Ray Davies – The Optimist
After three days of mixed weather, the Super Yacht Cup 2006, held in Palma, Mallorca, finally came to a close on Saturday. But despite the fluky conditions, Brian Jones, co-founder of High Modulus, reported on the excellent organisation of the event, and the friendly (if somewhat competitive!) atmos
It’s not terribly easy to parallel park an automobile on a lake. Now, John Giljam knows this to be as true as the highway is long, and for good reason: He’s tried to park his car on a lake — and on rivers, ponds, even the Intracoastal Waterway. Giljam, in fact, has practiced not only […]
Normal two-way traffic resumed Tuesday on a portion of the Mississippi River where a cargo ship struck an anchored vessel, a U.S. Coast Guard spokesman said. Investigators have conducted interviews and inspected the ships, as they looked into the cause of Monday’s accident, a Coast Guard investigato
Salman oil and gas field development project is 90% complete and the hydro testing of the internal piping of the offshore field is expected to kick off next week, noted an official with the project contractor company, Iranian Offshore Engineering and Construction Company (IOEC) here on Tuesday. Foll
DP World said yesterday it will rebrand P&O Ports, which it bought earlier this year, to create an integrated marine terminal organisation. Jamal Majid Bin Thaniah, group chief executive officer of Ports and Freezone World, an umbrella company that oversees DP World and P&O businesses, said the deci
Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) is on course to deliver another KFELS Super B Class jackup drilling rig to repeat customer, Sinvest ASA (Sinvest) on time and within budget. Mrs Evelynn Worum, Lady Sponsor and wife of Mr Geir Worum, Chairman of Sinvest, named the rig Deep Driller 3 at a ceremony on
TOKYO Japan on Monday promised to halve its quota for southern bluefin tuna and denied allegations it has overfished the endangered species by thousands of tons every year for the past two decades. Under an accord with an international conservation agency, Japan will reduce its annual catch to 3,000
Few companies are better positioned than Statoil for meeting the increasing UK demand for gas, said Rune Bj
Mr. John C.S. Lau, President & Chief Executive Officer, Husky Energy Inc., announced that the Company has successfully implemented Alkaline-Surfactant-Polymer (ASP) flood technology in Canada to extend the production life of the Taber South Mannville B Pool, in the Warner field.
Australia is to ban North Korean ships from entering its ports in response to its claimed nuclear bomb test, the foreign minister has announced. Alexander Downer told Parliament the move would help Australia make a “quite clear contribution” to other sanctions agreed by the UN on Saturday. The move
Sky Petroleum, Inc. (OTCBB: SKPI), an oil and gas company with a development project in the United Arab Emirates, is pleased to announce that as of September 30, 2006, the Mubarek H2 well has produced 24,998 barrels of oil since it went into production on May 16, 2006. The company also announces tha
The 17 yachts in the 10th edition of The Superyacht Cup left the dock at Marina Port de Mallorca in bright sunshine for Day 2 of the event, the popular
After approval on October 13, 2006 by the European Commission, Banco Santander Central Hispano (Santander) sold 4.35% of Cepsa
