The US is calling for a ban on the fishing of bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. A three-to-five-years ban is being proposed to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (Iccat).
BP, on behalf of the Shah Deniz partnership, announced today a further major new gas-condensate discovery in the Shah Deniz field in the Caspian Sea. The SDX-04 appraisal and exploration well, some 70 kilometres south east of Baku, discovered a new high pressure reservoir in a deeper structure below
A container ship, the MSC Pillar, which was on its way to Tin Can Island Port, has run into another ship on anchorage, inflicting severe damage on the vessel at the Lagos Port Complex, Apapa.
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, the organising club of the Rolex Sydney Hobart, today confirmed that due to a discrepancy which crept into the figures some decades ago, there are in fact two yachtsmen lining up this year to equal the late John Bennetto’s record of 44 races.
Fishermen will, in fact, be able to open this year’s crab season after all despite a state order Tuesday that put commercial and sport fishing on hold in the San Francisco Bay.
Ha Long Shipyard yesterday successfully launched a container ship in northern Quang Ninh Province with its capacity of 1,750 twenty-foot-equivalent units (TEU), which is the biggest container ship ever built in Vietnam.
Marg Constructions Ltd has announced the arrival of its acquisition – A Cutter Suction Dredger named ‘MARG CAUVERY’. MARG CAUVERY with a dredging capacity of 2000 cubm/hour arrived in India on November 09, 2007 and would be immediately deployed in the dredging works of Karaikal Port which is current
Ports Minister Joe Tripodi has announced Parsons Brinckerhoff Australia Pty Limited has been selected to act as an independent auditor overseeing design and construction on the NSW Government’s $1 billion Port Botany expansion. Mr Tripodi said the internationally experienced engineering and environm
StatoilHydro ASA has, as operator of production licence 352, concluded drilling of wildcat well 6608/8-2. The well was drilled on a prospect called Bjørk in block 6608/8 about 33 kilometres north of the Norne field. The purpose of the well was to prove hydrocarbons in Cretaceous rocks. The well was
General Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), today delivered USNS Richard E. Byrd (T-AKE 4) to the U.S. Navy. The ship is the third T-AKE-class ship delivered by the San Diego shipyard in 2007, the fourth overall.
Lundin Petroleum AB announces that the well 21/8-3 on the Scolty and Banchory prospects reached its total depth at 4,576 meters (15014 ft). The well is located in the Central North Sea sector of the United Kingdom continental shelf (UKCS).
Eitzen Maritime Services ASA (OSE: EMS) today reported its third quarter 2007 results. The Company more than doubled its sales compared to last year’s third quarter. Also EMS’ EBITDA saw a considerable improvement. The main reason for the higher sales and results is EMS’ acquisition of Provimar Grou
The Hyatt Regency Pier Sixty-Six Resort & Spa (https://www.pier66.com/) has come a long way since its original days as a small waterfront motel catering to the upscale yachting crowd. Fifty years later, this Fort Lauderdale landmark complete with a 127-slip mega-yacht marina, is a stunning 22-acre v
With less than a month to go until the next Superyacht Cup in Antigua, yachts are leaving the Mediterranean and East Coast of the US and heading off to the Caribbean to start their winter seasons in the sun.
