A NEW ship repair business has been launched in Bromborough, Wirral (UK), which aims to build new vessels and could bid to break up toxic “ghost ships”. The Merseyside Slipway Company is a joint venture between Liverpool-based Mersey Heritage Ship Repair and Warbreck Engineering
Several large vessels have run aground on Michigan’s Saginaw River this shipping season, caught in shallow waters a few miles from Lake Huron. The river port is as shallow as 13 feet in a passage that is supposed to be 22 feet deep, a sign of low water levels in North America’s five Great Lakes [&he
Vietnam will halve the number of its onshore fishing ships and boats by 2010 to protect depleting marine resources, according to the country’s Fisheries Ministry on Monday. The reduction is necessary since marine resources in some coastal provinces have shown signs of depletion, while waters near se
The Company has completed the sale to Malaysian International Shipping Company Sdn Bhd (MISC) of two group companies respectively owning and operating the Roncador (Brasil) FPSO, which is currently on a long term charter to Petrobras. This intended transaction was announced by way of press release o
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Subsea 7 INC. (OSE Symbol: SUB) announced today that it has been awarded two separate contracts by Shell Exploration and Production in Europe, both for a firm period of six years and with a combined value in the region of US $1.1 billion. These contracts, which will both have 4 x 1 year options to [
Salvors from SMIT Salvage hope to commence with the cargo removal operation with respect to the grounded container ship Safmarine Agulhas later today. The vessel ran aground shortly after exiting the Port of East London on the night of Monday 26th June and is carrying 469 loaded containers containin
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The Clipper Fleet, currently berthed in Manhattan’s North Cove, is open to the public on Sunday afternoon giving New Yorkers a chance to see what it is like aboard one of the ten 68-foot racing yachts. Between 2pm-6pm members of the public can take a tour of one of the yachts and find out more [&hel
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The fuel removal operation with respect to the grounded container ship Safmarine Agulhas began yesterday and to date approximately 120 tonnes of fuel has been pumped from the vessel into rail tank cars located on the Western Breakwater in the Port of East London. The vessel ran aground shortly after
Last week Congress voted to lift a moratorium on offshore oil and gas drilling in coastal waters. It’s now up to the Senate to reject this move and, at the least, maintain the status quo that’s been in effect since 1981. Fuel prices may be punishing now, but that’s no excuse to open up areas [&helli
MOSCOW: A Nerpa nuclear-powered submarine to be leased to the Indian Navy has begun sea trials. The submarine, which went on sea trials on June 24, would be leased to the Indian Navy after its formal induction in to the Russian Pacific Fleet next year, Vedomosti daily reported on Saturday. The Amurs
