A fisherman was rescued by coastguard and fire crews after he fell onto the deck of a trawler. Emergency services were called out to Peel breakwater just before midnight on Saturday night.
The dredging of Mombasa port, expected to be complete by 2010, may now be delayed, other firms have expressed interest in the Ksh4 billion ($62.5 million) project. The EastAfrican has learnt that the Ministry of Finance has been forced to put plans to single-source the work from a dredging firm on h
A cargo ship, which became stuck in a Devon river, has been freed by a local tug boat and the high tide.
North and South Korea have ended high-level military talks without reaching an agreement on the creation of a shared fishing zone. The move was intended to avoid a repeat of violent clashes along the disputed Yellow Sea border in 1999 and 2002, in which a number of sailors died.
The Rotterdam Port Authority announced its intention today to grant the construction work for Maasvlakte 2 to a consortium consisting of Royal Boskalis Westminster nv and Van Oord nv. The contract will be signed early next year.
Aker Kvaerner has been awarded two contracts from Petrobras to supply a total of three subsea manifolds for two of the Brazilian oil giant’s projects offshore Brazil. Combined contract value is approximately USD 90 million.
Carnival Corporation & plc has ordered two 71,000-ton cruise ships for its AIDA Cruises brand, which caters exclusively to the German-speaking market. These two newbuilds mark six new ships that the German cruise operator has ordered in just the past three years. The 2,174-passenger vessels, which w
As ocean crossings go, the Transatlantic Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup 2007, which started 26th November, will go down in yachting history as relatively tame, save for humpback whale sightings, flying fish frenzies and token moments of equipment anguish in brisk winds.
The strong 85-boat fleet gathering in Sydney for the 2007 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race includes nine overseas entries; six from the UK and one each from the USA, Mexico and New Zealand.
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL, President: Akimitsu Ashida) today announced the opening of an office in St. Petersburg, Russia, effective December 1. MOL positions Russia as an important growth market where it anticipates development and expansion of its businesses. It opened offices in Moscow and V
Vopak has reached agreement with its partners in the Pakterminal joint venture to buy the remaining 50% of the shares. The transfer of shares will take place before year-end 2007.
The first of Ericsson’s two challengers for the 2008-09 race broke cover yesterday when it emerged from the team’s boatyard in Kista, Stockholm. The second generation Volvo Open 70, designed by Argentina’s Juan Kouyoumdjian, was wheeled out of Irish boat builder Killian Bushe’s state-of-the-art faci
The strong 84-boat fleet gathering in Sydney for the 2007 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race includes nine overseas entries; six from the UK and one each from the USA, Mexico and New Zealand.
Rolex Sydney Hobart starter Michael York, who has the honour of firing the starter’s cannon on Boxing Day, will have double the pride. As the sound of cannon fire rings out over Sydney Harbour, Michael’s son Andrew will commence his fifth race south, this time as a crewmember on Queensland entrant A
