Opposition Leader Mick Beddoes has called for the immediate removal of the stricken vessel Bulou ni Ceva from a reef in Rotuma to prevent an environmental disaster. He said there was a risk that oil and fuel from the ship would seep into the ocean if the Government did not speed up the removal proce
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Statoil has awarded a framework contract for subsea installations and associated call-off contracts to the Subsea 7-Acergy Consortium. The consortium is a partnership between Acergy Norway AS and Subsea 7 Norway. The framework contract will cover all subsea installation work for Statoil in 2007 and
On June 30, 2006 the Volgograd Shipyard laid down the first “Khazar” type dry cargo ship of the RSD19 project for Irinvestship Limited (Iran). All in all, the 4 vessels are to built within the 2 years. The construction of each vessel is $11 mn.
Documents obtained by enviornmental campaigners appear to show the present owners of the ssNorway, the famous cruise liner Dubai investors want to save from an Indian ship breaking yard, gave false information to marine, government and court officials. The ship, now renamed the ‘Blue Lady,’ is consi
A supertanker and a container ship collided in Singapore waters on Thursday night, some 2.4 kilometres southeast of St John’s Island. But the incident did not result in any oil pollution or casualty, says the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore. It has deployed an anti-pollution craft to monito
A contract has been confirmed for two additional patrol boats between Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO), the Australian Government Defence Forces purchasing body, and Defence Maritime Services (DMS) with whom Austal is the designer and builder of the 56 metre Armidale Class patrol boat for the Roy
A jury has ordered Pentair Inc. to pay $193 million to a cruise line for commercial damages in a 1994 case involving an outbreak of Legionnaire’s Disease. The case is against a Pentair subsidiary, Essef Corp., which Pentair acquired in 1999, after the event occurred. Golden Valley-based Pentair (NYS
A New Orleans-based ship operator has promised to pay a $1 million fine for pollution violations after a Coast Guard investigation in Baltimore led to the discovery of the improper discharge of hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil-contaminated waste. Pacific-Gulf Marine Inc. (PGM) agreed to plead
A trawler suspected of fishing illegally in the Barents Sea found there was nowhere to hide in the realm of the midnight sun when she was spotted and boarded by the Norwegian coast guard. Officials made a descent by rope from a helicopter to board the ship amid doubts about her registration, a week
The stranded Safmarine Agulhas moved a few metres in a salvage attempt at high tide on Thursday afternoon, said the National Ports Authority (NPA). “We have had limited success,” said NPA East London spokesperson Terry Taylor. Two tugs attached to the bow and stern of the 16 800 ton container ship w
B&G, the Performance Sailing Division of Simrad Yachting, has provided a complete instrument system for the Perini Navi built superyacht, The Maltese Falcon. This 88m three masted clipper required a bespoke performance enhancing solution to ensure the designers’ twin goals of luxury and speed were m
Following Singapore
It was a spectacular day for racing on the waters off Valencia with bright sunshine and warm temperatures generating moderate sea breezes. The conditions presented many tactical challenges however as neither the wind pressure nor its direction were stable. Hundreds of spectator boats ringed the two
