European ship designers are currently working on what is billed as the ‘most advanced polar research vessel in the world.’ Aurora Borealis, as it is called, is set for launch in 2014 and promises to shed light on a host of polar mysteries. Explore more about the ship’s distinctive features using the
The crew of an Orkney fishing boat has been rescued after the vessel smashed onto rocks and sank. The Excelsior began to take on water after hitting the rocks on Deerness, eastern Orkney.
A £2m lifeboat has been left stranded on rocks at Rathlin Island, off County Antrim, after attempting to rescue three people whose boat was in danger. After several attempts to throw a line to the stricken boat, the RNLB Katie Hannan was forced onto rocks by the heavy swell at 2000 GMT on Tuesday.
More than 55 passengers are feared dead after a boat sank on Lake Tanganyika, off the Democratic Republic of Congo. The vessel was travelling from the town of Kalemie, in the south-east, to Moba at the time.
An operation to free a £2m lifeboat, stranded on rocks at Rathlin Island, has been called off for the day. The Portrush lifeboat got into difficulty while attempting to rescue three people whose boat was in danger.
The corporate assembly of StatoilHydro has today, 30 January 2008, elected Svein Rennemo as new chair of the company’s board of directors. Svein Rennemo (60) has been chief executive of Petroleum Geo-Services ASA (PGS) since 2002. PGS is a global oilfield service company involved in providing geophy
Triangle Petroleum Corporation is pleased to report that log analysis carried out on its Kennetcook #1 (KC #1) and Kennetcook #2 (KC #2) wells in the Windsor Basin of Nova Scotia, Canada, yielded an estimated resource range of 89 to 109 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of original gas in place (OGIP) per se
Guernsey’s relationship with the Royal Navy has become closer with the announcement a new warship is to be affiliated with the island. HMS Daring is the first of a new type of air defence warship and will become Guernsey’s ship.
At least 15 people have drowned and one is missing after two ships collided at the mouth of the Yangtze river near Shanghai, Chinese officials have said.
After a short break, the 2007/2008 season restarted in the best possible way for Pershing at the Düsseldorf Boat Show, the most important appointment for the nautical market in the Central-Northern European area, where two very successful models of the famous range of Italian open yachts have been p
Rising from stormy seas, the giant turbine towers of an offshore wind farm seem almost miraculous to the untrained eye. But how do you put them there?
Euroseas Ltd., an owner and operator of drybulk carriers, container ship and multipurpose vessels and provider of seaborne transportation for dry bulk and containerized cargoes, announced today that subsidiaries of the Company have entered into one year time charterer extensions for two of its conta
Höegh Autoliners and A.P. Moller – Maersk A/S has announced their agreement for A.P. Moller – Maersk A/S to become a shareholder in Höegh Autoliners holding 37.5 per cent of the shares effective from 1 January 2008. Leif Höegh & Co Limited will retain the position as majority shareholder in Höegh Au
Marine police are appealing for witnesses after a collision between two fishing boats in Hampshire. The vessels were sailing on the River Itchen near Bitterne Park on Friday when the collision occurred, causing one of them to sink.
