With a catalogue of problems experienced by a wide range of boats in the fleet, Volvo Ocean Race organisers took the decision to invite teams, designers and technical staff from both sides of the fence to discuss what, if anything, could be done to improve the reliability of the boats.
French authorities investigating the sinking of a fishing boat off Alderney have refused to allow a cargo ship to leave the port of Dunkirk.
SBM Offshore has signed an agreement with Exxon Mobil affiliate Esso Exploration Angola (Block 15) Limited in which SBM will proceed with project development activities for two FPSOs for the Kizomba C development offshore Angola.
Shell UK Limited has extended its frame agreement with Aker Kvaerner Subsea by two years and expanded the scope to include Shell Norway. The value of the new contract is estimated to be approximately NOK 230 million.
In 2006, Holland America Line will debut the new ms Noordam, feature eight ships cruising Alaska, and complete its Signature of Excellence enhancements across the fleet.
Water will soon be gushing in and out of Stump Pass again. Charlotte County commissioners voted to redredge the channel Tuesday, approving the $3.5 million project with a unanimous 5-0 vote.
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The first container ship to call into the port of Salelologa in Samoa on the island of Savaii yesterday (Sun 22), grounded on the approach to the wharf. The Southern Cross became stuck about 100 meters from the wharf because the channel was too shallow.
Pennsylvania’s push to deepen the Delaware River’s shipping channel by five feet from Philadelphia to the Atlantic Ocean has come to this: The most powerful officials in two neighboring states are threatening, name-calling, and refusing to back down.
For the second time in two years, and by an overwhelming majority, the European Parliament rejected on 18 January a proposal by the European Commission aimed at opening up port services to competition.
Nigerian militants holding four foreign hostages disassociated themselves on Monday from “bounty hunters” talking with the government on their behalf, and said the captive oil workers would not be released.
Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. (NYSE: HOS) announced today that the gasoline discharge from one of its barges reported over the weekend has been addressed and the barge is now en route from New Haven, CT to a repair facility in New York harbor.
CNOOC Limited’s total budgeted net production volume in 2006 is approximately 168-170 million barrels of oil equivalent (BOE), approximately a 9% year-on-year (YOY) increase over the estimated 153-157 million BOE in 2005.
Pirates of the Caribbean is now at Mornington Buoy and has 24 miles to go to the finish. She is doing 12 knots and the breeze is 19-20 kts from the southwest, tending southerly.
