The first of four conversions to allow older Trident submarines to carry 154 conventionally armed cruise missiles instead of 24 nuclear missiles has been completed, the contractor announced Monday.
The Ericsson Racing Team has officially retired from Leg Two of the Volvo Ocean Race after experiencing failure to her hydraulic keel movement system. She is currently being transported by the Wallenius Wilhelmsen container ship
Dutch watersports enthusiasts can once again feast their eyes on all the latest sailing and watersports equipment at the HISWA Amsterdam Boat Show 2006 in Amsterdam RAI from Tuesday 28 February to Sunday 5 March.
Statoil has secured two rigs for exploration drilling on land in Algeria. Plans call for drilling of the group’s first exploration well on the Statoil-operated Hassi Mouina block to begin in the summer.
Brunei Shell Petroleum Co Sdn Bhd (BSP) today announced the start of crude oil production from Phase III of its Champion West field located 90 kilometres offshore.
Transas Scandinavia AB are proud to announce their agreement with the prestigious global shipping company Torm to fit 30 Simplified Data Recorders (S-VDR) complete with 20 Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS) to their fleet. Transas, whose name is an abbreviated version of Transp
Very interesting day today that produced a lot of work for skippers and navigators. Basically the weather systems that we had been sailing in and planning on sailing for a few more days changed and we had to scramble to understand a new picture.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Japan has provided more details about the largest trailing suction hopper dredger ever built in in Japan, which was built at its Kobe Shipyard & Machinery Works, and delivered recently to the Suez Canal Authority in Egypt.
New Delhi, Jan. 8: The shipping ministry has cleared a proposal for a feasibility study to set up a deep-water port at a suitable site on the Bengal coast. A senior ministry official said a global tender would be floated soon to appoint consultants for the job.
A new shipyard was launched on January 5 in central Phu Yen province by Phu Yen Agro-fisheries Industry Company under the Vietnam National Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin).
A Supreme Court of India monitoring committee will meet on January 6 to decide the fate of the asbestos-laden decommissioned French aircraft carrier Clemenceau that is sailing to India to be broken down.
SINGAPORE/HONG KONG – CNOOC Ltd. is buying a stake in a Nigerian oil and gas field for about $2 billion in what would be the Chinese offshore producer
HOUSTON — Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (NYSE:DO) announced today that it will issue a press release and host a conference call and web cast related to its fourth-quarter and year-end 2005 operating results on Wednesday, February 8, 2006.
off she goes roaring down a wave at 30 plus knots… I mean the boat is in perfect control, as long as all is going well, but we have done some jumps at the end of some of these waves that would make Evil Knievel proud
