This is to announce that Femcoborg B.V. and Damen Shipyards Gorinchem signed, on 15 December 2006, two contracts for the construction and delivery of Damen ASD Tugs 2810 to be operated at the oil terminal of Rosneft in Murmansk, Russian Federation.
On Wednesday 20 December 2006 Odense Steel Shipyard Ltd entered a contract with the Danish Naval Material Command for 3 patrol vessels for the Danish Navy, the vessels will be delivered in the period 2010-2012.
The Port of Tauranga and Ports of Auckland are still talking about a merger, but they haven’t agreed on the terms. Port of Tauranga chairman John Parker said the continuing discussions were constructive and positive.
A new European deal for Scottish fishermen has been branded as “another nail in the coffin”. The deal, reached in Brussels in the early hours of the morning, will see the days many fishermen are allowed to go to sea again being cut.
The super-tanker Vladimir Tikhonov of the Russian Sovcomflot shipping company has been rated among the world’s three best vessels in 2006 for design and technical characteristics.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) today announced its vessel construction figures during the calendar year 2006, at its Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works, Kobe Shipyard & Machinery Works and Shimonoseki Shipyard & Machinery Works
A vessel contracted by an Australian oil firm, Origin Energy, to conduct seismic surveys north of Mombasa, has arrived. The vessel, Northern Explorer, comes at a time when a consortium comprising Australian, British and Spanish oil companies is drilling an offshore well in the Lamu basin.
The U.S. Navy has approved funding for the construction of a second General Dynamics trimaran version of Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) featuring an innovative, high-speed trimaran hull. The 127-meter surface combatant LCS is intended to operate in coastal areas of the globe, and will be fast, highly ma
Parker Drilling Company (NYSE: PKD) today announced that a wholly owned subsidiary, Parker Drilling Offshore USA, LLC, has entered into an agreement with Basic Marine Services, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Basic Energy Services, Inc. (NYSE: BAS) to sell two of its workover barge rigs and relat
Sail Queenstown has launched a ‘Twilight Sailing’ package aboard the Americas Cup yacht NZL14 for the ultimate summer evening experience. The elite trophy boat – built specifically for New Zealand’s 1992 challenge in San Diego and originally skippered by Russell Coutts – has added 5pm and 7.30pm sai
European Union ministers have reached a deal to regulate permitted fish catches in 2007, aimed at stimulating the recovery of depleted stocks. During late-night talks, the ministers agreed a series of concessions offered by the European Commission, including a 14% cut in the North Sea cod catch.
A former Durban sailor is one of three men believed to have drowned at sea when the yacht they were delivering from South Africa to the United States encountered trouble more than 10 days ago. John Anstess was one of three men assigned to deliver a catamaran to Seattle. The crew did not reach their
A woman has been airlifted to hospital after becoming ill on a cruise ship off the Dorset coast. The 88-year-old from Redhill, Surrey, was on the Saga Rose, which left Southampton Port on Wednesday evening bound for the Caribbean via Spain.
The EU’s fish quota deal – which includes cuts to the UK’s cod catches – represents “a good deal”, the government has said. Cod quotas will decrease by between 14% and 20% next year, with the number of days allowed for fishing also reduced. But permitted prawn, haddock, mackerel and monkfish catches
