Southampton Container Terminals (SCT) is slowly returning to normal operation after one of its cranes collapsed on to a container ship on Friday 18 January. Although no one was injured in the incident, service at the dock was suspended and all cranes are undergoing thorough inspection to ensure the
Sky Petroleum, Inc., an oil and gas company, today reported that during the month ending December 31, 2007 Mubarek production from the H2 and K2-ST4 wells was 10,832 barrels of oil. The Mubarek H2 well produced 3,200 barrels of oil or 103 bopd and the Mubarek K2-ST4 well produced 7,632 barrels of oi
STX Shipbuilding Co., the world’s fifth-largest shipbuilder, said Tuesday (Jan. 29) that it has won a deal valued at 204 billion won ($215 million) to build two bulk carriers. The deal from a European shipping company calls on STX Shipbuilding to deliver the vessels by June 2010, the company said in
Knight & Carver YachtCenter, which has emerged in recent years as one of the marine industry’s top-rated repair yards for megayachts and other large vessels, has been honored by the American Boat Builders & Repairers Association (ABBRA) as the nation’s most outstanding boatyard for 2007.
Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited (Keppel O&M), has completed the construction of its second jackup drilling rig for Gulf Drilling International Ltd (GDI), a joint venture between Qatar Petroleum (QP) and Japan Drilling Co., Ltd. (JDC).
The controversial $1 billion project to dredge Port Phillip Bay is on track to start on Friday, following the arrival of the giant dredging vessel, The Queen of The Netherlands. Before the dredging can begin, however, the Port of Melbourne Corporation (PoMC) must receive final approval from federal
Aker Kvaerner Germany GmbH has signed a three-year agreement with INEOS Manufacturing Deutschland GmbH to provide engineering services for plants located in Cologne and Marl, Germany. The scope of the agreement covers engineering and design, project management and control services. Procurement, and
Eni Norge AS, operator of production licence 122, has concluded drilling of appraisal well 6507/2-4 on the 6507/2-2 discovery. Wildcat well 6507/2-2 made a discovery in 1992 with a volume of approximately 6.7 billion Sm3 of recoverable gas and 0.4 million Sm3 recoverable condensate in upper and lowe
Austal has signed a contract for four additional 47.5 metre passenger catamarans with Cotai WaterJets (Macao) Ltd, adding to the initial ten-vessel contract signed in 2006 by sister company Venetian Marketing Services Limited (VMSL). The new vessels will be identical to those currently under constru
Sea Shepherd anti-whaling activists in the Southern Ocean hope to continue their protest after refuelling in Melbourne. The hardline activist group is also planning new tactics they say will allow them to stop the Japanese taking any whales at all during next season’s hunt.
The famous 34.3 nautical mile Passage Race which brings everyone together on Corio Bay at Skandia Geelong Week this afternoon gets underway off Williamstown at Aboard Aussie Princess, and in a continuing tradition, John Brumby, the Premier of Victoria, will fire the start cannon at 9.30am to send th
Port operator DP World said container handling capacity at its flagship facility in Jebel Ali will increase by 27 per cent in February 2009 under the ongoing expansion that will satisfy annual double digit growth.
The Pha Rung Shipbuilding Industrial Company, a member of the Vietnam Shipbuilding Industrial Economic Group (VINASHIN), on January 27 launched the construction of three shipbuilding and repair factories which are considered to be the biggest in Vietnam so far.
Pantheon Resources, the AIM-listed oil and gas exploration company active in the Gulf of Mexico, is pleased to provide an update on the drilling of the Fay Weil Ross et al #1 well on the Nottoway prospect in South Louisiana.
