NEW YORK: After 24 years at the same New York City pier, the legendary aircraft carrier USS Intrepid is overdue for restoration and repair. The ship’s rehabilitation begins Monday, when the high tide and New York harbor’s most powerful tugboat join forces to pull the World War II flattop from its be
Aker Kvaerner has been awarded contracts to supply three subsea drilling riser systems, featuring Aker Kvaerner’s innovative CLIP riser system, to Brazilian drilling company Queiroz Galv
On Friday the 27th of October, the 700 m
China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC) and the State-owned National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) are currently negotiating the exploration of Iran
The market for offshore rigs is “going to be particularly strong past … 2011,” Transocean Inc. (RIG) chief executive Bob Long said Thursday. Deepwater exploration projects around the world should soak up all new rigs entering the market, including “speculative” rigs built without a pre-arranged agre
United Arab Emirates-registered vessel has been seized off coastline of the Somali capital Mogadishu, the MV Fishana vessel is reported charted by Somali businessman. The Somali businessman charted-vessel was carrying charcoal from El maan port near Mogadishu, Somali capital.
THE owners of a vessel that sank in waters off Bua on Monday are collecting evidence at the wreck site to determine the cause of its sinking. Islander Shipping Services Limited general manager Ivan Livschitz said he would speak to the crew today and submit a report to the Marine Department. He said
A search is under way for a Scottish pensioner who has disappeared from a cruise ship going from Spain to the US. James Ewan, 73, of Burntisland, Fife, was travelling alone. Celebrity Cruises said Mr Ewan was reported missing from The Celebrity Century on Wednesday after it was discovered he had not
The Board of Directors of Singapore Petroleum Company Limited (
Repair of the ferry R.H. Dedman is on schedule for the vessel to be back in operation today, an official said Thursday. Scheduled maintenance and unexpected breakdowns cut the fleet to a pair of boats for much of this week, annoying frequent floaters between Galveston and Bolivar Peninsula.
Tanker company BP Shipping, part of the oil giant BP Group, wants to work with charterers and owners to reduce air pollution from its operations, it was reported today.
The debut of the Emma Maersk has already prompted industry debate about whether its true capacity is the 11,000-teu declared by Maersk, or maybe 13,500-teu, or even 1,000-teu more.
The founder and former chief of Daewoo Group, Kim Woo Choong, remains in prison after losing an appeal Friday against a conviction for embezzlement and fraud, but has had his jail sentence reduced. Kim, 69, who was found guilty and sentenced 10 years in May, had his prison term cut to eight-and-a-ha
An inquiry into the sinking of HMS Sheffield at the height of the Falklands War has said crew were poorly trained and equipment was inadequate. The ship sank on 4 May 1982 with the loss of 20 men after being hit by an Argentine missile fired from a plane.
