Russel Bowler says he is
If the Chesapeake Bay is the centre of sailing in the USA, then the Solent is the centre of sailing in the World. Cowes Week, Admiral
On May 6, 2006, Benetti launched the new 58m Sunday. She will privately cruise in the Mediterranean waters this summer. The yacht comprises five decks. Her profile is very similar the that of her predecessors, the 56m Allegro and galaxy, but Sunday
THE Edinburgh-based arm of Scottish engineering giant Weir Group has landed contracts totalling
Wheter global warming is indeed the cause, there is no doubt that extreme weather events are on the increase, warned Hans van Rooij, president of the International Salvage Union. ‘This has some important implications for salvage provision, particularly the availability of heavy salvage units needed
The General Dynamics Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) team has applied its proven open architecture and open business model approach to provide the U.S. Navy with the most capable, most affordable, best-of-industry, non-proprietary solutions for Independence, the first General Dynamics ship, now under con
On the morning of May 24th, 2006, Mr.Wu Bangguo, Chairman of the Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC), who was on an official visit to Greece, paid a special visit to COSCO Vessel M.V. YUE HE and met the crews on board at the Port of Piraeus. Mr.Zhang Fusheng, Executive Vic
China’s major ports handled 26.94 mln twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of containers in the first four months of 2006, up 22.1 pct year-on-year, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Communications. Cargo turnover rose 16.4 pct year-on-year to 1.41 bln tons during the January-April
Two Dutch sailors, foundering for three days in the storm-churned North Atlantic with torn sails, a failing engine and a sinking boat, were rescued by the cruiser Vella Gulf 1,300 miles due east of Boston, the Navy said Tuesday. The Navy coxswain operating Vella Gulf
Aker Kvaerner has signed a contract with Jurong Shipyard Pte. Ltd in Singapore for delivery of a drilling system for an ultra deepwater drilling semi-submersible platform. The total contract value for Aker Kvaerner is approximately USD 160 million. The contract is undertaken by the Aker Kvaerner sub
Murphy Oil Corp. (MUR) signed an agreement with Petronas Carigali Sdn. Bhd. for the sale of two blocks of gas offshore Sarawak, Malaysia, at an initial rate of 250 million to 300 million cubic feet a day for up to 15 years. Financial terms weren’t disclosed. El Dorado, Ark.-based Murphy Oil has an 8
On Thursday May 18, 2006 the naming ceremony of two Damen ASD Tugs 3110 ‘Smit Owena’ and ‘Smit Diare’ has taken place on the Bonny Island LNG export terminal in Nigeria. Ladies Sponsors were Mrs. De Diare, chairman of Smit Nigeria Ltd and Mrs. Nneka Isilebo, wife of the NLNG Operations Manager. With
China’s top deepwater offshore oil rig maker Yantai Raffles Shipyard Co. Ltd. plans to seek a mainboard listing on the Oslo or Singapore stock exchange in 2007, its CEO said on Wednesday. He also said that Yantai — which is headquartered in Singapore and which listed on Norway’s over-the-counter boa
A fire aboard a destroyer being built at a Mississippi shipyard could further delay completion of the ship, which was damaged last August by Hurricane Katrina. The fire broke out on the morning of May 20 aboard the destroyer Truxtun at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems
