The RNLI at Lough Swilly has called for the harbour to be dredged after it was unable to deploy its big rescue boat today. The boat could not be deployed because of low water levels in the bay caused, the RNLI says, by the failure to dredge the harbour.
The Jamaican media got a taste of life onboard a Clipper 68 racing yacht on Tuesday when they went for a sail on Durban Clipper out of the newly named Errol Flynn Marina. Twelve journalists from the Caribbean island were showed the ropes by Cardiff Skipper Conor Fogerty and crew members from Durban
The crew and skippers of the Clipper 05-06 Round the World Yacht Race experienced a taste of Hollywood on Tuesday night as Patrice Wymore Flynn, widow of the legendary 50s movie star, Errol Flynn, made a star appearance at the Clipper 05-06 Round the World Yacht Race prize giving ceremony for Race 9
Fano, Italy
The stage is set for the final act of the 2006 America
Things are moving fast with the next edition of the Volvo Ocean Race. Following the announcement in Gothenburg that there would be another race starting in 2008 and sailing a new route from a new start port, today Glenn Bourke, joined by President of the region of Valencia, Francisco Camps confirmed
It was a hectic last day for the sailors from the Volvo Ocean Race as they attended a final parade in the Race village at 1730 and then had to be front and centre at the main prize giving at 2100. Parading in overall finish order, the teams ran the gauntlet of cheering crowds, each […]
Aggreko plc, the global leader in the rental of power generation and temperature control services today announced that it has been contracted to supply an 8 MW / 4.16kV stand-by power package on board the floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) Conkouati, currently operating in the
THE ship that is to replace both the Castle-class ships, Dumbarton Castle and Leeds Castle for patrol duties in Falklands waters, was launched last week. HMS Clyde is an enhanced River Class design with a helicopter deck capable of accepting helicopters up to the size of the new Merlin. She also has
Two upcoming meetings in Jackson County concerning proposed liquefied natural gas terminals will solicit public comments about the impacts of the projects. The first meeting, on Thursday, will be held by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for Chevron’s proposal to build a 1.3 billion-cubic-foo
WASHINGTON – Members of a key House panel have hammered out a deal aimed at opening up more offshore areas to oil and natural gas drilling. Such a step would represent a huge victory for offshore operators, who have long eyed areas of the Outer Continental Shelf off limits to drilling. But the bill
Costa Cruises, the leading cruise company in Europe and South America and a member of the Carnival Corporation, today announced that a new 92,700-ton cruise ship has been ordered for its fleet with an option for a sister ship. The new Costa ships will be built by Fincantieri at Marghera shipyard and
South Korea’s shipyards ranked Nos. 1 through 7 in terms of order backlogs worldwide as of the end of May for the second consecutive month, amid competition with rapidly expanding Chinese shipbuilders, a London-based market researcher said Tuesday. The seven domestic shipbuilders’ combined order bac
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI) announced that it was ordered 400 units of 5,000kW-class explosion protected motors, worth US$10 million from Bechtel of the UK. HHI is scheduled to supply these motors for India
