A unique yacht with a reverse bow was launched today at Feadship De Vries in Aalsmeer. The 72m Predator, De Vries hull 674, is a creation of De Voogt Naval Architcts with an interior by Bannenberg Designs.
New calculations show that the costs of measures to electrify existing facilities on the Norwegian shelf start at about NOK 1600 per tonne of carbon dioxide (CO2). The estimated costs of measures are higher than previously published estimates. The high cost of measures is mainly due to the cost leve
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, the world’s third-largest shipbuilder, on Thursday said sales would hit a record Won9,900bn ($10.6bn) in 2008 as increasing demand drives up vessel prices.
Under the close supervision of the Russian Ministry of Transport, several key players in the Russian Arctic in late December established the Murmansk Port Management Company. The new company will be responsible the strategic development of the port, including investment projects worth 4.4 billion EU
In 2007, the cargo throughput in the whole Amsterdam Port Area (consisting of the Ports of Amsterdam, Zaanstad, Velsen/IJmuiden and Beverwijk) grew by 1.5% from about 84.4 million metric tons to roughly 85.7 million tons, according to preliminary figures. This means that business in the Amsterdam Po
Rolls-Royce has received an order from Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery, Inc. to supply natural gas compressors for the Petrobras Gasene pipeline. Siemens is the main contractor for the supply of turbo-compressor packages to the Brazilian state oil company for this project, with Rolls-Royce sub-con
Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. announced today it has exercised options for the construction of four 58,000 dwt Supramax vessels from the Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group, the parent of the Yangzhou Dayang Shipbuilding Co. (China), at a contract price of $42.3 million per vessel. The availability of these o
Genco Shipping & Trading Limited today announced that it has taken delivery of the Genco Champion, a 2006-built Handysize vessel, on January 2, 2008. The Genco Champion is the final vessel to be delivered to the Company under Genco’s previously announced agreements on August 14, 2007 to acquire six
DONG E&P Norge, the operator of production licence 274, has carried out the drilling of appraisal well 1/3-10 at the 1/3-6 discovery (called ‘Oselvar’) in the southern part of the North Sea. The well proved oil/condensate with associated gas.
German container ship which ran aground in the Dover Strait, off the coast of Kent, has resumed its journey to the Suez Canal and Malaysia. The 90,465-tonne LT Cortesia was declared seaworthy after surveyors from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) spent the day on the vessel.
Greenpeace says it is not concerned that the Federal Government has reneged on promise to monitor the Japanese whaling campaign. The Government said it would send Fisheries ship Oceanic Viking to Antarctic waters to photograph Japanese whaling operations, but the ship remains docked in Western Austr
A fishing boat with seven crew, which had been taking in water while working in the Atlantic off western Scotland, has been towed to land by a lifeboat. A Royal Navy helicopter had flown 23 miles south of Tiree in the Inner Hebrides to winch the crew to safety.
The EU presidency says Croatia’s progress towards joining the bloc is under threat because of a fishing zone which came into force this week. Croatia says the protected zone off its Adriatic coast is intended to preserve fishing stocks and reduce pollution.
The company behind plans to scrap former US warships on Teesside has given a date for work to start after years of wrangling. Able UK hopes to have all the required licences in place over the next few weeks allowing work to start in June.
