Guernsey’s newest ferry company hopes to begin repairs to its boat on Sunday evening. One of HD Ferries’ engines was damaged by a piece of debris, which was sucked in while at sea. The boat will be taken out the water on Sunday evening, so the damaged engine can be mended. The company has apologised
A yachtsman from Norway has been taken by helicopter to hospital in Cornwall after his boat sank off the Scillies. Falmouth Coastguard received the sailor’s emergency beacon alert 48 miles north west of the islands on Saturday morning. The man said the vessel was holed and took on water he was force
Spanish maritime rescue services have called off the search for 50 African migrants missing after a boat capsized near the Canary Islands. The boat was overturned by a wave on Thursday as a Spanish coast guard vessel drew near to it, about 150km (90 miles) south of Tenerife.
A replica Viking ship has set sail for Dublin from the Danish port of Roskilde. It is currently moored in a fishing port on the Orkney Islands, as its crew attempts to recreate the voyages undertaken by early Norsemen. The volunteer crew on the 30m-long (100ft) Sea Stallion from Glendalough are reco
Atlas Copco has signed an agreement to acquire the assets of Mafi-Trench Corporation, a leading U.S.-based supplier of turboexpanders for the oil and gas industry. Mafi-Trench provides machinery including expander compressors and expander generators, which treat gases at cryogenic temperatures. Appl
The Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), which handles over 60 per cent of container traffic of India, is likely to award the much-delayed Rs 800-crore dredging contract by August-end. The lowest bidder for the project, Van Oord of the Netherlands, has set a deadline of September 1. The JNPT Board on
Cargo turnover of Vladivostok Container Terminal LLC (VCT) rose by 26% to 88.181 td TEU in Jan-June 2007 in reletion to the same period of the previous year, said in the company’s announcement. In June cargo turnover rose by 62% to 18.589 thd TEU. Export traffic of the terminal upped by 36% to 34.42
International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) of the Philippines is considering building an artificial island for a container terminal in Uruguay’s Montevideo port. ICTSI won the deal to build and operate a second container terminal at the port and is required to invest US$180 million in the ini
Sharjah Container Terminal (SCT), operated by Gulftainer Company Ltd., on behalf of the Sharjah Port Authority, continues to impress shipping lines and traders alike with productive, economical and flexible performances. Despite being in the process of expansion and development which will entail maj
Shipping activity remained brisk at the Port Qasim where three ships scheduled to load/offload containers, edible oil and diesel oil took berths at Qasim International Container Terminal, Multipurpose Terminal and FOTCO Terminal respectively on Tuesday. Meanwhile, three ships carrying containers and
Keppel Singmarine Pte Ltd (Keppel Singmarine), the wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), has secured four contracts worth a total of S$350 million (US$230 million) to build six offshore support vessels (OSV) and a derrick pipelay vessel.
Statoil has concluded the drilling of an appraisal well in the Snøhvit field in the Barents Sea. The well was drilled to map the recoverable oil reserves in the field. The appraisal well 7120/6-2 in production licence 097 was drilled to a depth of 3,120 metres below the seabed and finished in late T
A new module comprising a control room, kitchen, lifeboat station and living quarters was transported from Leirvik Module Technology’s (LMT) yard at Stord, north of Stavanger, on 19 July and lifted on board the North Sea’s Snorre A platform the next day. Snorre A is undergoing upgrading for improved
The new ProFinish topcoats will complement Hempel’s existing ProFiller and ProBuild products to create a distinctive and durable range for every aspect of superyacht coating, from form to finish. Available in a wide range of high gloss colours, including metallic and pearlescent, the topcoats can be
