A stricken cargo ship off the Devon coast is at risk of sinking if weather deteriorates over the next few days. The Greek-registered Ice Prince is about 35 miles off the Start Point, and has shed most of its load of 5,260 tonnes of timber.
Greenpeace conservation activists say they have disrupted the Japanese whale hunt near Antarctica’s coast by chasing a factory ship out of the whaling zone. Crew from protest ship Esperanza said they were maintaining the chase as the whalers cannot hunt at the same time.
Remember Victor Kiam? The American entrepreneur of the 70s liked Remington shavers so much he bought the company. He then went on to make a career as a talking head in Remington TV commercials extolling the virtues of his acquisition. For Victor Kiam read Oleg Zherebtsov. The St Petersburg businessm
The consortium formed by Petrobras (35.15%), Repsol (41% – Operator) and Burlington Resources (23.85%) has discovered gas in Peru, in exploratory well Kinteroni X1, in Block 57, in the Cuzco province. The first production tests, which are still in progress, registered a flow of 1,000,000 cubic meter
This is the brand new J Class yacht Lionheart after successfully being turned over at Freddie Bloemsma’s yard in Holland. The aluminium hulled J has been developed by designer Andre Hoek who has undertaken extensive research into the performance of 20 J Class designs some of which have been built an
Construction of two new vessels created by CRN was begun in recent days. The first blocks of the two new steel hulls have been assembled in the shipyard, which handles all the various phases of the construction process. The first block of the 58-metre mega-yacht, project number 125 of the shipbuildi
South African ships are taking drastic steps to protect crews from pirates following an increase in attacks along the African coast. The country has also been encouraged to raise the issue of piracy in bilateral relations with Nigeria and Somalia, the two African nations most plagued by boatloads of
The wreck of the French fishing boat which sank off the Cornish coast earlier this week has been located by a French warship. La P’tite Julie sank with the loss of six crew 50 miles (80km) off the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall on 7 January.
Vopak has sold its disposal business located in South Carolina and its railcar cleaning facilities in Texas and Georgia on December 31, 2007. With this sale the strategic initiative to focus on tank storage activities in the USA has been concluded.
Iranian speedboats interfered in the passage of US warships in the Gulf’s Strait of Hormuz on two previously undisclosed occasions, the US has said. The USS Whidbey Island and USS Carr had to issue warnings to Iranian vessels in December, said a Pentagon official, who spoke on condition of anonymity
Radio Holland, a globally renowned maritime electronics solutions provider, has been awarded a significant, multi-year contract to supply communication network services to a consortium of maritime shipping companies who are members of the Canadian Ship-owners Association (CSA) and the Lake Carriers’
When the aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth slips down the dock at Babcock Marine’s yard in Rosyth some time in 2014, it will mark the biggest moment for Scotland’s beleaguered shipbuilding industry, concentrated on the Forth and the Clyde, in half a century.
Plans to dredge the entrance to Scalloway harbour have been put on hold after the proposed cost of the job rose to more than £4 million. Shetland Islands Council’s harbour board had wanted to deepen the entrance to 9.5 metres to attract oil vessels into the port and priced the job at £2.2 million.
South Korea’s Hanjin Heavy Industries has entered into an agreement to build a $2 billion shipyard in the southern Philippines, its second yard in the country, a state agency said on Friday.
