The Ocean Breeze comes in a modest 34th in the league table of super-yachts. For the paranoid billionaire, however, this 82-metre vessel offers some must-have features: storage space for surface-to-air missiles, bulletproof glass and, in case things get too hot, a secret passage leading to a mini-su
THE firm behind plans for a £300m deep sea container terminal which could create 5,500 jobs in the region is hoping to get the green light for the project this month after changes to a key Government document.
Havila Shipping ASA has today sold the vessel Havila Fame. The 1995 built mid- size PSV vessel of LMG design was purchased from the Seacore group in March 2005.
DONG E&P Norge, operator of production license 274, has carried out drilling of appraisal well 1/3-10A at the 1/3-6 discovery (named ‘Oselvar’) in the southern part of the North Sea. The well was drilled as a sidetrack to the appraisal well 1/3-10, in order to investigate the underlying water zone a
With its with twin engines and helicopter decks, this luxury yacht does not look like the most environmentally-friendly way to see the Caribbean. But the Prince of Wales decision to charter the Leander for his official 11-day tour to Trinidad and Tobago, St Lucia and Jamaica is an attempt to cut his
Australia has released graphic images of Japanese hunters harpooning whales and dragging bleeding carcases aboard a ship near Antarctica, calling it evidence of “indiscriminate” slaughter of the animals. Japan accused the Australian government of spreading propaganda that could damage ties between t
Yours for only $900,000. And for that you get china and flatware, too. The sticker price may cause some eyeballs to roll, but the new Italian-made Azimut 43S is sure to turn heads when it is unveiled by Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land at 4 p.m. Wednesday, opening day for the 63rd annual Grand [&h
Royal Dutch Shell plc is pleased to be the apparent high bidder on 275 lease blocks in the February 6th, 2008 US Outer Continental Shelf Lease Sale 193 in the Chukchi Sea, offshore northwest Alaska. Shell’s high bids totalled $2.1 billion USD.
Aker Kvaerner has been awarded its first subsea contract from Spanish oil company Repsol YPF. The deal is for the delivery of a subsea production system to the Montanzo and Lubina projects off the east coast of Spain. This is Aker Kvaerner’s first subsea project in the region. Contract value is undi
A new container terminal will be established at King Abdul Aziz Port in Dammam at a cost of more than SR1 billion, said Naeem ibn Ibrahim Al-Naeem, director general of the port, yesterday.
One of the world’s largest shipowning nations, the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, has acceded to two major IMO Conventions and deposited its annual assessment for 2008 with the Organization. His Excellency Mr. Basil G. O’Brien, High Commissioner and Permanent Representative of the Commonwealth of the
Looking to upgrade its sea-based capabilities, the Israel Navy has submitted a Request for Proposal (RFP) to the United States Navy for a new missile ship currently under development by Lockheed Martin Corp. The Defense Ministry said that the navy expects to receive a reply by April.
DP World’s UAE region announced yesterday that it has recorded a 19 per cent growth in throughput with the handling of 11 million TEUs at its marine terminals during 2007, as compared to 2006. A substantial increase in throughput has also been recorded at Dubai’s two ports, Jebel Ali and Port Rashid
Exxon Mobil Corporation’s technology leadership has resulted in another world record-setting well at the Sakhalin-1 oil project in eastern Russia, enabling the production of more energy while reducing the impact on the environment. The well was drilled from land, using the world’s most powerful land
