A man who has spent 12 years on a human-powered trip around the world is continuing his voyage despite hitting an uncharted wreck in his pedal boat. Jason Lewis, 38, from Bridport, Dorset, damaged his boat when it hit the sunken wreck two hours out of Mumbai.
New year and new ownership for Rodney Bay, St Lucia, and who better than Island Global Yachting (IGY), the leading developer of luxury marina facilities who announced their latest nautical purchase in the first week of 2007. Rodney Bay is one of the Caribbean’s premier yachting centres and home for
The central province of Khanh Hoa has decided to fine the Hyundai-Vinashin Shipyard for its violation of the Law on Environment. Hyundai-Vinashin will have to pay VND 85 million (US$5,300), for its discharge of used NIX particle into the surrounding environment during the process of ship repair. The
Transas is proud to have equipped the gas tanker ‘SKF Tobolsk’ built at the Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyards for UNICOM (Cyprus), the subsidiary of Russian shipowner Sovkomflot. The ship was named after the Russian town Tobolsk, now one of the centres of the country’s oil industry. The gas tanker
A barge helping with the clean-up of the stranded cargo ship MSC Napoli has collided with a fishing boat. The fishing boat Sea Seeker and landing barge Pont Menai crashed off Lyme Regis, in Dorset, on Monday night.
Total announces three new gas discoveries, after three successful exploration wells namely Ton Chan-1X, Ton Chan-2X and Ton Rang-2X drilled on Block 15 & 16 in the Gulf of Thailand, operated by PTTEP (the national Thai oil company).
The crew of the Russian cargo ship Tikhon Simushkin has been held up in Vietnam since May 2006 because of the ship owner’s debt for repairs of the Russian ship made in Vietnam. The Prosecutor’s Office of Petropavlovsk- Kamchatsky has opened an investigation into the complaint lodged by the ship’s cr
Hiab, the business area providing load handling solutions within Cargotec, has made an agreement to acquire the majority of its Australian importer BG Crane Pty. Ltd., a leading distributor and service provider for load handling customers in Australia. Hiab owned previously 30 percent of BG Crane. T
Longview Power, LLC (“Longview”), a subsidiary of GenPower Holdings, L.P. has awarded Aker Kvaerner Songer, Inc. and Siemens Power Generation, Inc. acting as a consortium, a series of contracts for the engineering, supply of equipment and construction for the Longview project, a supercritical pulver
China’s ship engine maker Hudong Heavy Machinery Co says it will issue new shares to buy shipbuilding assets for 12 billion yuan (US$1.5bil). Analysts said the deal would pave the way for a listing of its state parent. Hudong’s parent, China State Shipbuilding Corp (CSSC), the world’s third largest
A record 448 entries, a new series, fantastic racing, new partners, new big screen viewing, high profile entertainment and even bigger crowds to Geelong signalled to all that Skandia Geelong Week, Australia’s oldest and largest keelboat regatta, is set to take centre stage on the Australian sailing
Technip has been awarded a lump sum turnkey contract worth approximately $610 million by Abu Dhabi Gas Liquefaction Limited (ADGAS) for gas compression plants and associated facilities to be located at Das Island, United Arab Emirates. This contract will be executed by Technip’s operations and engin
In 2006, Stena Bulk transported nearly 10 million tons of oil from the large Russian port in Primorsk, equivalent to a market share of about 15%. As part of its ongoing focus on developing projects and handling business support with a local presence in Russia and CIS (Commonwealth of Independent Sta
A rescue helicopter from RNAS Culdrose in Cornwall has airlifted seven people after a fishing boat sank off Scilly. The crew sent a distress signal as the 23m Discovery, from Castletownbeare, Co Cork, went down 150 miles west of the Isles of Scilly on Monday morning.
