Dredging of the mud-laden Petaluma River has begun, although how much progress has been made so far is still murky. Originally set to begin on Oct. 13, the start of dredging work in the downtown Turning Basin was delayed because of problems securing permits from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Mayor David Madden said a dredging of the Fore River in North Weymouth by a Quincy firm will remove excess sediment from the bottom of the channel to prevent oil tankers and large vessels from running aground while going to local ports. “We don’t anticipate the project will have any negative effect
A sailor in the Route du Rhum race has been rescued from his overturned boat in the mid-Atlantic. Falmouth Coastguards co-ordinated the rescue after receiving a distress call via satellite on Tuesday night.
The European Commission has given Turkey until mid-December to open its ports to Cypriot ships, or face unspecified consequences. The warning is set out in a report criticising the pace of Turkish reforms in the year since EU entry talks began.
AISLive.com, the website that shows the real time position of commercial ships in 62 countries, has been shortlisted as a Finalist in the Defence Technology Exchange Innovation Awards 2006.
Europe’s largest shipbuilder, Aker Yards ASA, said Tuesday that a record order backlog will bring in at least 900 new jobs at its shipyards in Finland and France, plus hundreds more in local communities.
The U.S. Navy has awarded a billion-dollar contract to Northrop Grumman Ship Systems for the construction of a new amphibious transport ship and materials and labor to support another, U.S. Sen. Trent Lott announced. Lott said in a Monday news release that the work will be done at Northrop Grumman’s
The USS Intrepid may have survived five kamikaze attacks and served in three wars, but it was no match for nasty New York City mud. The floating museum refused to budge Monday as a fleet of tugboats furiously worked to pull the historic aircraft carrier from its pier, scuttling a carefully laid miss
Aker Yards announces today the implementation of a new business model to secure long term profitable growth at its Cruise & Ferries business area in Finland and in France Six months after Chantiers de l’Atlantique was acquired by Aker Yards and integrated in its Cruise & Ferries business area, Aker
Thick sheets of gray steel, some 30 feet long, are stacked onshore next to a 370-foot tanker docked in Portland Harbor. Aboard the ship, which formerly carried molten sulfur along southern coasts, workers are sandblasting metal. They’re preparing the surface to accommodate a dozen large cargo tanks
Total announces the startup of the commercial phase of its Joslyn project in the Athabasca region. The Joslyn lease is located about 60 kilometres northwest of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Deer Creek Energy Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Total, is the operator of Joslyn with an 84% interes
Keppel AmFELS Inc., the US wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited (Keppel O&M) is expected to deliver the first of its five jackup rigs on time and within budget for Scorpion Offshore Ltd. Keppel AmFELS successfully launched the premium rig Offshore Courageous on November 4, 200
Total announces a new gas discovery between the Tunu and Peciko fields in the offshore Mahakam block in Indonesia. Drilled in very shallow water 8 kilometres southwest of the southernmost platform in the Tunu field, the Tunu Great South-1 well encountered a number of gas reservoirs that confirm the
The Company has signed a contract with Shell on behalf of themselves and their partners Petrobras and ONGC for the lease and operation of an FPSO for the development of the BC-10 field offshore Brazil. The FPSO, based on the conversion of a VLCC hull from the Company inventory, will have the capacit
