Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands. 26th November 2007. The seven maxi yachts taking part in the first edition of the Transatlantic Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup set off at 13.05 UTC today, bound for the Caribbean island of St Maarten, just over 3,000 miles (2,600 nautical miles) away across the Atlantic
Cougar Express Logistics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Menlo Worldwide, announced today that it has been appointed by Danfoss Group to establish, deploy and serve as its Asia Pacific Central Distribution Center (CDC) warehouse operator in Singapore. The Danfoss CDC in Singapore will serve as an Asia
Scottish fishermen can expect an increase in the cod they are allowed to catch next year, after talks between the EU and Norway. The negotiations in Brussels resulted in an 11% increase for cod.
Hercules Offshore, Inc. today announced that it has entered into agreements with Petrex Sudamerica Sucursal de Venezuela S.A. and Saipem Perfuracoes e Construcoes Petroliferas Lda. (collectively, ‘Saipem’) for the sale of its nine land rigs and related assets (‘Land Assets’). The Land Assets include
Orders for Wärtsilä RT-flex electronically-controlled common-rail marine engines have passed the 500-engine mark since the RT-flex common rail system was introduced in 1998. Although many of these are of the most powerful RT-flex96C type, progress has been achieved with the smallest, the RT-flex50,
In a context marked by an extraordinary rise in bunker costs, CMA CGM has decided to add a ninth vessel on its FAL3 service between Asia and Europe. ‘Thanks to this additional vessel, the line will be operated in 63 days instead of 56, offering customers the benefit of an increased buffer in the sch
A ‘strategic cooperation agreement for the development of the port of Haicang at Xiamen’ was signed today by CMA CGM Group, the Municipality of Xiamen (province of Fujian) and New World Services Holding Ltd (NWS), at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, in presence of the French and Chinese pres
Awilco Offshore has signed the drilling contract with BP Norge, on behalf of the Skarv Licence partners, for its first semi submersible drilling rig, WilPioneer. This contract confirms the Letter of Intent previously entered into between the two companies.
Kalmar, the business area providing container handling solutions within Cargotec, has received an additional order from The Port of Hamburg’s biggest container terminal operator, Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA). Kalmar will supply nine more automatic stacking cranes (ASC) for the second phase
Dame Ellen MacArthur believes her solo round-the-world record will be broken by one of two Frenchmen this winter. Francis Joyon, 51, set sail from Brest last Friday in an attempt to regain the record taken from him by MacArthur in February 2005.
Alang in Gujarat is swinging back to life. Once world’s largest ship demolition centre, now a marginal player, Alang is slowly breathing life into itself, thanks to over two dozen junk ships that were beached recently for breaking, after an unusually long break.
Dredging concern Royal Boskalis Westminster nv has placed an order with shipyard IHC Holland for the construction of two innovative 12,000m³ hoppers. The order is part of the multi-year fleet expansion program at Boskalis. The ships will be completed in December 2009 and April 2011. The order involv
All 154 passengers and crew of a cruise ship that sank in Antarctic waters have now been flown to safety in mainland Chile. The MS Explorer went down after hitting an iceberg and the passengers spent several hours in lifeboats in sub-zero temperatures.
On 1st October 2007, the Blizzard, a 20 metre, schooner rigged, aluminium expedition sailing yacht, set sail from Hobart across the Southern Ocean to Puerto Montt on the west coast of Chile. En route she called in at the remote and uninhabited New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands.
