Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) has secured a contract to build a US$130 million jackup for Gulf Drilling International Ltd. (q.s.c.) (GDI). The jackup, to be named GULF-5, will be delivered by end 2007. This is GDI
The Indonesia phase of the 2005 edition of the Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise series got off to a formal start July 26 with a ceremony at the Indonesian naval base here. Sailors and officers from the staff of Destroyer Squadron 1 and the frigate USS Rodney M. Davis (FFG 6
KIM Beazley warned yesterday that al-Qa’ida-sponsored terrorists were moving into maritime piracy in Southeast Asia and that this could become “a likely avenue of attack on us”. The Opposition Leader said regional terror groups Jemaah Islamiah and the Philippines-based Abu Sayyaf group were among th
Humanitarian efforts with detailed plans to help communities dominated discussions between top Indian and Malaysian Navy officials following the Indian Eastern Fleet
A tropical storm is blowing the world’s second largest cruise ship into the Maritimes instead of Bermuda. The Voyager of the Sea and its 4,700 passengers and crew left New York on Sunday for a five-day trip.
HOUSTON, July 26 — State-owned Petr
The U.S. Navy today unveiled plans for a major transformation in military marine navigation over the next few years, in which traditional paper nautical charts will be replaced with advanced, interactive, electronic navigation systems throughout the fleet. The Navy’s plans were presented at a media
Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), Eftimios Mitropoulos, has announced that shipping remains the world
JACKSONVILLE — The first shipping company to bring direct Far East container service to Jacksonville is expected to begin operating here in late 2007 or early 2008.
The Hanseatic Lloyd World Championship within the framwork of the Rolex Baltic Week from 19-28 August is about to begin. The acme of the Sailing Class, which only occurs every two years will be combined with the Childhood Charity Race for the first time.
The New Zealand Yngling team of Sharon Ferris, Raynor Smeal and Ashley Holtum won a silver medal at the World Championships in Austria.
Australia’s maritime industry is a likely avenue for attack by terrorists groups, federal opposition leader Kim Beazley says.
The day before the Rolex Swan American Regatta in Newport, Rhode Island, and former champion Frank Savage (Stamford, Conn.) is sounding confident of success again aboard his immaculately prepared Swan 56 Lolita.
Petrobras has sent a letter of intention to Saipem, a subsidiary of the Italian ENI Group with respect the chartering of a FPSO (Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading Platform), part of the project for developing Module II of the Golfinho Field, located on the continental shelf in the state o
