On 2 February Maersk Contractors named the latest addition to the fleet of Floating Production, Storage and Offloading vessels (FPSO) from Keppel Shipyard Ltd. in Singapore. The Sponsor, Mrs. Kim Spence, wife of Executive Vice President, Enterprise Capability, Woodside Energy Ltd., Keith Spence, nam
About 400 vessels from six European nations catch brown shrimp in the North Sea’s Crangon fishery, off the coast of Holland. Because the rate of catches has been too high, the fishermen have been blamed for the demise of the area’s shrimp stocks by retailers.
General Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly-owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has been awarded a $460 million contract from the U.S. Navy for the construction of a tenth T-AKE dry cargo-ammunition ship, and to purchase long-lead construction materials for an eleventh ship. NASSCO is already und
A Bahrain Coastguard team battled 10-foot waves and strong winds to airlift 17 sailors in a dramatic rescue operation at high seas yesterday. The sailors had spent several hours in a raft in choppy seas before being saved by the helicopter team.
A cargo ship captain who was seriously injured in a force 10 gale off the Isles of Scilly is in hospital after being rescued by helicopter. The aircraft lifted six other people from the ship 70 miles off Land’s End. Two of them had less serious injuries.
Commenting on the discovery, Andy Inglis, chief executive of BP Exploration and Production said: ‘Portia strengthens our track record of exploration success in Block 31. It will make a material contribution to our resource base in Block 31, and will underpin the scale of our business in Angola.’
Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited (Keppel O&M) through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) and Keppel Shipyard Limited (Keppel Shipyard), has completed two offshore facilities for Maersk Contractors. The first project is a jackup drilling rig built by Keppel FELS. Of the
BP and its partner, Marathon Petroleum West of Shetlands Ltd, have made a new oil discovery in Block 204/23, following drilling on the South-West Foinaven prospect, some 190 kilometres (118 miles) west of the Shetland Islands.
Representatives from Korean shipping giant Hanjin spent five days negotiating with the Jacksonville Port Authority this week before both sides took a critical step toward a final contract to establish an estimated 170-acre container terminal here.
Plans for ship-to-ship oil transfers in the Firth of Forth have been ruled out by the area’s harbour authority. Forth Ports has announced it is not proceeding with an application which was submitted by SPT Marine Services.
The Royal Navy located the Canadian cruise vessel the MS Explorer this week in its icy resting place at the bottom of the ocean off Antarctica, where it has been for more than two months. All 154 passengers and crew were safely removed from the vessel after it struck an iceberg Nov. 23 and sank.
THE Port of Melbourne Corporation’s contract details with dredging firm Royal Boskalis Westminster have been kept secret for more than three years, despite a Victorian Government policy requiring all major contracts to be made public.
A month prior to the start of the 6th Hobie Tiger and 3rd Hobie Dragoon Worlds in 2008, the South African organisation received 74 pre-entries representing fourteen countries. Seventeen youth teams (soon 25 in total) will battle it out on the Hobie Dragoons. The rest of the fleet will line up on Hob
The crew of a trawler that was driven aground in gale force winds and high seas on the Scottish island of St Kilda have been winched to safety. The 14 had been unable to launch life rafts due to the poor conditions. All those on board were airlifted off by Stornoway Coastguard helicopter.
