THE biggest cruise ship ever to be based in Australia docked in her new Melbourne home for the first time today. The Sun Princess, weighing 77,000 tonnes and carrying 1950 passengers and 900 crew, pulled in to Melbourne for the day as part of her maiden Australian voyage circumnavigating the country
A CONTAINER ship broke down due to engine failure en-route to the Tyne from Scotland. The Northsea Trader was forced to call on the Port of Tyne for help when its engines failed on its approach to the mouth of the Tyne yesterday morning at about 10am.
StatoilHydro ASA has concluded drilling of exploration well Ragnarrock 2 (16/2-4), in the North Sea. The well lies 35 kilometres east of the Gudrun field and 30 kilometres south of the Grane field. StatoilHydro completed Ragnarrock 1 (well 16/2-3) in mid-September 2007. The aim with Ragnarrock 2 was
At Aker Kvaerner’s Capital Markets Day 30 November 2007, the company announced the following: Revenue For the top line revenues, Aker Kvaerner expects a flat development in 2008 compared to 2007, and an annual growth of eight to ten per cent for 2009 – 2010.
Aker Kvaerner has been awarded a contract to supply steel tube umbilicals to Woodside Petroleum’s Pluto field. The contract is worth approximately NOK 105 million. The contract follows last week’s announcement that Aker Kvaerner had signed a 3+1+1 year frame agreement with Woodside to become the Aus
StatoilHydro ASA, operator for Production Licence 265, has concluded the drilling of appraisal well 16/2-4. In mid September 2007, StatoilHydro proved light oil with well 16/2-3 in low-permeability chalk in the Upper Cretaceous reservoir rocks. Discovery 16/2-3 is located 35 km east of the discovery
The repairs consist of welding steel to the side of the ship – a procedure called a soft patch – to make sure the vessel can withstand operation in the open sea. The patch, industry sources said, is 230 feet long by about 14 feet wide and will use 100,000 pounds of steel. While authorities […
Transas has been awarded type-approval by QinetiQ, acting on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), for the Transas VDR/S-VDR 3200 Voyage Data Recorder. The QinetiQ type approval certifies that the Transas system meets the performance standards of the International Maritime Organisation
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger reopened fishing for crab and other marine life Thursday in most of the San Francisco Bay after state tests determined such seafood is safe for consumption after a massive Nov. 7 oil spill.
Rolls-Royce has signed its largest contract with Chinese shipbuilder Sinopacific, to provide steering gear and deck machinery worth $42 million. Bjorn Johnsen, Rolls-Royce Vice President Sales and Marketing (Greater China) – Marine said: ‘This order takes us to a record in China this year, with cont
ONGC’s wholly-owned subsidiary ONGC Videsh Ltd. (OVL) has bagged two blocks in Brazil, viz. deepwater Block 470 in the highly prospective Espirito Santo basin and shallow water Block 1413 in another highly prospective Santos basin, amid stiff competition from International companies.
Three men have been rescued from their fishing boat after it began sinking off the isle of Skye. The Spesnova went down six miles north east of Portree on Friday evening, near the island of Holm.
Timoneer the 44.7m Dubois designed ketch sailed in to Falmouth Harbour in Antigua yesterday completing their transatlantic delivery in a leisurely manner and with time to spare to prepare for the Superyacht Cup Antigua which starts on December 12th.
The 40-year-old classic wooden megayacht Dorothea was consumed by fire in late October about 220 miles off Costa Rica and sank. All of her five crew members were rescued and were unharmed.
