Some 128 workers have been evacuated from the Shell-operated North Sea Tern Alpha oil platform after an electrical fire. The fire, said to have broken out in a gas generator at about 12:50 am Thursday, was brought under control shortly before 5 am.
Two dozen famished and thirsty Africans were rescued from the Atlantic Ocean on Friday, 11 days after their Europe-bound vessel foundered far from Mauritania’s shore.
Singapore Technologies Marine Ltd. (ST Marine) has won a contract to convert a fishing trawler into a seismic research vessel for ZhuoZhou city, China-based BGP Inc., which is owned by the China National Petroleum Corp.
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Cerescorp orders up two 65-tonne post-Panamax super cranes. Halifax marine terminal operator Cerescorp is embracing the post-Panamax era in a major way.
Horizon Lines Inc., the second-largest ocean shipper in the islands, said it will increase its hauling capacity between Hawaii and the West Coast as a result of an agreement to charter five new U.S.-flagged vessels from Ship Finance International Ltd.
when David Stirling first set eyes on the APL Panama, the 835-foot container ship that became stranded on an Ensenada beach on Christmas Day, the 47-year-old salvage master had only one thought:
Travelift will transport mammoth vessels from shipyard to the river. Burger Boat plans to debut a new method for launching its mega-yachts when the Mirgab V goes into the Manitowoc River this spring.
Two boatyards up the coast from the spot where Maine’s shipbuilding tradition was born in 1607 are working on new replicas of two ships that carried the founders of the Jamestown colony
More than 200 people who returned to San Diego yesterday from a cruise to Mexico reported suffering a highly infectious stomach illness.
Reclamation for the Northern Town development, on the north-western coast of Bahrain has begun. The reclamation work is a joint venture between Netherlands-based Boskalis Westminster and Van Oord.
Moonen Shipyards, world-renowned Dutch builder of
PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD – The crew of the USS Hartford will join four other submarine crews who are calling the Seacoast their temporary home.
Kuala Lumpur – An international piracy watchdog on Friday warned of fresh attacks off Somalia after heavily armed pirates fired on a United Nations food aid ship.
