KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The number of pirate attacks worldwide hit a six-year low in the first half of 2005, but Iraq and Somalia emerged as increasingly perilous hotspots for commercial ships, a maritime watchdog said Wednesday.
Pirate attacks worldwide dropped 30 per cent this year but worsened in hot spots including Indonesia, which suffered increasingly violent assaults, according to an international report.
The world’s newest super maxi yacht, Sydney-based New Zealander Neville Crichton’s 30m (98ft) Alfa Romeo, hit the water in Sydney Harbour late yesterday, her owner’s sights set firmly on winning line and handicap honours in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2005.
The marina of Puerto Portals, in Mallorca, Spain, will be host to the third of the five regattas in the Breitling MEDCUP TP52 Circuit, also the 11th Breitling Regatta, from the 20-24 July.
China’s first self-made liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier, which is taking shape in dry dock in Shanghai, has a price tag larger than that of a Boeing 747.
Exxon Mobil Corp. subsidiary, Esso Exploration Angola (block 15) Ltd. started production of the $3.5-billion Kizomba B project offshore Angola. The project will develop 1 Bbbl from the Kissanje and Dikanza fields in 3,280 ft water depth more than 200 mi offshore.
An expansion at a shipyard in St. Mary Parish promises to bring hundreds of jobs to the area.
Governor Linda Lingle spoke with the head of a commission that could affect the fate of the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and its thousands of workers. We find out Tuesday whether the shipyard will be added to a list of potential base closures.
In ceremonies in Monfalcone, Italy, Carnival Cruise Lines, a unit of Carnival Corporation & plc took delivery of the its newest cruise ship , the 110,000-ton Carnival Liberty, which launches the line`s first-ever Mediterranean cruise program July 20. The 2,974-passenger SuperLiner is the 21st vessel
Star Deep Water Petroleum Limited, an affiliate of Chevron Corporation, has awarded French firm, Technip, an engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract valued at $800 million (about N107.2 billion) for the development of the Agbami deep offshore field.
ABAN on deepwater dredging in Port Phillip Bay would have serious consequences for the state, leading businessman Hugh Morgan warned yesterday.
The cost of shipping oil on 2 million- barrel tankers from the Middle East to refineries worldwide may rise for a fifth consecutive week as the supply of ships dwindles, shipbrokers including E.A. Gibson said.
The state is proposing short-term solutions to the space shortage for maritime users at Honolulu Harbor.
The shipping and maritime sectors have agreed to cut transport rates by more than 30 percent to lower the prices of agricultural products and to encourage the production of farm products, Transportation and Communications Secretary Leandro Mendoza said last week.
