The Sultanate of Oman‘s record-breaking 65 metre vehicle-passenger catamaran “Shinas” has arrived in Muscat, Oman following its 15-day journey from Austal’s shipyard in Henderson, Western Australia. The vessel’s arrival was a proud moment for the Austal team, who have successfully delivered to Oman
Dmitry Novikov, the adviser of the president of Russian Railways, is elected as chairman of Transcontainer’s board of directors. Such a decision was made during the meeting on May, 21. The report on proceedings at a meeting was signed on May, 26. According to the press-service of Transcontainer, Ale
Beginning from June, 1 export tariff on oil totals $398.1 per ton. The corresponding act was signed by RF prime-minister Vladimir Putin and published in “Rossiyskaya Gazeta”. Export tariff on light oil products totals $280.5 per ton, on dark oil products – $151.1 per ton.
Drilling on the UK Globe prospect in the North Sea has completed with a failure to find hydrocarbons in the primary target and in a secondary prospect. Operator Valiant Petroleum said the Globe well reached a total depth of 1,600 m (5,251 ft) – and was drilled ahead of schedule and below the drillin
A four-slot production manifold is to be supplied to Anzon Australia’s Basker Manta field development off Victoria, southeast Australia. A second deal covers pipeline anchor boxes and a driving module for Allseas, related to the Krishna Godavari G D6 field development off India’s East Coast by Relia
Lloyd’s Register’s Hellenic National Advisory Committee (HNAC) met in Piraeus yesterday. The Committee received updates on important current issues including new construction standards, the ILO Convention and Lloyd’s Register’s plans to establish a world class centre for shipping research and develo
02/06/2008 Shell Exploration Company B.V. (Shell) and Arrow Energy Ltd. (Arrow), have signed a preliminary agreement to jointly develop projects to extract clean-burning natural gas from coal deposits in Australia, China, Indonesia, Vietnam and India. The alliance with Australian company Arrow will
Tokyo, May 29, 2008 – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), has completed the construction of the world’s first 3-stage reverse osmosis (RO) desalination plant in Rabigh, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Employing the arrangement to serially connect three RO membrane units, this plant has an advantag
After a height-month short building, the IMOCA 60’ monohull DCNS Marc Thiercelin will sail for the Vendée Globe 2008, was launched in Vannes on May 31st. A wonderfull machine, refined in depth, perfectly designed for the French sailor for his 5th round-the-world race including his 4th solo.
News – June 2, 2008 The Herald Sun newspaper reports that the dredger Cornelis Zanen, dubbed ‘CoZa’, has begin dredging toxic sediments from the Yarra River Channel in Australia. Port of Melbourne Corporation CEO Stephen Bradford said measures were in place to minimise disruption to marine life and
New Vessels – June 2, 2008 The keel laying ceremony for the trailing suction hopper dredger Vox Dubai took place on Friday May 30th at the Kinderdijk shipyard of IHC Dredgers, a subsidiary of the IHC Merwede group. Vox Dubai will be the largest trailer ever built in The Netherlands, and is being bui
We have become aware that some Seago 150 and 175 Newton Lifejackets including Junior Lifejackets may have a defect which could result in serious injury. The lifejackets are marked with a manufacture date in roman numerals, for instance the last quarter of 2005 is shown IV/05. The quarters concerned
With some big prizes and a prestigious title at stake, the scene is hotting up for the 2008 edition of the Volkswagen Touareg King of Cowes at Skandia Cowes Week, which takes place on Friday 1 August. The inaugural event, in 2007, saw Alistair Richardson crowned “King of Cowes” and drive away with a
29 May 2008 – Today, Aker Solutions will open its new ‘Well Intervention Academy,’ in Stavanger, Norway. This facility will give new generations of offshore operators and engineers first hand experience in critical well intervention activities. The centre consists of an intervention tower, two test
