The Solway Harvester sank off the Isle of Man in 2000 The inquest into the deaths of seven crewmen who drowned in the Solway Harvester fishing disaster will be heard in the Isle of Man in November. The inquest was opened and adjourned shortly after the scallop dredger was lost in January 2000.
Qatar Gas Transport Co ordered $3 billion of natural gas tankers from South Korean companies including Hyundai Heavy Industries as the state prepares to triple exports of the fuel. Qatar Gas, the second-largest energy company on the Morgan Stanley Capital International Gulf Countries Index, ordered
The U.S. Department of Defense said in a Sept. 20 press release that on Sept. 23 the U.S. Navy will christen the USS Freedom, its first littoral combat ship, or LCS. The ceremony will be held at Marinette Marine Corp. in Marinette, Wis., which built the vessel. The DOD stated that the 378-foot LCS U
Elf Petroleum Nigeria Limited (EPNL), a subsidiary of TOTAL, says it has encountered hydrocarbon resources in “Usan field discovery” in its deep water Oil Prospecting License (OPL) 222. NNPC is concessionaire for OPL 222 under a production sharing contract, while EPNL is the operator with 20 per cen
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Thursday gave its nod on 69 million cubic metres of dredging to Dredging Corporation of India on a nomination basis in the Sethusamudaram Ship Channel Project. The estimated cost of the project is Rs 2,077.25 crore.
New Delhi – The state-owned Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) has bagged the contract for deepening the channel between Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay under the ambitious Sethusamudram Ship Channel Project (SSCP). Expected to cost Rs.20.77 billion, the 69 million cubic metres of dredging will be done
SACRAMENTO – The Sacramento-based U.S. District Court has ordered a halt to all dredging at the Port of Stockton, dealing a blow to a massive expansion plan. Environmental groups sued the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Port of Stockton last month to stop the dredging of the San Joaquin River,
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Top Yachts is exhibiting for the first time at Monaco and Genoa Boat shows the revolutionary new 5 double cabin Custom Line 97 n. 1
The Greek legend of Jason and the Argonauts is an epic tale of a voyage in search for the Golden Fleece. Now, more than three thousand years later, shipbuilders in the Greek port of Volos have recreated Jason’s mythical vessel, piecing together images from ancient vase paintings and wall frescos to
On September 19 the joint-stock shipping company Latvijas kugnieciba (LK) ceremoniously accepted the second tanker – the vessel “Jurkalne”, from the Croatian ship factory 3.Maj, as LK Public Relations Service chief Marita Ozolina-Tumanovska informed LETA. Iveta Sulca, who is head of the European Com
Whitby Harbour will soon have a new
Two men have been rescued from a fishing boat which sank at the entrance to Ramsgate harbour in Kent. They were taken off the commercial fishing vessel, called Chananne, by lifeboat minutes before it went down, at about 0730 BST. The Maritime Accident Investigation Bureau is investigating the cause
A high-speed ferry service running along the chain of islands is just what Caribbean integration should be about. The ferries will be capable of moving large numbers of Caribbean people and products at reasonable rates up and down the chain of islands. At a press conference yesterday, Peoples Empowe
