SOCO is an international oil and gas exploration and production company, headquartered in London traded on the London Stock Exchange and a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. The Company has interests in Vietnam, Yemen, Thailand and the Republic of Congo with production operations in Yemen. SOCO anno
ABG Shipyard (Q, N,C,F)* has received an order for construction of 1 No. Anchor Handling tug – 80 ton Bollard Pull for offshore applications, at a price of USD 10.55 million from Lamnalco, Cyprus, with delivery by August 17, 2008. In INR, this amounts to approximately 480 million. The aggregate of t
Iranian shipbuilder Sadra said on Sunday it would build 10 ships for Belgium’s Exmar to export Iranian liquefied natural gas (LNG) although Iran’s efforts to produce the fuel are deadlocked. Exmar was not immediately available to comment on its investment. There was also no mention of what contingen
The inventory of Pakistan Navy is being strengthened to give it
Officials Sunday said that hot weather caused the 10,500 ton Sun Island ship to get hung up during its launch at the Bach Dang shipyard in northern Hai Phong city. The freighter, which is 110m long and 18.8m wide, was designed by Japanese Wada Bussan Company and built under a contract inked with Jap
It is a U.S. service academy situated outside New York City. Its graduates have fought and died in all corners of the world, and, since Sept. 11, have played a key role in bolstering homeland security. Not West Point — Kings Point. Not the Army or Marines — the Merchant Marine. Even though some mids
NORFOLK – There’s plenty of activity across the water, where more than 3,000 employees at the Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard are helping to build six Virginia-class submarines. Even as production ramps up in the shipyard, however, submarine activity will decline at the naval base. In the ear
For 60 years, Nancy Kenney wondered what happened to her father. The submarine that William T. Mabin was in disappeared while he and his crewmates were on a mission to attack a Japanese convoy in the last months of World War II. Now, the Navy says a wreck found at the bottom of the Gulf […]
The fear of an uncontrollable fire at Cat Lai Port on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City is ever present in the mind of the deputy director of New Port Company, under which the port operates. Following a barge fire on the busy waterway last month that threatened other ships, Colonel Tran Dinh Thao [&
After a couple of nights of partying in Port Antonio, many of the crews are now heading off for a couple of days exploring Jamaica before the race restarts on Friday. Port Antonio is proving to be a perfect spot for a bit of R&R for the Clipper crews with beautiful sandy coves to explore […]
In 1996 the first Clipper Round the World Yacht Race sailed away from Plymouth – ten years, over 1,500 people, 4 and a half races, 35 weddings and two fleets of fantastic racing yachts later, we would like to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of Clipper with all our crew. We now have more informatio
Polly Bielecki, whose father Jacek Bielecki and her 19-year-old brother Jack are currently missing in the Atlantic aboard their 41ft yacht Free Spirit is appealing for help. Communications from the yacht, on the first leg of her two-year circumnavigation from Newport Rhode Island to the Mediterranea
Statoil has signed a contract with the rig company Seadrill for the chartering of the West Epsilon jack-up rig from November 2006. The rig will be used for exploration and production drilling in the Troll/Sleipner area in the North Sea.
Activity has been very high within the HUGIN Autonomous Underwater Vehicle – AUV department so far in 2006. At present the new 4500 meter depth rated HUGIN 4500 is under final assembly and testing. HUGIN 4500 has an extended depth rating of 4500 meter, increased battery capacity and a higher perform
