Grant Wharington’s skeleton crew had carefully nursed the super maxi yacht Skandia up the coast over the past few days and the remaining crew of 15 had flown from Melbourne to Sydney to have a hard hit-out on the water yesterday afternoon in readiness for today’s Big Boat Challenge, a forerunner to
A cargo ship hit the side of the St Helier yacht basin in Jersey while trying to berth in strong winds. The Condor Ferries’ operated Commodore Goodwill ship had arrived from Portsmouth carrying 12 truck drivers.
Total announces the Final Investment Decision for the Angola LNG Project. Total owns a 13.6% share of Angola LNG Limited alongside Sonagas (36.4%), Chevron (36.4%) and BP (13.6%). The project shareholders have authorized Angola LNG Limited to proceed with the construction and implementation of the P
Kalmar, the business area providing container handling solutions within Cargotec, has received a significant order for more than 200 terminal tractors from PSA Singapore Terminals, the world’s largest container transhipment hub. The terminal tractors will be delivered in 2008.
Total announces the start-up of a new distillate hydrocracker at the Wepec refinery in Dalian, China, in which the Group holds a 22.4% stake. Representing a total investment of $240 million, the new conversion unit increases the refinery’s annual diesel fuel production capacity by 40% to 3.5 million
Nippon Yusen KK, Japan’s biggest ocean shipping firm, has agreed to pay Nippon Oil Corp more for key ship fuel when it settles its November bill than it did a month earlier, Nippon Yusen said on Monday.
Work on a second Singapore cruise ship terminal is likely to start next year, the chief of the city-state’s tourism board said Monday. Lim Neo Chian said on local radio that plans call for a second terminal to be built in the Marina South district, where Singapore’s first casino complex is expected
StatoilHydro ASA has concluded drilling of wildcat well 7120/8-4. The well was drilled on the Askeladd Beta prospect in block 7120/8 about 6 kilometres south-west of the Snøhvit field and 150 kilometres north-west of Hammerfest. The purpose of the well was to prove hydrocarbons in Jurassic sandstone
The Netherlands wants to redraw the map of Europe – literally. Dubai has built Palm Island. Now the world leaders in land reclamation are considering an island in the shape of a tulip to fight overcrowding and shield the coastline from the rising sea.
CotaiJet Offering Adds Important Incremental Transportation Capacity to the Pearl River Delta Region. (Austal-Built CotaiJet) Las Vegas Sands Corp. announced today that it has initiated high-speed ferry service between Hong Kong’s Macao Ferry Terminal at Shun Tak Centre and Macao’s newly opened Taip
Atlas Copco has received an order in Turkey to supply tunneling equipment to the Cengiz-IC Ictas-Belen consortium, which is building a high-speed train railway between Ankara and Istanbul. The contract is valued at about MSEK 94 (MEUR 10).
Cunard’s new cruise ship Queen Victoria is being officially named by Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall in Southampton today. Prince Charles will also be at the naming ceremony, which is expected to be attended by more than 2000 VIPs and dignitaries. A big screen in Mayflower Park in Southampton will
Following Nariida’s real time victory in 10 days 14 hours, 1 minute and 48 seconds, Peter Harrison’s Sojana (GBR) was second across the line in 11 days, 14 hours, 54 minutes and 59 seconds. The Farr 115 Bermudian Ketch crossed the finish line off St. Maarten’s Simpson Bay one second before 4am UTC h
The yachts taking part in the next Superyacht Cup Antigua have now all arrived and are preparing for the regatta which starts on Wednesday 12th December. Sojana, the Farr designed 35m ketch arrived into Falmouth Harbour this morning (December 8th) having completed a Transatlantic race to St Maarteen
