Redeveloping Sydney Harbour could create at least 3,000 new jobs and funnel millions of dollars in tax revenue into the local economy, according to a plan unveiled Monday. The $380,000 blueprint outlining the harbour’s future stressed the importance of capitalizing on trade coming from Asia through
There will be a great chance to see some of the world’s finest classic superyachts in action this summer during the inaugural Pendennis Cup which will be held during the Henri Lloyd Falmouth week from 11 to 15 August. Details of the event will be officially announced at the Collins Stewart London Bo
Noble Energy, Inc. today announced a successful test in Block ‘I’ offshore Equatorial Guinea. The ‘I-4’ well, which is on trend with the Belinda discovery on Block ‘O’ offshore Equatorial Guinea, encountered a high quality Miocene reservoir that, when tested, yielded flow rates of 1,634 barrels per
Technip has been selected by Neste Oil Corporation as contractor for the engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) of its new generation NExBTL renewable diesel plant to be built in Singapore. The companies intend to continue their partnership for other future NExBTL plants.
The Board of Directors of PPA SA in its meeting of 11/1/2008 approved the International Public Tender for the highest bid for the concession of Piers II & III of the Container Terminal at Ikonion
Peter Wykeham-Martin and John Grandy of GWM Racing Limited have been appointed to run the on-water aspects of The Superyacht Cup events planned for 2008. The calendar includes The Superyacht Cup Transatlantic Challenge starting in Antigua in April, The Superyacht Cup Palma in June and The Superyacht
BHP Billiton today announced that its operated Stybarrow project offshore northwest has achieved sustained production levels at planned capacity. It was brought on stream in November approximately two months ahead of schedule. Stybarrow has been producing consistently at design capacity of 80,000 ba
In December 2007 Radio Holland installed and commissioned the first Fleet Broadband terminal on MOV Van Kinsbergen. Radio Holland Netherlands was contacted by Stratos to arrange the installation of a Thrane & Thrane SAILOR-500 Fleet Broadband terminal on board this vessel of the Royal Netherlands Na
Maersk Detroit vessel has berthed at Aqaba Container Terminal (ACT), the Kingdom’s sole container terminal, registering the highest record for container handling with a total amount of 3360 TEU in discharged and loaded cargo during 30 working hours.
Mr Torbjørn Andersen has been employed as head of Corporate Communications and Investor Relations in Aker Yards. Andersen comes from a position as head of Corporate Communications in Aker Kværner.
Production was suspended following a fire in one of the Thistle Alpha installation’s three power generation turbine enclosures on the 25th November 2007. Lundin Britain Limited (Lundin), a wholly owned subsidiary of Lundin Petroleum, holds a 99 percent interest in the Thistle field. Petrofac Facilit
A stricken cargo ship has sunk in rough weather off Devon, a day after its crew were rescued during an earlier storm. The Greek-registered Ice Prince went down about 26 miles (42km) off Portland Bill after shedding much of its load of nearly 5,260 tonnes of sawn timber.
An Australian court has ruled that the activities of the Japanese whaling fleet are illegal and ordered it to halt its operations. The Federal Court said Japan had broken domestic law by killing whales in Australian waters off Antarctica.
A cargo vessel carrying 643 cars has been refloated after running aground eight miles off the Norfolk coast, the Coastguard has said. The City of Sunderland was pulled free of the sandbank at Haisborough Sands, near Cromer, at about 2040 GMT.
