A record number of yachts – 265 in total – will set out from Newport today for the 100th anniversary Newport Bermuda Race. The Newport Bermuda classic has traditionally initiated amateur sailors to the rigors of long distance ocean racing, but this year’s Centennial Race – the world’s second largest
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On the 15th of June 2006 Dredging And Reclamation Jan De Nul Limited belonging to the Jan De Nul Group has signed the contract for the dredging of the downstream section i.e. 46-84 km of the Calabar River, Cross River, Nigeria. The Client is the Nigerian Port Authority. This major project calls for
The Fiji Ports Corporation is still trying to find the owners of the fishing vessel “Eleven” that ran aground in the Suva Harbor on Monday morning. The only confirmation that has been received is that the vessel is owned by the Marine Land Ltd but all other details are still unknown. It is believed
Keppel FELS Ltd (Keppel FELS) has secured its fourth order from India for a KFELS B Class jackup rig. Valued at US$182 million, this rig is for the Great Eastern Shipping Co. Ltd. Group (G.E. Shipping). This will be G.E. Shipping
Update 1100GMT The last gun of the nine Volvo Ocean Race offshore leg starting sequences is fired and six boats start the race to Gothenburg. Brasil 1 and Pirates didn’t engage in a match racing start as might have been expected. The boats gathered beyond the committee boat end of the line to approa
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Although the federal government is harping on 2008 as its date for the elimination of gas flares in oil producing fields, Chevron Nigeria Limited, has said that it can only achieve this in 2010. A top official of the company said recently
Mobile-based Austal USA has finished installing four 49-ton engines in the Hawaii Superferry now under construction at its Mobile River shipyard, completing the last key milestone prior to the ship’s expected October launch. “We’re planning on making it,” the project’s technical manager, Doug Thorn,
The navy is expecting an announcement about replacements for its aging supply ships by the end of the month, says the region
Paradip, June. 15 (PTI): An Indonesian cargo vessel in “apparent distress”, has anchored about ten nautical miles off Paradip port, awaiting assistance, Paradip Port Trust (PPT) sources said. Tataniyaga-i, carrying about 5,900 tonnes of palm oil, was on its way to Haldia Port when it developed probl
On Monday the 12th of June, 2006, the new Damen Logistic Support Vessel 6513 “Hr. Ms. Pelikaan”, built to the order of The Royal Netherlands Navy, was handed over to her new Owners at the Damen Shipyards location in Gorinchem. The vessel was partly built at the Damen Galatz facility in Romania and a
At 1730 local time in blazing sunshine but virtually zero wind the last boats slipped lines from Shelter Bay Marina at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal. The boats will be motoring overnight before a Le Mans start first thing tomorrow morning. Although a more low key departure than some, th
Gas and condensate have been proven by Statoil on Valemon near the Kvitebj
