A drop in fish landings has forced Aberdeen Harbour Board to abandon plans for a new £3.5m purpose-built facility. The decision on the landings, cold storage and transhipment centre has been prompted by a drop of nearly 60% in landings since 2002.
A Scottish MEP has claimed that proposals to transfer oil between ships in the Firth of Forth would breach the European Habitats Directive. Fife-based Catherine Stihler has been told by the European Parliament that the plans would have to be ‘of overriding public interest’.
Nicolas Sarkozy is very happy to be the newly-elected future president of France. The way he chose to celebrate, however, is causing controversy. Sarkozy took off for a three-day luxury cruise off the coast of Malta on the beautiful Paloma, a nearly 198-foot megayacht owned by billionaire investor V
The ISS (International Superyacht Society) has announced its new president, executive board as well as a new member of its board of directors. With Australian Lance Cushion’s appointment as ISS president, the organisation continues to realise its mandate of truly representing the international natur
Delivering the on-board drama as it unfolds from the desolation of the ocean to the relative comfort of the living room is no easy technological feat. Step forward Livewire Digital, who, along with the race’s satellite communications partners, ensure every frame and sound bite is captured and transm
Statoil ASA is modifying its forecast for oil and gas production in 2007 to 1,150,000-1,200,000 barrels of oil equivalents per day (boe/d) based on an oil price of USD 60 per barrel, down from 1,300,000 boe/d.
The Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin) on May 7 announced it had successfully closed the largest ever corporate bonds issue by a Vietnamese company with a landmark 10-year, VND3 trillion (US$187 million) fundraising to finance ambitious shipbuilding projects.
Golden Ocean Group Limited (“Golden Ocean”) is pleased to advise that the Company has declared options for two newbuilding contracts at Zhoushan Jinhaiwan Shipyard in China. The vessels of 176.000 dwt are expected to be delivered in the middle of 2010. The delivered cost of the two vessels will be a
During the General Meeting of Shareholders held today, dredging contractor Royal Boskalis Westminster nv announced investments in equipment amounting to € 450 million. The equipment comprises a new mega trailing suction hopper dredger with a capacity of 40,000 m³ as a replacement for the W.D. Fairwa
The ISS (International Superyacht Society) has today announced its new president, executive board as well as a new member of its board of directors. With Australian, Lance Cushion’s appointment as ISS president, the organization continues to realize its mandate of truly representing the internationa
The first container production factory in Vietnam, which is being built by the Hai Duong Shipbuilding Industry Complex in Hai Duong province, will put out the first container in two years. In two years, Vietnamese shipping companies will be able to use locally made containers in sea transportation.
Survivors of a capsizing in which 61 Haitian migrants died have said that their vessel was rammed by a patrol boat from the Turks and Caicos Islands. Survivors told Associated Press news agency that their boat was rammed, towed into deeper water and then abandoned when it overturned.
Since the year of 2007, Dredging contractor Royal Boskalis Westminster nv sponsors the ambitious catamaran sailors Stefan Dubbeldam (19) and Sebastiaan Tentij (19) from the Netherlands. These technical students, who won last year’s Dutch Championship Hobie 16 with spinnaker, aim at participation in
The first ever German challenger to sail at the America’s Cup has said it intends to move forward, one day after sailing its last race at the 32nd America’s Cup. But skipper Jesper Bank has resigned from the team after winning just two of 20 matches at the Louis Vuitton Cup.
