A boat that was deliberately trapped in the Arctic ice in an effort to monitor the region’s changing climate has broken free after more than 500 days. Tara sailed into the pack-ice in September 2006 and has been allowed to drift with the ocean currents and wind.
Royal Boskalis Westminster nv has acquired a large dredging contract for the expansion of the coal export harbor of Newcastle in Australia. The client is Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group, a consortium of coal producers BHP Billiton, Centennial Coal, Donaldson Coal, Peabody Energy, Felix Resources
The newly-established Scottish Fisheries Council has met for the first time in Edinburgh. The council brings together representatives of the fishing industry, conservation groups and the scientific community.
Star Bulk Carriers Corp. announced today that it has taken delivery of the ‘Star Alpha’ (ex A Duckling), a Capesize vessel of 175,075 dwt built in 1992. Star Alpha is currently under a pre-existing time charter employment contract at a gross daily rate of USD 47,500 which continues until October 200
Condor Ferries is bringing in a freight ship to replace a vessel damaged in severe weather in Jersey. Commodore Goodwill sustained damage to its hull during high winds on 10 December 2007 and it is not known when it will be back in service.
WORK has finished on the first phase of operations to remove the stern section of the stricken container ship Napoli. All the accommodation block has been cut away and the scrap has been removed for disposal. The bow section was towed to a yard in Northern Ireland last year.
The 95-metre superyacht Indian Empress has completed a general refit by the Melita Marine Group in Malta. During its two-month stay, the yacht had two of her three main engines and four generators overhauled and crew cabins and other areas refitted.
Two men from Liverpool have helped set a new record for rowing across the Atlantic ocean. Film-maker Stuart Kershaw and property developer Oliver Dudley landed in Barbados last night.
Kochi is all set to become one among select port cities of the world to be a stopover for the prestigious Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09. The Kochi stopover port agreement was signed on Friday by Volvo Ocean Race Director Andy Hindley and Cochin Port Trust Chairman N Ramachandran in the presence of Kerala
The Port of Prince Rupert continued its annual growth in shipment volumes, surpassing 10 million tonnes in 2007 for the first time in a decade. The 2007 total volume cargo of 10.6 million tonnes is a 36.8 percent increase over 2006 and a 237 percent jump over 2005.
GFI Oil & Gas Corp. will move on to drill six development wells using ENSCO International jackup ENSCO 51 in the Bualuang field located off Thailand from early February.
Workers at Northrop Grumman’s Newport News shipyard will help build a new class of Navy ship beginning this year, following an endorsement by the Navy of a work-sharing agreement between Newport News and the company’s Pascagoula, Miss.-based Ship Systems.
Marina Preko is situated on the beautiful Dalmatian island of Ugljanu – the new marina destination in Croatia’s best sailing area. Right in the middle of the stunningly beautiful Dalmatian Coast, Marina Preko provides the delights of an island, yet has easy access to other anchorages in waters shelt
Jura Energy Corporation is pleased to announce the successful drilling of the Khanpur 2 well in the Block 22 Gas Field which is located in the Central Gas Basin, Pakistan. The well was drilled to a total depth of 1,159 meters to the Sui Main Limestone reservoir on time and within budget. The well wa
