On behalf of the Morvin licence group, StatoilHydro has decided to award the contract for the Morvin subsea production system to Aker Kværner Subsea AS. Morvin is a combined oil and gas field on the Halten Bank in the Norwegian Sea. It is located approximately 20 kilometres west of the Åsgard B plat
Volvo Ocean Race TV (www.VolvoOceanRace.tv) continues to roll back the years with the release this month of yet more footage from the glory days of the world’s premier ocean race. Recently added to the archive is the tale of Sir Peter Blake’s all-conquering feats in the 1989-90 Whitbread aboard Stei
Today, NCL Corporation announced the appointment of two senior executives to its management team. Kevin Sheehan will join NCL, effective today, as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), and Gregory Hunt will join NCL on December 3 in the newly created position of Executive Vice
We are pleased to announce the acquisition of AHTS Acqua Azzurra. The vessel will be renamed “Kudos Express” in early December and will continue its present charter with a major Italian energy company.
India has been elected to the executive council or governing body of the International Maritime Organisation for the term 2008 – 2009, signalling a change in international perception of India as an emerging maritime trade power. India polled 127 votes, more than the traditional European colonial mar
A small fire broke out on Shell’s North Cormorant platform in the early hours of today. It was quickly extinguished and there was no need for any of the 106 staff onboard to be evacuated from the North Sea facility.
The Royal Navy’s newest and most powerful Type 45 destroyer – Diamond – was today launched from BAE’s shipyard at Govan, on the Clyde. Several thousand members of the public attended the launch, including over three thousand local school children. The Type 45 destroyers are the larger and more power
Plans of Ministry of Transport of Azerbaijan for expansion of new Baku International Sea Trade Port (in Alat settlement of Garadagh region) effected projecting of Caspian Shipbuilding Factory. Azerbaijani Government informed Fineko/abc.az that expansion of new port does not allow to determine defini
Vietnam broke ground over the Shinec-Vinashin Industrial complex, which will be home to several major industries. The anchor industry on the 791-acre (320-hectare) property will be the shipbuilding sector. Other locators are those in the agriculture, construction, warehouse and trading sectors.
The Lopez family plans to invest in major projects such as shipbuilding and energy generation in Iloilo and Negros Island. Oscar Lopez, chairman of the Lopez Group of Companies, said their group would venture into the shipbuilding industry in Iloilo.
The restoration of Donald Campbell’s Bluebird has taken a major step forward with the donation of a new jet engine. De Havilland Aviation provided the Bristol Orpheus engine, which had previously been on display at the Bournemouth Airport’s aviation museum.
Channel Island boat owners are being urged to check their vessels to make sure of their seaworthiness ahead of any storms. Forecasters are predicting winds up to gale force 9 across Guernsey and Jersey this weekend.
The European Commission is proposing further cuts in fishing catches to help protect stocks. The EU executive has suggested there should be a 25% cut in cod catches for most EU waters, although the northern North Sea will have an 11% increase.
A Belfast man rescued from a sinking liner in the Antarctic has said he is lucky to be alive. Raymond King, 67, was one of 154 people on board the M/S Explorer when it struck an iceberg last Friday.
