Russia and India have agreed to increase reconstruction costs for the ‘Admiral Gorshkov’ aircraft carrier, currently undergoing upgrades in Severodvinsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast.
ABG Shipyard have delivered a new Anchor handling tug supply vessel `Lamnalco Mallard` to the owner Lamnalco Group, UAE. The Lamnalco Mallard is the third vessel to be delivered to Lamnalco in this financial year. The company has so far delivered 8 vessels, including the present one, to Lamnalco Gro
A Chilean shipyard in the north of the country, Iquique, has begun building mega yachts worth tens of millions of US dollars which have become a symbol of power for the tycoons of the world, reports El Mercurio from Santiago.
Total subsidiary Total Gabon today announces that it has begun redeveloping the Anguille Field in Gabon. Anguille is located 20 kilometres offshore Port-Gentil, in a water depth of 30 metres in the Grand Anguille Marine concession. The concession is wholly owned by Total Gabon and governed by the “C
Yesterday Van Oord’s Managing Director John van Herwijnen signed the contract for the Maasvlakte 2 port expansion project at Rotterdam. Van Oord has a 50% stake in the PUMA consortium, which will be carrying out phase 1 of the project. The total value of the contract for this phase amounts to more t
Construction of a vessel capable to carry 6,900 cars began in the northern port city of Hai Phong on February 26 by the Nam Trieu Shipbuilding Company under the Viet Nam Industrial Shipbuilding Corporation (Vinashin).
A federal appeals court Wednesday rejected a state regulation that reduced emissions from ships, dealing a blow to California’s attempt to combat one of the major sources of smog-forming pollution in the Los Angeles region.
In recent months, a Royal Navy contractor has started training butlers, skippers and stewards who ferry billionaires in their pearly white pleasure boats to exclusive vacation spots. One of its first clients is the captain of Ecstasea, the 285-foot vessel of Russian oil magnate Roman Abramovich.
Dubai will reaffirm its position as the region’s leading showcase for luxury yachts and high-end craft, when the Dubai International Boat Show 2008 takes place at the Dubai International Marine Club – Mina Seyahi from 11-15 March.
Total announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary Elf Petroleum Nigeria Limited (EPNL) has obtained the required approvals from the Nigerian government and co-venturers to begin developing the offshore Usan field, which it operates. Co-venturers in the Usan development include Elf Petroleum Nigeria L
Barcelona based SeaSkin International has revealed plans to expand its specialist surface protection network throughout the Mediterranean ensuring that superyachts can always look their best. Despite gloomy short-term predictions in the small and medium-sized leisure boating sector, the superyacht m
The deal with Elf Petroleum Nigeria Ltd., a subsidiary of France-based Total SA, calls on Hyundai Heavy to build the floating production storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) by October 2011, the company said in a statement.
The Australian Customs ship Oceanic Viking is due to arrive in Western Australia this morning after completing its monitoring of Japanese whaling in the Southern Ocean.
A Russian cargo ship seized by North Korea in the Sea of Japan over the weekend returned to Russia’s Pacific port of Vladivostok on Thursday, the RIA Novosti news agency reported citing port officials.
