A Belgian trawler caught fishing illegally inside UK waters has been ordered to pay more than
CNOOC (0883), China’s biggest offshore oil producer, said its revenues rose 25 percent to 18.6 billion yuan (HK$18.36 billion) in the third quarter, largely driven by production growth and higher oil and gas prices. “Our gas production has increased significantly,” chairman Fu Chengyu said in a stat
Transocean Inc. (NYSE:RIG) today announced that its report of drilling rig status and contract information covering the company’s offshore drilling fleet has been updated as of October 31, 2006. Drilling rig status and contract information on Transocean Inc.’s offshore drilling fleet has been conden
“K” Line Logistics Ltd. (KLL) established “K” Line Logistics (Australia) Pty. Ltd., a new company in Melbourne which started operation officially as from 1st of September 2006.
A search and rescue operation has been staged on the River Thames to test the response of the emergency services. Maritime, shore and air units took part in the simulated sinking of a pleasure boat, with 100 people onboard, near Chelsea Harbour, west London.
An underwater search will be carried out for a boat which went missing with four crew in the North Sea. The official search for the Fife fishing boat Meridian has been called off after she vanished last week.
A Swedish cargo ship has sunk in the Baltic Sea between the islands of Gotland and
In a recent spate of industry awards, three boats that have benefited from High Modulus structural engineering and composite materials have scooped coveted prizes and nominations – the Seawind 1160, a 38ft sailing catamaran; Adele, a 174ft ketch, and Ad Lib, a 131ft power yacht. The Seawind 1160 cat
rescue is under way off the Summer Isles, near Ullapool, after a boat ran aground on rocks in stormy weather. The Harvest Caroline – a fish farm supply vessel – dragged its anchors after suffering engine failure.
Fishermen on the east coast of Yorkshire are holding talks in London in a bid to resolve a bitter dispute with French trawler skippers. The Bridlington-based lobster fishermen claim boats from Boulogne have been trawling their fishing grounds, destroying their lines of pots.
The U.S. Transportation secretary will check in on final preparations for free ferry service across the Bay of St. Louis, slated to start Wednesday. Mary Peters should get to see the boat, which was expected to leave Bayou La Batre, Ala., Monday at midnight for the commute to its new 1.6-mile route
NEARLY three centuries ago, the notorious pirate Blackbeard ran aground in his ship, the Queen Anne’s Revenge, off what is now a North Carolina beach town. This month, a crew of 13 is heading out to sea each day, hoping for clear-enough weather to dive the 20 to 25ft to the ocean bottom to excavate
Russian authorities have extended until Tuesday night a search for the missing sailors from the Sinegorye cargo ship that sank in the West Pacific a week ago, rescuers in Vladivostok said Tuesday.
The Dung Quat Shipbuilding Industry Corporation on October 30 began building a 104,000-tonne oil tanker named “Dung Quat 01”, the largest of its kind built in Vietnam so far. The construction, which uses technology from Poland, will be supervised by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS).
