Update 1100GMT The last gun of the nine Volvo Ocean Race offshore leg starting sequences is fired and six boats start the race to Gothenburg. Brasil 1 and Pirates didn’t engage in a match racing start as might have been expected. The boats gathered beyond the committee boat end of the line to approa
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Although the federal government is harping on 2008 as its date for the elimination of gas flares in oil producing fields, Chevron Nigeria Limited, has said that it can only achieve this in 2010. A top official of the company said recently
Mobile-based Austal USA has finished installing four 49-ton engines in the Hawaii Superferry now under construction at its Mobile River shipyard, completing the last key milestone prior to the ship’s expected October launch. “We’re planning on making it,” the project’s technical manager, Doug Thorn,
The navy is expecting an announcement about replacements for its aging supply ships by the end of the month, says the region
Paradip, June. 15 (PTI): An Indonesian cargo vessel in “apparent distress”, has anchored about ten nautical miles off Paradip port, awaiting assistance, Paradip Port Trust (PPT) sources said. Tataniyaga-i, carrying about 5,900 tonnes of palm oil, was on its way to Haldia Port when it developed probl
On Monday the 12th of June, 2006, the new Damen Logistic Support Vessel 6513 “Hr. Ms. Pelikaan”, built to the order of The Royal Netherlands Navy, was handed over to her new Owners at the Damen Shipyards location in Gorinchem. The vessel was partly built at the Damen Galatz facility in Romania and a
At 1730 local time in blazing sunshine but virtually zero wind the last boats slipped lines from Shelter Bay Marina at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal. The boats will be motoring overnight before a Le Mans start first thing tomorrow morning. Although a more low key departure than some, th
Gas and condensate have been proven by Statoil on Valemon near the Kvitebj
Yesterday, on 14 June 2006, the christening ceremony of a Container Carrier ordered by Baltic Container Shipping took place at Aker Yards shipyard in Rauma. The vessel to be managed by Rederi AB TransAtlantic was christened as “TransPaper” by Mrs. Marjatta H
Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Co. (HHIC), a billion-dollar shipbuilding investor here, is being ordered to pay a daily fine of $ 5,000 or P265,150 due to an oil slick caused by a submerged landing craft tank (LCT) at the Agusuhin Point, prompting the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA
The municipal government of Huludao, a western coastal city in Northeast China’s Liaoning Province, is speeding up efforts to build a port industrial zone. The Beigang Industrial Zone in Huludao will cover 21.87 square kilometres and consist of five specialized sections a ship building park, a port
At 1900GMT the wind was dropping and for an hour or so it carried on falling, and the boat speed dropped to about six knots. It looked as though the soft conditions had arrived early and the race was going to grind to a halt well before it got to Denmark. But by 2200GMT the […]
Statoil has signed a letter of intent with Aker Kvaerner to deliver a subsea seawater injection system for the Tyrihans project in the Norwegian Sea. The new generation pumps are expected to increase oil production from the Tyrihans field by 10%. The subsea pumps will be the world’s largest and inst
