The FPSO Sevan Hummingbird has been successfully installed on the Chestnut field in the central UK North Sea. All 12 mooring lines have been connected. The FPSO Sevan Hummingbird will be working under a 2.5 + 2 years contract with Venture Production. The unit is the first cylindrical FPSO to be inst
If experience wins races then Swan Song should have the Rolex Sydney Hobart 2007 in the bag. Her crew have 212 Hobarts between them, a staggering average of 17.7 each.
Chinese archaeologists have raised a merchant ship which sank in the South China Sea 800 years ago while transporting a cargo of precious porcelain. The Nanhai 1 treasury ship, built during the Song dynasty which ruled China from 960-1279, is believed to contain one of the biggest discoveries of Chi
The Superyacht Cup is pleased to announce a new joint-venture with The Phuket Invitational Superyacht Rendezvous, Thailand. The Superyacht Cup has been organizing Superyacht sailing regattas for 12 years, with the recent event in Palma in June 2007 breaking all records by attracting 52 of the world’
Traffic in Egypt’s Suez Canal was temporarily disrupted on Thursday after an oil tanker ran aground in the waterway, a canal authority official told AFP. The 150,000-tonne tanker, flying the Maltese flag and travelling from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean, rammed the east bank of the canal after it
Excel Maritime Carriers Ltd, an owner and operator of dry bulk carriers and a provider of worldwide seaborne transportation services for dry bulk cargoes, announced today that it took delivery of two Supramax vessels, the M/V Mairouli and the M/V July M, on December 11, 2007 and December 14, 2007 re
BT and Van Oord, a dredging and marine contractor, have inked a three-year global network services contract, worth €2.5 million, to implement a global MPLS network and services in over 40 countries
Three crew members feared dead after a tug capsized in heavy fog on the River Clyde have been named by police. The men are boat skipper Stephen Humphreys, 33, engineer Robert Cameron, 65, and crew member Eric Blackley, 50. All live in the west of Scotland.
Havila Shipping ASA has today entered into an agreement of contracts with Mærsk for chartering of two modern Platform Supply Vessels. The vessels, of Havyard 832 CD design, will be delivered to charter during the summer/autumn 2009. The agreement has duration of 5 years firm + 3 x 1 years options. T
In a balmy, sunny ceremony Wednesday on the banks of the Escatawpa River, VT Halter Marine launched the third in a series of four fisheries research ships it’s building for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The ship will homeport at NOAA’s facilities being rebuilt along the Pascag
Japan is planning to build a new, bigger factory ship to hunt whales in the Southern Ocean, according to Greenpeace and Japanese press reports. The news came amid unconfirmed reports that Japan would not be killing endangered humpback whales during in its current hunt, as it had earlier declared.
Public consultation has begun on proposals to extend protection for marine life around Britain. Seven areas, totalling 10,000sq km (4,000sq miles) of sea, have been earmarked as sites for the UK’s first offshore Special Areas of Conservation.
American Roger Sturgeon’s new Farr-designed Rosebud, with a close win over top Australian contender Yendys (Geoff Ross) in the Rolex Rating Series, firmed as a strong prospect to win the Tattersall’s Cup, the major trophy of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Race, awarded to the top yacht on IRC corrected tim
The 52m (170ft) sloop Red Dragon commenced construction at Alloy Yachts Auckland New Zealand in March 2006 and was launched on December 13, 2007. Contracted by international yachtsman, Guy Ullens and his wife Myriam, Red Dragon is the fourth yacht over 50m built by Alloy Yachts. She has a beam of 10
