Main contracts have been awarded for the development of the Maari oil field, 35km south of the Maui gasfield, in Taranaki. The operator, OMV New Zealand, with a 69 per cent share, and its partners Todd Maari Ltd (16 per cent), Horizon Oil International Ltd (10 per cent) and Cue Taranaki Pty Ltd (5 p
I am very glad to hear that Qingdao Clipper arrived in the final destination, Liverpool, safely and fulfilled all legs of Clipper 05-06 Around the World Yacht Race with good results. On behalf of Qingdao Government, Sailing Committee (Qingdao) of Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXI
ULSAN, KOREA,
After succefull seatrials, our yardnumber 626 MV “BBC Trinidad” has been delivered by Volharding Shipyard and has left Harlingen for her first journey.
PORT BLAIR: Fast attack indigenous warship ‘Batti Malv’ was commissioned by the Commander-in-Chief of Andaman and Nicobar unfied command Vice Admiral Arun Kumar Singh on Monday. Speaking at the ceremony, the Vice Admiral said ‘Batti Malv’ was an “extremely valuable asset” in the discharge of the rol
NAPLES, Fla. (AP)
Nordic American Tanker Shipping Ltd. (the “Company” or “NAT”) today announced that it has agreed to acquire its eleventh and twelfth Suezmax tanker. These vessels, one built in 2002 and one in 2003 in the Samsung shipyard in South Korea, are sister vessels to the Company’s tenth vessel (built 2003)
Oil tanker Makhambet for Mobilex Energy of Kazakhstan is launched at Viborg shipyard today. The vessel is purposed for crude oil and oil products transportation in Caspian Sea, Trend reports. The tanker was designed in Vimpel construction bureau. Makhambet is the sixth in a row built and commissione
DES MOINES, Iowa Clear Lake is launching a 25 (m) million dollar cleanup project. It is in hopes of improving the lake’s visibility after decades of damage by farm and yard runoff. Local residents and leaders have teamed up with the state to set up a massive dredging project at the northern Iowa lak
General Electric’s announcement Tuesday that it is prepared to do its part in dredging the Hudson of PCBs was both welcome and not totally unexpected. The company’s decision came on the last day of the government’s timetable for a response. Failure to meet that deadline would have exposed GE to cour
A foreign vessel, suspected to be an oceangoing tanker fled the scene after hitting a local fishing boat Saturday in waters near northern Hai Phong city, leaving nine fishermen stranded. The scene where the accident took place was reportedly 70 nautical miles from Cat Ba town, Do Son district, Hai P
MacGREGOR, the business area providing marine cargo flow solutions within Cargotec signed an agreement to acquire BMH Marine AB, a Swedish company specializing in dry bulk handling equipment on ships and at port terminals in June 2006. The necessary competition authority approvals, to which the acqu
Roc Oil Company Limited said it is to plug and abandon its Moondah-1 well offshore Perth Basin after drilling failed to encounter any significant hydrocarbons. With Roc as operator of the well, ARC Energy Ltd has a 45 pct interest, AWE Oil (Western Australia) Pty Ltd has 25 pct and Westranch Holding
With war raging in an oil-rich part of the world, interest in tapping domestic sources is becoming more acute. And as the Senate gets ready this week to head off on its August break, that interest centers on the waters off the U.S. coast. At stake is a moratorium
