The USS Intrepid may have survived five kamikaze attacks and served in three wars, but it was no match for nasty New York City mud. The floating museum refused to budge Monday as a fleet of tugboats furiously worked to pull the historic aircraft carrier from its pier, scuttling a carefully laid miss
Aker Yards announces today the implementation of a new business model to secure long term profitable growth at its Cruise & Ferries business area in Finland and in France Six months after Chantiers de l’Atlantique was acquired by Aker Yards and integrated in its Cruise & Ferries business area, Aker
Thick sheets of gray steel, some 30 feet long, are stacked onshore next to a 370-foot tanker docked in Portland Harbor. Aboard the ship, which formerly carried molten sulfur along southern coasts, workers are sandblasting metal. They’re preparing the surface to accommodate a dozen large cargo tanks
Total announces the startup of the commercial phase of its Joslyn project in the Athabasca region. The Joslyn lease is located about 60 kilometres northwest of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Deer Creek Energy Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Total, is the operator of Joslyn with an 84% interes
Keppel AmFELS Inc., the US wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited (Keppel O&M) is expected to deliver the first of its five jackup rigs on time and within budget for Scorpion Offshore Ltd. Keppel AmFELS successfully launched the premium rig Offshore Courageous on November 4, 200
Total announces a new gas discovery between the Tunu and Peciko fields in the offshore Mahakam block in Indonesia. Drilled in very shallow water 8 kilometres southwest of the southernmost platform in the Tunu field, the Tunu Great South-1 well encountered a number of gas reservoirs that confirm the
The Company has signed a contract with Shell on behalf of themselves and their partners Petrobras and ONGC for the lease and operation of an FPSO for the development of the BC-10 field offshore Brazil. The FPSO, based on the conversion of a VLCC hull from the Company inventory, will have the capacit
Total is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary, Total E&P UK PLC, has made two significant oil and gas discoveries in the Alwyn Area. The Alwyn Area is located in the UK sector of the North Sea, 160 kilometres east of the Shetland Islands and 440 kilometres northeast of Aberdeen. Prod
Ship Finance International Limited (NYSE:SFL) (“Ship Finance” or the “Company”), today announced that it has assumed two newbuilding Suezmax tanker contracts from Frontline Limited (“Frontline”), an affiliated company. Frontline’s offer to the Company to assume these contracts was included in Ship F
The St Kitts and Nevis International Ship Registry (SKANReg) is getting worldwide publicity, especially in the Middle East. TradeArabia Business News lists St Kitts and Nevis as one of the Caribbean
LPD-17 San Antonio Class amphibious assault support vessels are a new class of ship which is just entering service with the US Navy. Much like their predecessors, their mission is to embark, transport, land, and support elements of a US Marine Corps Landing Force. What changes are the capabilities a
An operation which will see an underwater search for a boat which went missing in the North Sea is under way. The official search for the fishing boat Meridian was called off after it vanished last month. The body of Edward Gardner, 50, was recovered, but three others – from Fife and Aberdeen – were
Aker Kvaerner and Alfa Laval have entered a global reselling agreement for Alfa Laval’s P2 range of decanter centrifuges. The equipment is designed for use in white liquor plants in pulp mills. Using a P2 decanter in the system enables waste to be reduced by up to 50 per cent by eliminating the use
A council has refused to reconsider its rejection of proposals to scrap former US naval vessels at a yard on Teesside. Able UK won a contract to dismantle up to 13 so-called ghost ships at its facility in Graythorp, Hartlepool.
