Transport Minister Stewart Stevenson is being asked to lead a fresh drive to secure a ferry link between the Forth and Norway. Plans by a Norwegian consortium to establish a UK-Norway ferry service have been delayed following a decision to re-tender the route.
Mumbai, Dec. 3 With its Rs 400-crore greenfield shipyard project yet to receive all necessary clearances, offshore service provider Dolphin Offshore Ltd is in the process of forging alliances with domestic shipyards in a bid to dip into the booming shipbuilding market at the earliest.
Mr. John C.S. Lau, President & Chief Executive Officer of Husky Energy Inc., advised the completion of Husky’s Minnedosa Ethanol Plant in a ceremony at the Manitoba Legislative Building attended by the Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mines, the Hon. Jim Rondeau, and other dignitaries. Hu
On Tuesday 4 December at 13.55, smoke was reported on the Songa Dee drilling rig. This resulted from sparks in a ventilation room. At 15.05, the fire was confirmed to be extinguished and cooling down work started. The rig, operated by Stena Drilling, is carrying out work for StatoilHydro at the Trol
StatoilHydro has signed a letter of intent for six seismic acquisition vessels which will gather data on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). Secured seismic capacity includes three petroleum geo-service (PGS) vessels – Ramform Challenger, Ramform Sovereign and Atlantic Explorer, as well as Fugro
Scientists in Suffolk have been given a £2.5m grant to examine the reasons why populations of eels are declining. The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) in Lowestoft has been given European funding to carry out the research.
The second ethylene tanker out of a series of four was delivered by Meyer Werft to the Norwegian shipping company Solvang ASA (Stavanger). This ship is the 50th gas tanker the shipyard has built since 1963. Meyer Werft has specialised in the construction of LPG and ethylene carriers. The LEG/LPG tan
Oceanteam ASA announced today that it had signed a contract with DONG Energy for Cable Installation Services associated with the Gunfleet Sands Offshore Wind Farm in the UK, due for installation in 2008. Phase 1 of the contract will be executed in Q3 – 2008, phase 2 programme is still to be agreed.
Husky Operations Limited has awarded AKCS Offshore Partner the EPC and Maintenance Support Services contract in connection with the Production and Operations of the White Rose Field. The contract is valued at approximately CAN$75 million for a period of five years, with option for renewals for fifte
A Royal Navy frigate is returning to its Devon base after a nine-month deployment. HMS Monmouth has sailed 40,000 miles, been involved in foreign warship exercises and visited 28 ports in 19 countries.
The Coast Guard suspended the search Sunday for a missing 77-year-old cruise ship passenger. The search began Saturday after Carnival Corp.’s Fantasy reported that the passenger was unaccounted for after mooring at the Port of New Orleans following a five-day cruise.
A detailed salvage effort is under way in Central Queensland to try to move a 75,000-tonne bulk carrier that ran aground in the Gladstone Harbour. The Endeavour River ran aground yesterday afternoon while loaded with bauxite.
A ship that has run aground in Gladstone Harbour off the central Queensland coast may not be refloated until Wednesday. The 75,000-tonne bauxite carrier ‘Endeavour River’ is stuck fast in mud, after striking a navigational buoy while on its way to berth.
Sociedade Nacional de Combustíveis de Angola (Sonangol) and Total E&P Angola, a wholly owned subsidiary of Total, announce a new oil discovery with the fourteenth exploration well, Alho-1, drilled on Block 32 in the ultra deep waters of the Angolan offshore.
