Royal Vopak announces it has reached an agreement with Mitsui & Co and Tejana Trading Corporation Sdn Bhd to acquire 100% of the shares in Intercontinental Terminals (M) Sdn Bhd in Malaysia. The terminal is located in the free trade zone within the Johor Port at Pasir Gudang, which lies within the d
Royal Vopak (Vopak) and N-Trans, owner of Pakterminal and Estonian Oil Service (EOS) respectively, which are both operators of oil storage and transit terminals in Tallinn, Estonia, announce that they have established a joint venture called Vopak EOS. The establishment of the joint venture follows t
Eni Norge AS, as the operator of production licence 293, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 34/12-1. The well was drilled in the Viking graben, 30 km north-east of the Kvitebjørn field in the North Sea. The objective of the well was to prove petroleum in Jurassic strata in the ‘Afrodite’ pro
Feadship has launched Ocean Mercury, the first custom-built yacht in a new modular concept called SL39. Built by Koninklijke De Vries Scheepsbouw, the SL39 is unique in the so-called ‘semi-series’ market as it allows for the choice of a completely original exterior style. Designed by De Voogt Naval
Portnews.com reported that Turkey based Cicek Shipyard has launched its first container ship. The 1300 TEU ship was named Ayse Naz Bayraktar and is due for delivery in July 2008. She is the first of two 22,000 DWT multipurpose container ships ordered from the yard by Bayraktar Shipping.
A rescue operation has been mounted on the River Ouse near Goole after a 40 foot pleasure craft got stuck on a sandbank at low tide. The Humber Inshore Rescue team said a couple from Bradford, West Yorkshire, had become stranded on the vessel near the village of Airmyn.
Nearly 40 new moorings are being created in two of Jersey’s marinas in a bid to improve facilities for local boat owners.
Restoration work on the Cutty Sark which was ravaged by fire almost a year ago, has reached a “major milestone”. A seven-tonne iron counter, a large and delicate part of the ship’s stern, was lifted by crane from the rest of the ship, said the construction team
keel of a big cruise ferry was laid in Aker Yards, Rauma on 22 April, 2008. The vessel, built under working name ‘Cruise 5’ will be delivered to Tallink in spring 2009. The vessel worth approx. 180 million euro means 1,700 man years of work for the yard. The vessel will be a new development [&hellip
Euroseas Ltd., an owner and operator of dry bulk carriers, container ship and multipurpose vessels and provider of seaborne transportation for dry bulk and containerized cargoes, announced today that a subsidiary of the Company has entered into a time charter agreement for one of its container ships
The PUMA entry has taken to the road on the latest stage of its preparations for the 2008-09 race. The new generation Volvo Open 70 made the 20-mile journey from Goetz Custom Boats in Bristol, Rhode Island to the Newport shipyard in Newport, prior to going in the water.
The Spanish government has called for a United Nations-backed force to tackle piracy at sea, after a Spanish trawler and its crew were seized off Somalia. Spain’s ambassador to Kenya has gone to Somalia to press for the release of the 26 crew of the Playa de Bakio.
The waters off the coast of Somalia have become some of the most treacherous in the world -swarming with well-armed pirates, searching for prey to hold to ransom. Attacks on fishing boats, cargo ships and yachts have surged, but these modern-day buccaneers may not continue to get their way.
A new byelaw has been introduced in the Isle of Man banning all forms of towed fishing gear in Douglas Bay until 2011 to help protect scallop fisheries. It is hoped that this closure will enable scallops to be left in peace to repopulate the area on a larger level.
