Palm Beach County’s marine industry wants a bigger piece of the $732 million South Florida superyacht market. Every time one of those sleek, luxurious yachts glitters and glides through South Florida waters, piles of cash pour from its decks. From service to dockage, supplies to crew, megayachts spe
A World War II ship that served for decades as a training vessel for Texas A&M University sea cadets was sunk in open waters off the Texas coast Saturday, launching its new mission as an underwater habitat and diving destination.
Communication has been lost with a Comoran-flagged cargo ship captured by pirates off the Somali coast last month, raising fears of the crew safety, a maritime monitoring group said on Saturday. The MV Al Marjan, with 22 mostly Asian crew members on board, was seized on October 19 as it sailed to Mo
Total announces a new oil discovery in the ultra-deep offshore Mer Très Profonde Sud (MTPS) block, which lies approximately 185 kilometres offshore the Republic of the Congo in a water depth of 2,120 metres. Drilled to a total depth of 4,110 metres, the Persée Nord Est Marine-1 discovery well found
Taisun, the world’s largest crane, capable of lifting 20,000 metric tons and currently undergoing testing and commissioning, was planned, designed and managed end-to-end using Dassault Systèmes’ PLM solutions.
Aker Kvaerner has helped fund a mobile water well drilling rig that will supply safe water for the community of Cabinda, Angola. The rig was handed over to the local community in an official ceremony in Cabinda in Angola last weekend.
Greenpeace blockaded an Indonesian tanker carrying palm oil for export on Friday as it tried to leave port on Sumatra for a second day, an activist said. “What we’ve done is we’ve anchored off the ship which is at berth and there’s not enough room for it to be able to leave its berth,’ said [&hellip
In a welcome development, the Visakhapatnam Port Trust (VPT), which is continuing its supremacy over other ports in cargo handling, is attracting a large number of Panamax vessels after the first phase of deepening in Outer Harbour. The VPT, which was handling vessels with 195 metres LOA (length ove
Dredging concern Royal Boskalis Westminster nv placed an order today with the Chinese shipyard Yantai Raffles Shipyard Limited for the construction of an offshore fallpipe vessel of 21,500 tons. The order is part of the multi-year fleet expansion program at Boskalis. The ship will be completed by sp
Genco Shipping & Trading Limited (NYSE: GNK) today announced that it has taken delivery of the Genco Titus, a 177,000 dwt Capesize newbuilding. The Genco Titus is the fourth vessel to be delivered to the Company under Genco’s previously announced agreement on July 18, 2007 to acquire nine Capesize v
Aker Kvaerner takes further strides into the Chinese market by signing two deals with China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC). One contract is for the delivery of a complete marine drilling riser system and associated equipment, while the other is for delivery of mooring equipment to a new d
Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation (NYSE: COG) today announced additional horizontal drilling success at its County Line project in east Texas, along with news on horizontal drilling from its shale program in West Virginia. Cabot continues to expand the County Line James field with another successful compl
StatoilHydro has signed an agreement with CHC Helikopter Service for a new Search and Rescue (SAR) helicopter for the Oseberg/Troll area. The contract means that StatoilHydro will now deploy the new EC225 Super Puma model from Eurocopters.
Baku, Fineko/abc.az. Palmali Group shipping company has put into operation “Suezmax” tanker that replenished its overall fleet deadweight. The Company reported that the vessel was named in honor of national leader Heydar Aliyev of Azerbaijan.
