After hours of work in pitch-dark conditions, the temporary repair was made with movistar retaining third place in the fleet behind the two Dutch yachts, ABN Amro 1 and ABN Amro 2 who last night rounded the scoring gate at Eclipse Island, off Albany.
At 1448GMT Pirates of the Caribbean passed the Eclipse Island scoring gate to take fourth and the two points on offer, then promptly issued a press release announcing further damage and that they would be going to Albany, the closest port, for assessment and repair.
The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Chief Adebayo Sarumi has reiterated that about N8.9 billion has been earmarked to commence the dredging of Calabar Port by the end of January.
The fire broke out shortly before 9 a.m. on the scalloper The Amber Nicole, while it was docked at the Fairhaven shipyard. It was above deck and there were no injuries.
Production on the Statoil-operated
American heavy haulage specialists Berard Transport has completed a mammoth transportation project which has seen a 680 tonne steel super yacht launched off the coast of Louisiana.
Hanjin Shipping announced the launch of a Sales Office in Antwerp, Belgium scheduled to February 1. The Sales Office, replacing the previous agency, is expected to strengthen work efficiency, productivity and profitability.
The growing demand for ship lifting services coupled with the international expertise it offers, has helped Jadaf Dubai, the Arabian Gulf’s oldest ship repair and industrial marine yard, notch a higher performance during 2005,
German steel giant ThyssenKrupp AG has gained a stranglehold on takeover target Dofasco Inc. with a new blockbuster bid of $5.26 billion and a guarantee of a much bigger consolation prize if it loses the battle for the Canadian industrial icon.
COZUMEL IS AGAIN TEEMING with tourists arriving aboard cruise ships, though most of the island’s top hotels remain closed and officials say its coral reefs may need a century to recover from Wilma’s wrath.
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese state-controlled oil company CNOOC Ltd. is paying $2.3 billion for a 45 percent stakea in a Nigerian oil field in its first major investment since its failed bid last year to take over U.S. oil company Unocal Corp.
Five years and one month after her keel was laid in a New Orleans shipyard, the first Navy warship named for the city of San Antonio was commissioned Saturday in a 1-hour, 20-minute ceremony at Naval Station Ingleside that featured former President Bush.
Spain said on Friday it would go ahead with the sale of military aircraft to Venezuela in spite of a US ban on the export of US technology to the country.
Egypt said it could not allow the Clemenceau — whose final destination is an Indian scrapyard — to enter the Suez canal without the documents requested under the Basel convention banning the export of toxic waste.
