A channel at China’s Ningbo-Zhoushan Port is being deepened to allow 300,000-ton ships, making it the deepest man-made channel in the country on completion. The government is investing 500 million yuan in dredging the Xiazhimen channel to 22.5 meters below the possible lowest tide height, and the ch
A tanker transporting oil for PETEC Co. yesterday collided with a cargo ship owned by Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin Group), causing an oil spill in the Nha Be River in HCMC.
Piraeus, Greece – Omega Navigation Enterprises, Inc. a provider of global marine transportation services focusing on product tankers announced today that it has signed shipbuilding contracts with Hyundai Mipo Dockyard, a preeminent shipyard, in South Korea, to construct and acquire five newbuilding
Imtech N.V. (technische dienstverlening) maakt bekend dat de maritieme opdrachtenportefeuille in China snel toeneemt. Ten opzichte van twee jaar geleden is sprake van een groei van ruim 50 procent. Momenteel telt de Chinese orderportefeuille voor het verzorgen van technologische oplossingen ruim 240
Sky Petroleum, Inc. (OTCBB: SKPI), an oil and gas exploration company, is pleased to announce that Crescent Petroleum Company International Limited (‘Crescent’), the operator of the Mubarak Field, has informed the company that the Mubarak K2 ST3 well is currently drilling at a depth of approximately
Chinese maritime officials on Tuesday blamed the crew of a Chinese container ship for a collision with a Korean vessel that left six seamen dead and ten missing last month. The Ministry of Communications revealed its findings at a press conference in Beijing, saying the ‘Jinsheng’ was primarily resp
Calgary, Alberta – Mr. John C.S. Lau, President & Chief Executive Officer of Husky Energy Inc., announced today that Husky has been awarded exploration licenses on Block 5 (2007-22) and Block 7 (2007-24) from the West Disko 2006 Licencing Round, offshore Greenland.
Australia is to buy three Spanish-designed warships and two large Spanish landing ships, Prime Minister John Howard has confirmed. As reported in The Age today, Melbourne will benefit most, with the superstructure and fitout on the massive warships to be completed at the Williamstwown shipyards, cre
VLADIVOSTOK, June 19, vladivostoktimes.com By the middle of 2008 at the territory of the 15th mooring of CPV one more specialized container complex with carrying capacity 100 thousand TEU a year will start working, the operator of which is LLC ‘Container Service of Vladivostok’ – the subsidiary of L
The final day of The Superyacht Cup yesterday was New Zealand Millennium Cup day bringing the most testing conditions for the fifty-two sailing superyachts with a solid 17 to 22 knot south-westerly breeze on the Bay of Palma. The triangular course included a long beat out to Isla de Sech followed by
A fisherman has been rescued from the sea after his boat sank off the North East coast. He got into difficulties after trying to clear a tangled propeller, damaging a pipe which caused his vessel, “Swifty”, to take on water.
The Defender of the America’s Cup, Alinghi, has announced it will be racing with SUI 100, the second new boat the team built for the 32nd America’s Cup. The team says it completed the measurement process for the boat on Wednesday.
The Notice of Race and Sailing Instructions for the 32nd America’s Cup Match have been released. The Notice of Race outlines the Rules for how the racing will be conducted. There are interesting points to note here, some marking small changes in comparison to the NOR for the Louis Vuitton Cup.
The final day of The Superyacht Cup was New Zealand Millennium Cup day bringing the most testing conditions for the fifty-two sailing superyachts with a solid 17 to 22 knot southwesterly breeze on the Bay of Palma.
