The 95-metre superyacht Indian Empress has completed a general refit by the Melita Marine Group in Malta. During its two-month stay, the yacht had two of her three main engines and four generators overhauled and crew cabins and other areas refitted.
Two men from Liverpool have helped set a new record for rowing across the Atlantic ocean. Film-maker Stuart Kershaw and property developer Oliver Dudley landed in Barbados last night.
Kochi is all set to become one among select port cities of the world to be a stopover for the prestigious Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09. The Kochi stopover port agreement was signed on Friday by Volvo Ocean Race Director Andy Hindley and Cochin Port Trust Chairman N Ramachandran in the presence of Kerala
The Port of Prince Rupert continued its annual growth in shipment volumes, surpassing 10 million tonnes in 2007 for the first time in a decade. The 2007 total volume cargo of 10.6 million tonnes is a 36.8 percent increase over 2006 and a 237 percent jump over 2005.
GFI Oil & Gas Corp. will move on to drill six development wells using ENSCO International jackup ENSCO 51 in the Bualuang field located off Thailand from early February.
Workers at Northrop Grumman’s Newport News shipyard will help build a new class of Navy ship beginning this year, following an endorsement by the Navy of a work-sharing agreement between Newport News and the company’s Pascagoula, Miss.-based Ship Systems.
Marina Preko is situated on the beautiful Dalmatian island of Ugljanu – the new marina destination in Croatia’s best sailing area. Right in the middle of the stunningly beautiful Dalmatian Coast, Marina Preko provides the delights of an island, yet has easy access to other anchorages in waters shelt
Jura Energy Corporation is pleased to announce the successful drilling of the Khanpur 2 well in the Block 22 Gas Field which is located in the Central Gas Basin, Pakistan. The well was drilled to a total depth of 1,159 meters to the Sui Main Limestone reservoir on time and within budget. The well wa
Officialis at China’s Harbor Contracting and Engineering Co said that the company has won a $586.7 million contract to build port facilities at Saudi Arabia’s Ras Al-Zour, Arab News reported. It is worth mentioning that the Chinese group fought off competition from Belgium’s Dred-ging International
Quick, name the line about to launch a ship called the Eurodam. If you’ve cruised at all, you surely know the answer: Holland America. The company is famous for names ending in ‘dam’ — a century-old tradition that has made its vessels instantly recognizable.
Preparations for the dredging of Port Phillip Bay are proceeding full-steam ahead, even though the Federal Government is yet to sign off on the project’s environmental management plan. The first shipment of major equipment to be used in the channel deepening is being offloaded at the bay this mornin
Stena Bulk has purchased three MR* product tankers for a total of approx. SEK 1 billion from Italian Gestioni Armatoriali Spa in Ravenna with delivery set for February, 2008. The three vessels, the Stena Conqueror, the Stena Conquest and the Stena Italica, which Stena has controlled via long-term ch
Aker Kvaerner has signed a five-year partnership agreement with Shell U.K. Limited and A/S Norske Shell (‘Shell’) covering the provision, installation, commissioning and life-of-field support of subsea control systems in the North Sea.
Australian officials have returned two activists who boarded a Japanese whaler to their own vessel, ending a stand-off in Antarctic waters. The pair, from the radical Sea Shepherd group, boarded the Japanese vessel as part of an anti-whaling protest.
