An award-winning European superyacht has arrived in Nelson and is awaiting the arrival of its owner, a French businessperson. The 419-tonne, 52m yacht Squall arrived in port on Monday afternoon and is laid up at the superyacht berth.
Exxon Mobil Corporation confirmed today its subsidiary, ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Ireland (Offshore) Limited, along with Providence Resources P.l.c. (Providence) and Sosina Exploration Limited (Sosina), has been awarded two additional licenses in the Porcupine Basin of the Irish Sea. The
Officials with the Port of New Orleans Thursday called on the state to help pay for its $1 billion master plan, which outlines a slate of ambitious development projects to be completed by 2020. Port President and CEO Gary P. LaGrange said his agency needs far more than the $25 million Gov. Bobby Jin
A Federal case and New York Supreme Court case that could cost Swiss America’s Cup holder Ernesto Bertarelli US$200m are to be launched today by challenger and former holder Team New Zealand. Bertarelli, his syndicate Alinghi and sponsoring Geneva yacht club are already embroiled in another case whi
An anti-whaling campaigner says he has been shot by Japanese sailors while protesting over their hunting activities in the Antarctic. Paul Watson, of the Sea Shepherd group, said his colleagues had been throwing stink bombs, but the Japanese responded with “flash grenades” and gunfire.
As the International Whaling Commission meets to search for common ground between pro- and anti-whaling nations, the BBC’s Chris Hogg reports from a Japanese town showing no sign of giving up on its whale meat.
At least 16 people have died after a boat sank in a lake near the Albanian capital Tirana, police say. They say the accident happened overnight on Lake Farka, about five kilometres (three miles) south-east of the city.
Imtech (technical services provider in Europe and the global maritime market) announces that it has expanded its maritime service network with new branches in South Africa, Norway and Panama. In South Africa, it has acquired the maritime services provider Pertec. In Panama an asset deal has been mad
Royal Vopak (Vopak) announces that it has reached agreement in principle with Interstream Barging and Van der Sluijs Groep on the contribution of its entire subsidiary, Vopak Barging Europe, to Interstream Barging, an existing joint venture of Vopak and Van der Sluijs Groep. At the same time, it has
John Paul Broeders, Chairman of the Executive Board of Royal Vopak: ‘In 2007, we pursued our extensive growth program consistently, and successfully developed the strategic focus on growth, customer focus and operational efficiency. Around the world, we made enormous efforts and worked resolutely on
StatoilHydro Petroleum AS, operator of production licence 228, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 7222/6-1 S. The well was drilled in a prospect called ‘Obesum’ in block 7222/6, approximately 175 kilometres northwest of Hammerfest. The purpose of the well was to prove hydrocarbons in sandsto
A lifeboat crew have been out all night battling gale force winds to rescue six people on a fishing boat. The St David’s crew were called out at 2335 GMT on Thursday after the 80ft Western Belle suffered engine failure.
With regards to the inflation rate and various cost escalation, the short-listed company Van Oord Ltd would not agree for the contract at the price which was decided two years earlier,” the official said. And if they do not agree, a second tender would be needed.
Preparatory work started this week, managed by Team Van Oord Ltd, with a dredger expected to anchor off-shore in early April to begin pumping sand and shingle ashore for the new beach. Engineers say the groynes should retain the beach material, building strong defences which will protect 1,600 homes
