For those who arrived halfway through the event, talk of the morning has been the surprise at seeing islands offshore and mountains inland. The heavy humid conditions that have shrouded the city and the horizon for the last few days were proceeded by monsoon rains so fierce you might as well have be
RSX WOMEN Bryony Shaw crossed the line in second place to take bronze medal in the RSX women’s medal race. China took gold and the Italian sailor Alessandra Sensini, who led throughout the race took silver. RSX MEN But for Nick Dempsey it was heartache. Finishing in 7th in a very short race with lit
News – August 20, 2008 Van Oord in The Netherlands reports that the upgrade of its trailing suction hopper dredger HAM 318 has recently been completed, and the vessel is now back in operation. The vessel now has a hopper capacity of 37,293m³, making it the largest operational trailing suction hopper
News – August 20, 2008 New South Wales’ Minister for Ports & Waterways has confirmed that dredging is about to commence at Port Botany in Australia as part of the first stage of the A$1 billion port expansion. In a statement, Ports and Waterways Minister Joe Tripodi said the dredging process would t
StatoilHydro has been given the go-ahead to carry out major modification work at the Mongstad refinery. The project will involve installing a new sour water stripper A4300, a new sulphur facility and work on an “Amine regeneration system” (H2S recovery unit). T he project will be carried out under t
ODIM has upped its revenue forecast for the year to NOK 2.2 billion after a record second quarter saw the company bringing in NOK 502.1 million. A record order intake of NOK 969 million lead by a strong quarter for the seismic segment, put the order backlog at an all-time high of NOK 2,629 million [
Operator Dong E&P Norge has hit pay in its Ipswich exploration well near the Oselvar discovery in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) said. Wildcat well 1/3-11 and sidetrack 1/3-11 T2 were drilled around 10km south of the 1/3-6 Oselvar find, with the aim
******UPDATE******** Paul Goodison lifted Great Britain’s medal tally to four this morning winning gold in a light weather race in which he finished second to last. While the picture may have looked confusing to those who haven’t followed the build up to the medal races, Goodison’s medal winning str
British Laser sailor Paul Goodison finished today 18 points ahead of his second placed Swedish rival Rasmus Myrgren and 20 points ahead of his third placed competitor, Gustavo Lima from Portugal. Goodison’s two solid performances, a 4th and a 6th, were sufficient to ensure that the man who came 4th
470 MEN – AUSSIE GOLD, BRITS’ SILVER, FRENCH BRONZE In another comeback that will go down in the history books, British 470 sailors Nick Rogers and Joe Glanfield clawed their way back from ninth at the first mark, to third at the finish of the double points scoring medal race. But it wasn’t their po
Weatherford International has acquired International Logging Inc (ILI), a provider of mud logging services to the oil and gas industry. ILI has a team of more than 1,200 graduate field geologists serving customers in more than 55 countries from over 30 offices globally. Weatherford said in a stateme
Sterling Resources has agreed a deal to acquire an additional 40% working interest in the 1.5 million acre South Craiova Block E III-7 onshore Romania. The agreement allows for the transfer of Grove Energy’s share in the concession to Midia Resources SRL, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sterling. “With
News – August 19, 2008 The Lake Carriers’ Association in the US says shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes totaled 4.2 million net tons in July, a decrease of 4.8 per cent compared to a year ago, and a drop of nearly 9 per cent compared to the month’s five-year average. “Although water levels [&
New Vessels – August 19, 2008 The Pakistani Navy has commissioned its first dredger, Behar Kusha, which was formally inducted into the Pakistani Navy at a recent ceremony held at PN Dockyard. The dredger has been acquired from China and is 81m long with a draft of 4.95m. It will be used primarily to
