GROTON– The U.S. Navy’s decision Monday to award the post-construction shakedown contract on the USS Texas to Electric Boat could result in fewer layoffs at the Groton shipyard next year.
It is time to break out the chocolate onboard ABN AMRO ONE (Mike Sanderson) to celebrate crossing the second ice waypoint last night and passing the first scoring gate on leg two of the Volvo Ocean Race. They have now earned 3.5 points
The latest news from Brasil 1 VOR team is that they will restart the race from South Africa today at 10 am (local time Brasilia), exactly five days after it moored in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
China’s 2.3-billion-dollar Nigerian oil venture is a major step forward for the energy ravenous country as it seeks to power its fast-growing economy but analysts said Tuesday the race was just heating up.
China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) Monday said that it had put into operation another oilfield in the South China Sea shortly after announcing its discovery of a new oil reserve of up to 200 million cubic metres in Bohai Bay.
THE bill for dredging the seabed to remove radioactive particles from Dounreay nuclear power station could be
A ship nearly 1,000 feet long and wide enough to accommodate 18 rows of containers has made its maiden voyage to the Port of Oakland, testing out the deepened shipping channels in the Oakland Estuary.
There are huge losses in the fleet tonight as ABN AMRO (Mike Sanderson) continues to streak towards Melbourne at a comforting 18 knots, while the rest of the fleet is barely managing 10 knots.
DRS Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:DRS) announced today that it has received a new U.S. Navy award under the SEAPORT Enhanced (SEAPORT-e) contract valued at $42.5 million, including options, to provide engineering and technical support services.
SYDNEY – Mining and oil companies in far western Australia shut down operations on Monday as a powerful cyclone headed toward the coast, forcing some residents to evacuate homes for storm shelters.
Holland America Line will call its recently announced pair of new-builds the Signature Class, taking the name from an integral component of the premium line’s branding and the current US$225 million Signature of Excellence initiative.
Bulgaria’s Bulyard Shipping Industry (BSI), a unit of the Bulyard consortium, plans to invest a 2 mln euro in refurbishments and new equipment in 2006, said executive director Friedrich Katzer, “Dnevnik a.m.” reports.
The first of four conversions to allow older Trident submarines to carry 154 conventionally armed cruise missiles instead of 24 nuclear missiles has been completed, the contractor announced Monday.
The Ericsson Racing Team has officially retired from Leg Two of the Volvo Ocean Race after experiencing failure to her hydraulic keel movement system. She is currently being transported by the Wallenius Wilhelmsen container ship
