Statoil is buying BP’s 25 per cent interest in licence 218 in blocks 6706/10 and 6706/12 in the Norwegian Sea. This acquisition includes the Luva gas find. BP recommends Statoil as new operator of the licence.
Van Oord hasbeen awarded two maintenance dredging contracts in northern Germany. Clients are Wasser- und Schiffahrtsamt and Hamburg Port Authority. The value of both contracts amounts to some EUR 7 million in total.
Van Oord has been awarded the design and construct contract for a quay wall of approximately four kilometres for the Dubai Maritime City, United Arab Emirates. Client is Nakheel.The value of the total contract amounts to some EUR 102 million.
Van Oord has been awarded the deepening and widening of the entrance channel to the port of Weipa in Queensland, Australia. Client is Ports Corporation of Queensland. The value of the contract amounts to EUR 10 million.
Vroon Offshore Services signed a 5-year time charter contract with the SNS Pool in Den Helder for their new building PSV Pool Express. M.v. Pool Express is expected to be delivered in the last quarter of 2007 by the Damen Galatz Shipyard in Romania.
With light airs ahead for the leaders, almost anything could happen in the final stages of Leg 4. In ideal conditions, the final 1000 miles could be covered in a fast two day sail; however, typically light and fickle winds near Rio may mean it takes the boats another three or more days to finish.
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An Indian ship Bhaktisagar, which was sailing from Porbandar to Dubai via Somalia, has been hijacked in the Somalian waters along with its 22 crew members including captain Razzak Isak.
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Hanjin Shipping was named Ocean Carrier of the Year 2005 by Owens Corning for the fourth time, demonstrating once again its excellent customer service and the trust by its customers worldwide.
Somewhere between 400 and 500 containers have recently been lost overboard from container carriers in around 20 separate incidents, according to various sources such as industry contacts and news reports.
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Keppel Shipyard Ltd has been awarded two contracts valued at approximately S$130 million for the conversion of two new Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) facilities for Prosafe Production (Prosafe).
APL has established its own organisation in Portugal and opened offices in Lisbon and Matosinhos, near Oporto and the seaport of Leixoes. NOL Portugal – Transportes Mar
