US authorities have charged two men with killing the captain and three crew members of a chartered fishing boat they are accused of trying to hijack. Kirby Archer and Guillermo Zarabozo were found alone in the life raft of the Joe Cool after it was reported missing in the Bahamas last month.
Oceanteam Power & Umbilical ASA announced today that it has accepted an LOI agreement with N-power Renewables for Cable Installation Services associated with the Rhyl Flats Offshore Wind Farm, due for installation in 2008.
The FPSO Sevan Piranema has today commenced oil production on the Piranema field, off the coast of Aracaju, in the state of Sergipe, Brasil. The Sevan Piranema will be working under an 11+11 year charter contract with Petrobras S.A., in ultra deep water, ranging from 1,000 to 1,600 m. The FPSO has a
An appeals court ruled in favor of a Cocoplum man who wants to keep his 122-foot yacht in the waterway behind his home — much to the chagrin of his next-door neighbor. It’s not the mega-yacht’s two stories or its 216 gross tons, but its protruding bow: more than 20 feet of which was encroaching [&he
In addition to Cavendish White UK, Fort Lauderdale and Dubai, we have recently opened Cavendish White Athens. Our office is in the brand new complex Flisvos Marina and we are delighted that Costa Lourandakis has joined us as a broker. Costa is an established and well respected yacht broker in Greece
Business is booming at on world’s leading luxury yacht maker as it reaches advance orders of more than £100 million for the first time in the company’s 40 year history. Oundle-based Fairline confirmed advanced deposited orders of more than £100 million and an order book that includes seven confirmed
Cunard Line announces that it has ordered a new 92,000-ton liner, to be named ‘Queen Elizabeth’, scheduled to enter service in the autumn of 2010. Cunard, a unit of Carnival Corporation & plc signed an agreement with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri for the construction of the new 2092-passenger ocea
Husky Energy Inc. confirms the death of a 34-year old man on board the SeaRose FPSO, located at the White Rose oil field 350 kilometres offshore Newfoundland and Labrador. The Husky employee was found in his cabin Wednesday evening after he failed to report for his scheduled shift.
The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat two contract modifications worth a total of $53.5 million for nuclear submarine modernization and planning yard services and support. Electric Boat is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD).
The raising of the Mary Rose in 1982 was greeted with feverish excitement, but what has this landmark find actually told us in the 25 years since? At the tail end of 1982 it seemed like you couldn’t switch on Newsround without seeing something to do with Mary Rose.
BP today reiterated its determination to improve performance by simplifying how the company is structured and run, ensuring that resources are increasingly shifted to the front line with operating managers freed from corporate bureaucracy and the burden of unnecessary overheads.
A record-breaking power boat has been given a new home at the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI). Miss Windermere VI holds a world speed record for its class – 155mph (249km/h) – and is the fastest boat in history on Windermere in the Lake District.
The XSR48 speedboat, described as a supercar on water, is a luxury powerboat with supercar looks. With two powerful bi-turbo diesel engines or twin petrol engine ranging from 1410 to 2400 horse power (hp) and a range of 345 miles/555 kilometers, the XSR48 can boost a supercar acceleration to match i
The Board of Directors of Swiber Holdings Limited (‘Swiber’, and together with its subsidiaries, the ‘Swiber Group’) wishes to announce that Kreuz Engineering Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Swiber’s wholly-owned subsidiary Kreuz International Pte. Ltd., has on 11 October 2007 entered into sep
