A British trawler stuck in Antarctic ice for more than a week has been repaired and is set to resume fishing once its engine warms up, crew say. A US air force plane was called in to drop a piston to the Argos Georgia, with an icebreaker due to deliver extra parts shortly.
Nexus Energy Limited is pleased to advise that it has secured a tanker and early stage project finance for the Crux liquids project. Vanguard Oil and Gas International Ltd has entered into an agreement to purchase the M. V. ‘Ishwari’ crude oil tanker for deployment as a Floating Production Storage a
Austal’s 65 metre Auto Express catamaran ferry ‘Shinas’, built for the Sultanate of Oman, has achieved a record service speed of 52 knots during sea trials, making it the fastest diesel-powered vehicle-passenger ferry currently in commercial service. The vessel’s confirmed service speed of 52 knots
Mr Leif Borge, CFO, has accepted a position as CFO in Aker Kvaerner ASA and will for that reason leave Aker Yards at the end of his notice period. Recruitment of his successor has been initiated. Mr Borge has been CFO of Aker Yards since 2002.
The search for Japan’s whaling fleet in the Antarctic is escalating, with two anti-whaling groups now engaged in the hunt and the Australian Government’s ship Oceanic Viking about to head south.
The wait is over for the 25 crew members of a British fishing trawler who have been stranded in the Ross Sea off Antarctica since just before Christmas. The Argos Georgia suffered failure in its main engine on December 23 and was left adrift and surrounded by ice.
Singapore’s latest marina offering — Marina @ Keppel Bay — ‘soft launched’ in mid-December and will officially open when the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race berths there in mid-January for the Singapore stopover. The pontoon system — by Bellingham Marine — has 75 berths in the current phase, with
Limited Editions were introduced at the 2005 Monaco Yacht Show, when Amels demonstrated an architectural concept that clients may freely customise, then take delivery of an Amels-quality custom superyacht in much less time than usual.
Lürssen launched in December 2007 70 m Martha Ann, which was known under the project name Shark. She is the sister ship of Apoise (2006) and Saint Nicolas (2007) but other than her predecessors, she has a blue hull, which gives her a more elegant sleek line. Martha Ann will be delivered to her owner
Azimut Yachts, the world leader in luxury yachting, together with Philippe Blattes Yachting and Ultramarine, Azimut Yachts Dealers for France and Russia, respectively, exhibited from 23 December to 7 January a magnificent yacht, the Azimut 43S, in the arrival area of France’s acclaimed Courchevel 18
Sonay Günay is as well known in the yacht world for her friendliness just as she is for steely determination and she has just opened the 777 Yacht Crew Company in Turkey. With its planned crew training academy, it is a ground breaking yacht crew agency in Istanbul.
A fishing vessel and its crew have been rescued by a lifeboat after it got into difficulty off the Isle of Man’s southern coast. Port St Mary’s lifeboat station received a request from the Liverpool Coastguard to go to the aid of the 25ft (7.8m) long boat on Saturday morning.
As the legendary QE2 sails away on her final world cruise, one man tells of his family’s extraordinary connection with the world’s most famous passenger ship. For Sam Warwick the QE2 will always hold treasured memories.
A beautiful Swedish build wooden classic yacht has come across the Atlantic for the first time ever to participate in the St.Maarten-St.Martin Classic Yacht Regatta the third week of January.
