GREENPEACE activists directed Japanese whalers to a floundering minke whale in order to hasten its death, in a 30-minute drama in the Southern Ocean on Friday night.
Colombo , Jan.7(BNA) At least 15 sailors were killed and three others reported missing after suspected Tamil rebels rammed an explosive laden boat into a naval vessel of northeastern Sri Lanka, military officials said today.
Technology, increased wages propel industry While not every industry can make the same claim, the boat and ship building business in the Ocean State is alive and well.
(Singapore) – PPL Shipyard, a subsidiary of SembCorp Marine has secured a $175 million contract from Aban Singapore Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Aban Loyd Chiles Offshore Ltd of India for delivery of a new Baker Marine Pacific Class 375 jackup rig.
China on Friday delivered a large roll-on-roll-off vessel for motor vehicles, one of the biggest of its kind the nation has ever made, to Zodiac shipping company in Britain.
As the breeze builds to 18 knots from behind, it is the Aussie battlers onboard ING Real Estate (Grant Wharington) who are closing on the fleet with the new pressure this morning. ABN AMRO ONE (Mike Sanderson) has managed to hold off Pirates of the Caribbean
As we are reaching with a masthead tightluff sail, I can spend a bit of time downstairs doing this job, as there is not much to do on deck, than working the mainsail and getting soaking wet.
The Board of SeaDrill has today January 6, accepted an offer to sell the Company’s position in Ocean Rig ASA. Totally, 21,414,028 shares were sold at NOK 89 per share. In addition, the Ocean Rig ASA 04/07 Convertible Bond, nominal value NOK 10,500,000
Tullow Oil plc, the London-listed energy group, has plugged and abandoned one of its exploration wells offshore Angola, but at the same time has concluded a farm-in agreement to assume a 15% interest in Block 24 offshore Angola.
An intensive period of R&D has resulted in the Simrad autopilot range (AP16, AP25/26/27) receiving a wealth of functionality upgrades, resulting in further safety, reliability and performance enhancements.
DEBATE is raging in yachting circles around the globe over whether the latest around-the-world yacht race should be abandoned before someone is killed.
Racing south has paid off handsomely for ABN AMRO ONE (Mike Sanderson), Pirates of the Caribben (Paul Cayard) and ABN AMRO TWO (Sebastien Josse). Bouwe Bekking, who took movistar further north is hurting, trying to control the damage, but sailing in less pressure.
SINGAPORE : Singapore’s offshore and marine engineering industry seems off to a good start this year with a few orderbook announcements.
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) today announced that, effective Jan. 1, 2006, it has established a new sector, Northrop Grumman Technical Services, to leverage existing business strengths
