Firefighters battled through smoke and heat to quench a blaze early this morning in the bowels of a Navy ship in dry dock on South Boston’s waterfront. The fire in the steering gear room of the Sisler, a cargo ship, was reported just before 3 a.m., said fire department spokesman Steve MacDonald.
A British oil worker has been kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria, the Foreign Office has confirmed. The man was snatched from his car in the southern city of Port Harcourt on Friday morning.
Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. (Nasdaq:EGLE) today announced that it has completed the fleet acquisition from the parent of Anemi Maritime Services, a private Greek shipping company. The Company had previously reported this transaction on July 25, 2007.
Ship Finance International Limited, today announced that it has agreed to acquire five new offshore supply vessels from Deep Sea Supply Plc. (‘Deep Sea’ or the ‘Charterer’) based on a total delivered price of $198.5 million.
Stealthgas Inc., a ship-owning company serving the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) sector of the international shipping industry, announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire its 39th LPG carrier, the M/V ‘Gas Premiership’, a 2001 built, 7,200 cbm Fully Pressurized (‘F.P’) LPG carr
South Korea’s STX Shipbuilding Co. (KSE:067250), the world’s seventh-largest shipbuilder, has won a 1.33 trillion won (US$1.4 billion) order to build nine container ships.
Three people were seriously hurt when their boat crashed into the harbour entrance at Cowes on the Isle of Wight. Minutes earlier the group were told by police not to set off because it appeared they had been drinking and had no life jackets or lights.
A Russian cargo ship called the Chelyabinsk, has rescued 25 African nationals from the Mediterranean Sea. They had been stranded in a boat for over three weeks.
Maersk Line, the world’s largest container liner carrier, will migrate to Dubai’s DP World-operated Pusan Newport Co (PNC), cementing the South Korean port as one of the key trade gateways for North-East Asia.
A World War II mine was discovered and safely destroyed Thursday in the Black Sea port of Sevastopol during a visit by a U.S. Navy destroyer for drills with Ukraine, officials said.
Aker Kvaerner has been awarded a contract for operation, management and maintenance of the Al Zaafarana FPSO offshore Egypt by operator Gemsa Petroleum Company and partners. The contract value is NOK 200 million for a five year contract period effective from 1 September 2007. Options for contract ex
Stena Bulk, a leading international tanker owner, controlling a fleet of over 70 tankers from offices in six countries, today announced the appointment of Arthur L. Regan to the position of Director, Strategic Planning and Tanker Projects for Stena Bulk worldwide. In his position, Mr. Regan will foc
Aker Kvaerner is providing project management, procurement and engineering services for a new polypropylene (PP) plant being built by Reliance Petroleum Ltd in a Special Economic Zone in Jamnagar, in Gujarat, India. The plant is expected to be the largest capacity polypropylene facility to date, and
Dockwise Ltd (‘Dockwise’) has been awarded the transportation and installation assistance contract of the OFP2 Topsides by Technip for the OFON Phase 2 project in Nigeria, field operated by Elf Petroleum Nigeria Ltd on behalf of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp/Elf Petroleum Nigeria Ltd joint ve
