Less than 100 gallons of the ship’s cargo spilled, apparently from the pumping equipment that was being used to fill the hold, officials said.
A 200-tonne cargo ship ”Ali Madat”, which set sail from a Gujarat port on December 20, has been reported missing.
Officials at an oil refinery plant in Nikiski, Alaska, say a tanker loading oil and unleaded gasoline was forced aground Thursday after being struck by an ice floe.
Gibraltar Dockyard, owned by Cammell Laird (Gibraltar) Ltd, is to become a major centre for the repair, refit and maintenance of very high value superyachts. A superyacht is an ocean-going yacht of at least 30 metres length with a full-time crew.
The Ericsson Racing Team has spent the last three days sailing in Port Phillip Bay, training for the in-port race scheduled to kick off at 14.00 tomorrow, 4 February.
Ten suspected Somali pirates being held in Kenya could be charged in India, at the US navy base at Guatanamo Bay, Cuba, or in Kenya. US ambassador W. Bellamy said yesterday they could be charged in Kenya because, he argued, it is nearest to where they were arrested.
The ship sunk near Chios and Oinoussai islands in the eastern Aegean Sea around 350 B.C. LiveScience.com reports it was carrying hundreds of ceramic jars of wine and olive oil at the time.
The Krasin icebreaker has led a dry cargo ship carrying food and equipment to the McMurdo U.S. polar station in Antarctica. The ship will be unloaded within five or six days, and the Krasin will take it back to the clean water
In January, 2006 AXYS Technologies Inc. (ATI) partnered with NAL Research Ltd to provide Iridium satellite telemetry solutions. This new service provides users with reliable, global communication coverage for high-bandwidth communications.
A metal plate which came loose from the flare tank in the piping system for the flare was the direct cause of the gas leak which occurred on Statoil
Keppel Shipyard, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd, has delivered FPSO Alvheim, its first Floating Production and Storage Offloading (FPSO) facility for Marathon Petroleum Company (Norway) (MPC).
The partners in the Statoil-operated Vigdis licence in the North Sea are investing NOK 1.2 billion to improve oil and gas recovery in the area.
THE Clyde recaptured its place at the forefront of shipbuilding yesterday when HMS Daring, the Royal Navy’s most advanced vessel, was launched at Scotstoun.
Costa Crociere SpA, the leading cruise operator in Europe, will be offering cruises with departures from Dubai starting December in a marketing move which is unprecedented in the global cruise industry.
