As divers searched for bodies and answers in the capsizing of the New Bedford-based fishing boat Lady of Grace, investigators said an emergency beacon that failed to pop free of the ship may have contributed to the disaster. The Lady of Grace was found 40 feet under the frigid waters of Nantucket So
A Panamanian-flagged refrigerator ship that ran aground in a storm on the southern Spanish coast on Sunday has stopped leaking fuel and divers are assessing the damage, a coastguard spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
Container volume reaches the 7 million TEU mark. Good results for conventional/breakbulk and ro/ro. 167,372,296 tonnes of cargo were loaded and unloaded in the port of Antwerp in 2006, an increase of 4.6% compared with the 160 million tonnes in 2005. Imports amounted to nearly 92 million tonnes (up
The 12th deepwater oil find in block 31 off Angola has been made, according to operator BP and the Angolan national oil company Sonangol. Statoil has a 13.33% stake in the block. The find has been given the name Terra. The well was drilled from the Jack Ryan drill ship to a total depth of […]
A container ship bound for Long Beach was drifting aimlessly at sea Tuesday after being caught in heavy seas while crossing the Pacific. Two crew members were injured after the 938-foot Hyundai Confidence ran into trouble while crossing the ocean south of Alaska’s Aleutian Islands.
The Norwegian cruiseship “Nordkapp” touched ground near Deception Island in the Antarctic Tuesday. No one was injured, and the ship sustained only minor damage to the hull. The ship, carrying 294 passengers and a crew of 76, had nearly completed the cruise, and was on its way back to Argentina when
BP has exercised a two year option for supply of maintenance and modification services by Aker Kvaerner in Stavanger, Norway. The contract covers all BP operated assets on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Contract value is NOK 600 million for the period up to March 2009.
Hudong Heavy Machinery Co. , which has announced that it plans to raise RMB 12 billion from a share placement, said that it will use the proceeds to fund its purchase of shipyards and to invest in new technologies.
The output of China’s shipbuilding industry reached a record 14.52 million dwt in 2006, making up close to one-fifth of the global total for the same year, according to official statistics. The Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (CSTIND) announced on Tuesday that the
A fishing boat probably grounded and sank off Skye with the loss of two crewmen because one of them fell asleep in the wheelhouse, a report has said. Neil Sutherland, 39, and David Davidson, 40, both from Burghead in Moray, died when their prawn trawler, the Brothers, went down on 1 June.
Statoil has awarded a frame contract for seabed mapping, pipeline inspection and support to Acergy Norway AS, effective from 15 March 2007. The NOK 750 million deal covers a contract period of five years with options for two times two years.
The £6bn takeover of Corus by Indian firm Tata Steel has been given a mixed reception in Wales, with concern about jobs in the long term the main issue. Welsh Secretary Peter Hain said Tata’s chairman had given him an “absolute assurance” over the firm’s future.
A man who has spent 12 years on a human-powered trip around the world is continuing his voyage despite hitting an uncharted wreck in his pedal boat. Jason Lewis, 38, from Bridport, Dorset, damaged his boat when it hit the sunken wreck two hours out of Mumbai.
New year and new ownership for Rodney Bay, St Lucia, and who better than Island Global Yachting (IGY), the leading developer of luxury marina facilities who announced their latest nautical purchase in the first week of 2007. Rodney Bay is one of the Caribbean’s premier yachting centres and home for
