ship in Galveston was delayed Thursday following the discovery of a suspicious package, according to Carnival Cruise Lines. The company said the Ecstasy, had returned to Galveston at the end of five-day Caribbean cruise.
On Wednesday afternoon, Emirates Team New Zealand defeated Desafío Español 2007 for the fifth and final time to qualify for the Final of the Louis Vuitton Cup. The Kiwis will meet Luna Rossa Challenge, who dismissed BMW ORACLE Racing three days earlier.
RICHARD Lochhead, Scotland’s Environment Secretary, yesterday said there was a strong case for ruling out plans to allow oil tankers to transfer Russian crude from ship-to-ship in the Firth of Forth. He also announced his firm intention that parliament would have final say over the issue.
Seoul: South Korea’s Hanjin Heavy Industries Co. has won shipbuilding orders worth a total of $2.2 billion in May from companies in Germany, France, Turkey and India, Hanjin said on 25 May.
Breda (May 24, 2007) – Dockwise Yacht Transport , a group company of Dockwise, recently merged with Sealift Ltd, has christened the largest and most modern yacht carrier in the world. The vessel has been built at the Yantai Raffles Shipyard in China. The 687.5-foot (209 meter) Yacht Express is purpo
Statoil: A small-scale, integrated combined heat and power (CHP) station will make the Tjeldbergodden industrial complex, mid-Norway, electricity self-sufficient.
Mumbai: India’s largest private-sector shipbuilder, ABG Shipyard Ltd, has agreed to buy Vipul Shipyard Ltd, its neighbour at the Magdalla Port in Gujarat. The objective is to add capacity to build more ships in a booming global shipbuilding market.
Deuxmil (DML.L) revealed the acquisition of BA Yachts Assistance S.L. for a total consideration of GBP 450,000. According to the company, the acquisition represented a strengthening of the super yacht services supply chain of Deuxmil in Spain and the Balearics following its recent acquisition of Yac
Eimskip-CTG in Norway, has received its third newbuilt refeer vessel in 18 months. The vessel is built at Myklebust Verft AS in Norway.
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL), the Norwegian-based global logistics company, has been appointed as the sole logistics partner for the 2008-09 event. The deal was rubber-stamped at an official signing ceremony in Olso attended by Glenn Bourke, the Volvo Ocean Race CEO.
