Salvors are assessing how to recover a passenger boat abandoned after it started sinking off the coast of Alderney. The Lady Maris is beached on Burhou Island after the crew and nine passengers were rescued
It is odd to think that whilst the Benetti shipyard in Livorno is celebrating the launch of the new 60m Amnesia (FB 245), the first parts of the 65m Amnesia (FB 252) are being built at the same yard.
Two globally-leading companies in their own respective fields, Subsea 7 and SeeByte, have joined forces to develop the next generation of Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) for the offshore oil and gas industry. The project will see the development of the first truly autonomous vehicle capable of b
HMD held a naming ceremony for Hull No. 0456 on January 11. The vessel is a 47,000-dwt Product Carrier ordered in 2004, the seventh of over thirty 47,000-dwt Product Carriers ordered by Cido Shipping of Japan.
Prosafe has been awarded a Letter of Intent by Interpetroleum Services Limited in association with Ocean Oil Construction and Services Ltd for the five accommodation/ service rigs Safe Britannia, Safe Lancia, Safe Regency, Safe Hibernia and Jasminia. All rigs will continue to work at the Cantarell f
Maersk Oil in Norway has been preliminarily awarded 2 new exploration licences – PL472 (Blocks 6406/2 & 6406/3) and PL474 (Blocks 6406/1 & 6406/2).
Marathon Petroleum Norge AS, operator of production licence 311, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 31/1-1. The well is located west of the Troll field and 25 kilometres north-east of the Oseberg field in the North Sea.
The water might be frozen now, but area boat dealers are betting many are dreaming of warmer waters. The annual Grand Rapids Boat Show opens Wednesday and runs through Sunday at DeVos Place, with about 400 new models from about 35 boat dealers.
Total today announces that its Port Arthur refinery in Texas (United States) has launched a project to build a 50,000-barrel-per-day coker, a desulfurization unit, a vacuum distillation unit and other related units. Up to 2,200 people will work on the $2.2-billion project, which is scheduled for com
Draft amendments to revise the MARPOL regulations on the prevention of air pollution from ships were agreed by the IMO Sub-Committee on Bulk Liquids and Gases (BLG) when it met last week (4-8 February) for its 12th session. Following lengthy and technically challenging discussions in the Air Polluti
Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSE: DSX), a global shipping company specializing in the transportation of dry bulk cargoes, today announced that it has entered into a time charter contract with Cargill International S.A., Geneva, for one of its Panamax dry bulk carriers, the Alcyon, at a gross rate of US$34,
The 2008 Mediterranean regatta season has opened in style with the XXIV Primo Cup – Trophée Credit Suisse. From Ukraine to Ireland, Portugal to Greece, 205 competitors from 21 nations took part over the two weekends in the 13 classes (Dragon, Laser SB3, Platu 25, J24, Mumm 30, Smeralda 888, First 40
A Royal Navy vessel moored in a port after its second mechanical failure in three weeks is due to depart. HMS Illustrious is in Portland, Dorset, after a system separating oil from the ship’s waste water developed a fault.
This morning Smit Internationale N.V. announces that it has completed the acquisition of the remaining 50% interest from Fairplay Towage in URS. All conditions as mentioned in the press release of December 31, 2007 have been fulfilled.
