Gov. Bob Riley has delayed action on an application from a company that wants to build a floating facility 62 miles south of Fort Morgan to… [mappress] Source: Alabama Live, July 7, 2010;
A.P. Møller-Mærsk has reactivated all six container carriers that have been laid up in Scottish Loch Striven for more than a year. The rates for container transportation have increased and there is now a huge demand for container carriers. Five of the laid up units are B-class vessels, this type is
Thirtytwo parliamentarians from Finland, Sweden and Denmark have requested the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of their countries to prevent renewed EU fisheries in occupied Western Sahara. “We urge the governments of Denmark, Finland and Sweden, to actively and jointly work to prevent an automatic pro
The internet, a thirst for adventure and floods have put desert sailing on the global map. More than 200 people and at least 60 boats turned up for the Lake Eyre Yacht Club’s first sailing regatta yesterday in remote desert country 845 kilometres north of Adelaide and a stone’s throw from the Queens
Cruise passenger arrivals reached 155,000 in the first five months of this year, an increase of 54 per cent when compared to the same period last year, Tourism Parliamentary Secretary Mario de Marco said yesterday. Dr de Marco, who was speaking during a visit on the Silver Spirit, a cruise ship call
Azerbaijan and Egypt consider the prospects for expanding cooperation in energy sector, in particular through joint geological and… [mappress] Source: Trend,July 7, 2010;
Connor Industries, which manufactures Stanley Boats, is expecting to ramp up production by 40 per cent by the end of the month to meet demand for boats working the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. “It is really exciting,” Bill Connor, president and CEO, told The Financial Post. “In the boat division
U.S. regulators have found safety violations for a second time at a Horizon Lines Inc. shipping terminal in Puerto Rico. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration says inspectors found a number of potential dangers to dock workers in San Juan. The violations include such things as trucks wit
Nova Scotia Deputy Premier Frank Corbett says his staff is working to keep a proposed dredging project for Sydney harbour on the front burner for the federal cabinet ministers who were approached for funding. Corbett said Monday staff members in his office are staying in close contact with officials
British company Red7Marine has become the owner of Damen’s new Stan Tug 1205, the first in a new ship series which was only just unveiled to the market. Damen Shipyards had decided to show its new tug series at the Seawork Show held in Southampton in mid-June. But already on the second day of the [&
French offshore giant, Bourbon, is launching a US$2 billion new building program – adding nearly 150 extra vessels to its fleet – to renew its old and obsolete continental offshore fleet and meet demand in deepwater. By adding 80 supply vessels and 64 crewboats Bourbon will be operating a fleet of 6
A new group will pool Texas’ brightest minds to come up with better and safer ways of drilling and producing oil and natural gas in the… [mappress] Source: AP,July 7, 2010;
Through two agreements signed yesterday, Oman LNG is set to support development centres in Khasab, as part a growing body of social developm… [mappress] Source: omanobserver, July 7, 2010;
The State Government-owned jetty at the port of Wyndham will be upgraded as part of a $10 million expansion and enhancement project… [mappress] Source: wabusinessnews, July 7, 2010;
