Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – While the crew of ‘Rambler’ celebrates their elapsed time victory and a new record for the Offshore Race Rolex Buenos Aires Rio de Janeiro, nine boats remain offshore racing towards the finish in the Baía de Guanabara at Rio.
A Japanese naval vessel has collided with a fishing boat east of Tokyo, leaving two fishermen missing. The Atago destroyer hit the Seitoku Maru fishing boat early on Tuesday off Chiba prefecture’s Nojimazaki Cape, splitting the boat in two.
Norwegian round-the-world specialist Knut Frostad has been appointed as CEO of the Volvo Ocean Race. Frostad, 40, will officially take up his position at race headquarters in Fareham, England on 3rd March. Frostad said he was looking forward to the challenge of taking the helm of the world’s most pr
A Japanese oil tanker has rescued all but two crewmen missing from a Chinese fishing vessel that sank off the northern Philippines, coast guard officials have said.
A Greek navy frigate towed a Russian military ship to safety after the vessel sent out a distress signal in the Aegean sea on Monday, Greece’s Merchant Marine Ministry said. ‘The towing process has started with the Greek navy frigate, and the ship will be towed to the port of Agios Kirikos on the is
SO IS it, basically, just caravanning for the posh? That word yacht with its romantic vision of sails in the sunset is nothing like the mega rich world of the super yacht. It’s Saturday night: I am in an Irish pub in downtown Athens watching Man United slaughter Arsenal in the FA Cup. Most of [&hell
ExxonMobil Production Company, as operator and on behalf of the other unit working interest owners, today announced a new project to develop and produce hydrocarbon resources from the Point Thomson field on the Alaska North Slope. ExxonMobil submitted the plan to the Alaska Department of Natural Res
Lundin Petroleum AB is pleased to announce that drilling of the exploration well 15/12-19 on the Phi-North prospect located in Block 6/3 and 15/12, production license PL 292, in the North Sea sector of the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), has commenced.
Recently, the PCTC ‘Aegean Breeze’ of Wallenius Lines, Sweden, completed the conversion work in COSCO Dalian Shipyard and took off successfully after trial. The work scope included the deck raising and superstructure upgrade. After the successful conversion of ‘Baltic Breeze’, the upgrade work of ‘A
The skipper of a Coastguard tug which ran aground off Shetland while he was drunk has been jailed for eight months. Peter Leask, 42, admitted he was more than three times the legal alcohol limit while in charge of the vessel.
Ahead of new proposals to tighten controls on illegal fishing in EU waters, Fisheries Commissioner Joe Borg told ministers yesterday (18 February) that the phenomenon remains a major cause for concern due to “serious shortcomings” in the enforcement of the Common Fisheries Policy.
Top UK yacht builder Oyster Marine has been sold to UK based private equity fund Balmoral Capital for an undisclosed sum. The company was founded in 1973 by current Chairman Richard Matthews. Oyster yachts have a worldwide reputation for quality and performance and are recognised throughout the sail
The area Offshore of Van Oord has been awarded several various projects in Norway, Denmark, Australia and South Korea. The award of the Ormen Lange II contract in Norway requires rock installation to protect the subsea templates and infield pipelines in over 800 m of water. The amount of rock to be
Within 10 years, the tiny port of Churchill in the Canadian Arctic could be transformed into a hub of world trade, newspaper The Times writes.
