The gas and condensate production platform for the Shah Deniz field in the Caspian Sea off Azerbaijan has now been installed. Statoil has a 25.5% interest in the field, which is operated by BP. The platform has a key role in the gas and condensate development in the Caspian off Azerbaijan, according
Alexander Marine, the manufacturer of the Ocean Alexander yachts, has signed a new contract with Yanmar Marine to provide 60 new engines for 2006. These engines are of the LYA/CX Series with the horsepower range from 380 to 480. The current model line for Ocean Alexander has six different boats betw
Petro-Canada has been fined a record $290,000 for spilling 1,000 barrels of oil off Newfoundland’s east coast almost 18 months ago. Glum senior company officials stood in provincial court this week as a judge accepted their guilty plea and admission of responsibility for the Nov. 20, 2004, spill at
Full-scale dredging at the Ann Abramson Pier in Frederiksted has finally begun after months of permitting and contracting delays. The company contracted by the V.I. Port Authority to complete the work – V.I. Cement –
There has been support for a plan to use fleets of privately-owned vessels as “mother ships” to process illegal fishermen. The Federal Treasurer is expected to announce $300 million in next week’s Budget for a major crackdown on foreign fishermen caught in Australian waters. It has been reported tha
There are so many extremities to the life of an offshore sailor, one day the winches could be turned in the freezing cold and the next in sweltering heat, but not many of those transitions can compare to that made yesterday. Annapolis, where the fleet arrived from Baltimore yesterday evening, is the
At 400 miles Leg 6 is the shortest of all the legs in this race. In fact, with a rhumb line course that keeps the boats nearly in sight of shore, this leg is likely to be sailed much more like the In Port races. On Sunday, the fleet can look forward to a partly […]
Oil discovery number 10 has now been made in the BP-operated block 31 off Angola, where Statoil has a 13.33% interest. Named Urano, this discovery succeeds Plut
Perini Navi is proud to announce that next Saturday, May 6th, sailing yacht C.2069, a 45m sloop with a steel hull and aluminium superstructure, will be launched. The 52m mast is also in aluminium and will support -together with a carbon fibre furling boom- a 1163 m2 sail. As with all Perini Navi Sai
Oil production in Nigeria will be taking an upward leap as Erha deepwater production starts up, coming several months after Bonga, the first deepwater project in Nigeria went into production. Details of the commencement of the Erha production were not given but records show that Erha deepwater devel
Pirates were suspected to have been behind an attack on a Chinese vessel near a Philippine-occupied island in the disputed South China Sea last month, a Philippine military spokesman said Thursday. Four Chinese fishermen were killed and three others wounded in the attack on April 27 near Kalayaan Is
South Korea launched a new patrol boat on Thursday for deployment to Dokdo in the East Sea, maritime police said. The 3,000-ton Taepyeongyang-7 was commissioned at a shipyard in Pusan, the Korea Coast Guard said. Built by Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction Co., the multi-purpose patrol vessel ha
To meet the strong level of market demand and to support the company
Further to the order, on 28th September 2005, for four Damen ASD Tugs 2810, Bourbon Les Abeilles has ordered another series of 4 sister vessels; the signing ceremony was performed during the ITS 2006 that took place in Rotterdam last week. The building will take place at Damen Shipyards Changde, Chi
