Things are moving fast with the next edition of the Volvo Ocean Race. Following the announcement in Gothenburg that there would be another race starting in 2008 and sailing a new route from a new start port, today Glenn Bourke, joined by President of the region of Valencia, Francisco Camps confirmed
It was a hectic last day for the sailors from the Volvo Ocean Race as they attended a final parade in the Race village at 1730 and then had to be front and centre at the main prize giving at 2100. Parading in overall finish order, the teams ran the gauntlet of cheering crowds, each […]
Aggreko plc, the global leader in the rental of power generation and temperature control services today announced that it has been contracted to supply an 8 MW / 4.16kV stand-by power package on board the floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) Conkouati, currently operating in the
THE ship that is to replace both the Castle-class ships, Dumbarton Castle and Leeds Castle for patrol duties in Falklands waters, was launched last week. HMS Clyde is an enhanced River Class design with a helicopter deck capable of accepting helicopters up to the size of the new Merlin. She also has
Two upcoming meetings in Jackson County concerning proposed liquefied natural gas terminals will solicit public comments about the impacts of the projects. The first meeting, on Thursday, will be held by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for Chevron’s proposal to build a 1.3 billion-cubic-foo
WASHINGTON – Members of a key House panel have hammered out a deal aimed at opening up more offshore areas to oil and natural gas drilling. Such a step would represent a huge victory for offshore operators, who have long eyed areas of the Outer Continental Shelf off limits to drilling. But the bill
Costa Cruises, the leading cruise company in Europe and South America and a member of the Carnival Corporation, today announced that a new 92,700-ton cruise ship has been ordered for its fleet with an option for a sister ship. The new Costa ships will be built by Fincantieri at Marghera shipyard and
South Korea’s shipyards ranked Nos. 1 through 7 in terms of order backlogs worldwide as of the end of May for the second consecutive month, amid competition with rapidly expanding Chinese shipbuilders, a London-based market researcher said Tuesday. The seven domestic shipbuilders’ combined order bac
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI) announced that it was ordered 400 units of 5,000kW-class explosion protected motors, worth US$10 million from Bechtel of the UK. HHI is scheduled to supply these motors for India
Iran has signed a contract with Belgian shipping company Exmar to build 10 liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers, Iran’s National Oil Company news service, SHANA, said. “Exmar will finance the project, a joint venture with the Iranian shipbuilding company Sadra, with more than US$ 2 bln,” Abdolsamad T
On June 15, H.5273, a 162,000 TDW COT for Sovcomflot was named the
VietNamNet – Hot weather was the main reason that caused the hang-up of a 10,500 tonne ship during its attempted launch at the Bach Dang Shipbuilding Industry Company in the northern port city of Haiphong on June 17. During the launch, the prow of the Sun Island, or Noma 2, touched the water but the
A missile boat in the Hamina class, the last in the series of four built at Aker Yards, Rauma, was today christened and delivered to the Finnish Navy. The four vessels form the Navy
Abeking & Rasmussen was founded almost 100 years ago back in 1907. The very famous northern German shipyard with a global reputation for highest quality custom made motor and sailing yachts from 45 to 80 metres plus just recently modernized and enlarged some of their construction building to meet th
