South Korea’s per-capita steel consumption was the highest in the world last year as the country’s shipbuilding, automobile and electronics industries expanded steadily. According to a report by the Korea Iron and Steel Association, Korea’s per-capita steel consumption was at 969 kg in 2005, while T
All is set in the idyllic setting of Porto Cervo, Sardinia, for the start of the 2006 Sardinia Rolex Cup, which this year has attracted seven teams: Alpe Adria, Germany, Italy, Monaco, Sardinia, Spain and USA. The Sardinia Rolex Cup has always been a team event where sailing nations send their fines
The Sharjah container terminal recently received its largest container ship when the 299-metre APL Chiwan called at the port. According to a Gulf News report, the Chiwan is capable of carrying around 4,700 TEUs (20-foot equivalent units), and was operating on APL’s Far East-Gulf ‘WAX’ service.
It has been a slow Leg 8 so far. The wind might have jumped to the giddy heights of 15 knots for a brief period at the start on Friday, but since than has stayed pegged well below ten knots. The fleet are in two minds as how best to proceed. At daybreak the three […]
Almost three days out and the fleet has covered only a little more than 200 nautical miles under light fluky winds. Looking ahead, conditions are not expected to change much as the fleet heads northwest past Fastnet Rock under the influence of a large area of high pressure. So far this leg, the cond
All the emails from all the boats query the time it will take to get to Rotterdam, if they will get there in time for the In Port race, will the leg have to be shortened, will there be enough food? In about 36 hours time the fleet should have wind again and be sailing […]
The west coast city of Acapulco was unfortunately not in the best place for a refuelling stop, otherwise today’s title would have had a far better ring to it. The yachts are making pitstops in the beautiful Bahia de Hualtulco (as shown opposite) to take on fuel. The agent there seems to have done a
The Ketchikan Shipyard will receive about $70 million from local, state and federal sources for improvements over the next five years, officials said. The yard, where vessels are repaired, is expected to get a second ship lift and complete plans to expand the yard to its originally planned size over
New Delhi – India’s western coast faces one of its biggest environment threats as a marooned bulk-carrier could spill nearly 650 tons of furnace oil into the sea, a news report said on Sunday. The ship, Ocean Seraya, was wrecked on the Oyster Rock lighthouse in the Arabian Sea off Karnataka state’s
A scheme to build a multi-million pound windfarm featuring up to 108 turbines off the north Norfolk coast has gone on public display. The Sheringham Shoal Offshore Windfarm could provide power for 178,000 homes. If the proposals are given the backing of the government, work could start on the windfa
WASHINGTON – Hoping to prevent drilling rigs from bobbing around the Gulf of Mexico in the wake of a hurricane, federal regulators have issued new rules aimed at strengthening the moorings for such equipment. The Minerals Management Service says 19 moored drilling rigs and another nine jack-up drill
VANCOUVER, Wash. — A load of lumber caught fire aboard a cargo ship Friday while the crew was welding a broken ladder, officials said. No injuries were reported, and damage was minor. But the fire in the hold of the Ciclope sent a column of thick black smoke into the air at a Port of […]
Update 2200GMT: In the last six hours the boats put on a bit of pace with ABN AMRO ONE achieving 17 knots at one point, but now they are past Land
The Indonesian government Friday handed out exploration licenses for four new offshore oil and gas blocks to several international companies, in a move that is expected to help boost the country’s crude oil production. The Sarumana block in the Makassar Straits was awarded to Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM)
