Trinity Yachts shipyard has announced it has delivered the 157 feet 47.9m) tri-deck motor yacht, Lady Linda. After completing her sea trials, the stylish Lady Linda, with her rich deep blue hull and white superstructure, left for the Bahamas for several weeks of cruising with the new owners. Designe
Matt Allen’s Volvo 70 Ichi Ban, the only one of its kind in the country, is due to arrive in Sydney tomorrow morning from Melbourne for its Australian racing debut in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Bird Island Race. After finishing the Volvo Ocean Race sailing as Brunel, Ichi Ban returned to
The Oceanco megayacht, Helios, is being refitted in Brisbane and not, as scheduled, in the Coomera marine precinct, because silting of the river has blocked the passage of large yachts. The 59 metre Helios draws 3.75 metres and the Coomera river now has a navigable depth of only 3.5 metres. Coomera
BG Group said Wednesday that it has discovered an oil field in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. The discovery, known as Tupi, lies in Block BM-S-11, where BG Group holds a 25% interest in the discovery along with operator Petrobras (65%) and Petrogal (10%). The company said the Tupi well flowed 49
Stolt-Nielsen Transportation Group (SNTG), a subsidiary of Stolt-Nielsen S.A. (NasdaqNM: SNSA; Oslo Stock Exchange: SNI), announced today that it will enter into an agreement with Aker Yards ASA (Aker Yards) to build in Flor
On the 26th of September a contract was signed between Damen Shipyards Gorinchem and North Tugz Limited in Whangerei, New Zealand. North Tugz has ordered one Damen ASD Tug 2411 which will be built at the Vietnamese yard ?Song Cam Shipyard? in Haiphong. This order is another milestone in the history
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported that it found a ship that was lost at sea in 1886 in the Northwestern Hawaiian. The wreckage of the Dunnottar Castle was found in waters off Kure Atoll on July 3. The iron hulled, 258-foot, three-mast British cargo ship was home-ported in
On behalf of the field owners, BP has today awarded a contract to Heerema Marine Contractors for the offshore removal and onshore recycling and disposal of the North West Hutton installation, located some 130km north east of the Shetland Islands. Heerema will be the prime contractor for this work wh
A former fishing boat skipper has admitted deliberately sinking his vessel to fraudulently recover almost
The location of a potential Liquefied Natural Gas project in New Zealand has been confirmed as Port Taranaki. Port Taranaki has been selected as the preferred site for the LNG import site ahead of Northport near Whangarei. Contact Energy and Genesis Energy are considering importing LNG to meet the c
President George W. Bush will deliver the principal address at the christening ceremony of the Navy
Nicaragua has announced plans to build a waterway linking the Pacific and Atlantic that would carry bigger ships than the existing Panama Canal. President Enrique Bolanos said the new route – which would cost $18bn (
Addax Petroleum Corporation (TSX: AXC) (“Addax Petroleum” or the “Corporation”) today announced that it has successfully replaced the floating production storage and offloading vessel (“FPSO”) on the OML123 property offshore Nigeria, with an upgraded FPSO contracted from Fred Olsen Production AS (“F
A cruise ship has docked in Falmouth carrying passengers – many from the South West – who say their trip of a lifetime became a nightmare. Passengers endured two hurricanes and threatened a mutiny on board the MV Athena on its way to north America. A 70-year-old man, thought to be from Sark in the [
