TBS International Limited (NASDAQ: TBSI), an ocean transportation services company that offers worldwide shipping solutions through liner, parcel and bulk transportation services, announced today that it has entered into agreements to acquire two handysize bulk carriers, the M.V. Clipper Flamingo an
Following a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Greek and Bulgarian counterparts, the three countries announced that they have agreed to begin construction of a long-delayed oil pipeline that will link the Black Sea to the Aegean. An official agreement on the issue will be signe
BP Shipping paid a record $220,300 for express transit of an oil tanker through the Panama Canal. The canal, which links the Pacific and the Atlantic oceans, is facing a backlog following maintenance work. The previous record of $200 th. was set by a container ship sailing to the Atlantic last week.
Statoil and partners Chevron and Devon have successfully completed a production test in a highly challenging structure in the Gulf of Mexico. “The Jack 2 well test data are encouraging and may form the basis of future development projects in Walker Ridge,” says
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From 13th to 18th September 2006, at the Festival International de la Plaisance de Cannes (Stand Riv 35), ExclusivE Marine will be exhibiting the latest version of the first long-distance semi-custom cruising catamaran
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The SMM 2006 is setting up new records in all areas. The leading character of the SMM as the world’s largest shipbuilding event is underscored by the number of companies exhibiting, (1669), international participation (50 nations), total exhibition space (75,000 square metres) and the number and lev
$31 million in federal grants goes toward cameras and other devices to ward off attacks. When U.S. diplomats picked up intelligence about a terrorist threat to refineries in Pasadena, Calif., security experts quickly concluded that the target actually was the Houston suburb of the same name. The cit
Acergy S.A. announced today that it had been awarded a contract by Cabinda Gulf Oil Company, a subsidiary of Chevron, for the installation of the export pipeline system on the Tombua Landana development offshore Cabinda, Angola. The contract, valued at approximately $150 million, is for the installa
The UK-based Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance (LRQA) has awarded the ISO 9001:2000 certificate to Jadaf Dubai. LRQA made the certification after a series of rigorous audits and checks that the docking yard met all its strict international quality management system requirements. ‘We are extremely p
Two anglers had to be rescued after becoming stranded in a speedboat about a mile off Burnham beach in Somerset. The pair called for help when they failed get the vessel’s engine started and began drifting on an ebbing tide into the Bristol Channel.
Varun Shipping has decided to refocus on oil & gas transportation and offshore business. The company plans a capital expenditure of $150 million on acquiring new vessels this fiscal.
Transas Scandinavia are proud to announce their agreement with Sirius Rederi of Donso Sweden, to fit their entire fleet with the company
