Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger reopened fishing for crab and other marine life Thursday in most of the San Francisco Bay after state tests determined such seafood is safe for consumption after a massive Nov. 7 oil spill.
Rolls-Royce has signed its largest contract with Chinese shipbuilder Sinopacific, to provide steering gear and deck machinery worth $42 million. Bjorn Johnsen, Rolls-Royce Vice President Sales and Marketing (Greater China) – Marine said: ‘This order takes us to a record in China this year, with cont
ONGC’s wholly-owned subsidiary ONGC Videsh Ltd. (OVL) has bagged two blocks in Brazil, viz. deepwater Block 470 in the highly prospective Espirito Santo basin and shallow water Block 1413 in another highly prospective Santos basin, amid stiff competition from International companies.
Three men have been rescued from their fishing boat after it began sinking off the isle of Skye. The Spesnova went down six miles north east of Portree on Friday evening, near the island of Holm.
Timoneer the 44.7m Dubois designed ketch sailed in to Falmouth Harbour in Antigua yesterday completing their transatlantic delivery in a leisurely manner and with time to spare to prepare for the Superyacht Cup Antigua which starts on December 12th.
The 40-year-old classic wooden megayacht Dorothea was consumed by fire in late October about 220 miles off Costa Rica and sank. All of her five crew members were rescued and were unharmed.
Paragon Shipping Inc. announced today that it took delivery of its tenth drybulk carrier, the Coral Seas, on November 21, 2007. This 74,477 dwt 2006-built Panamax vessel has been chartered to Bunge S.A. pursuant to a time charter with a remaining period of approximately 23 to 25 months at a rate of
Apache Corporation said today that it has been awarded rights to explore the Lenga and Rusfin blocks on the island of Tierra del Fuego in the Chilean government’s Magallanes Basin bid round. Located along Chile’s border with Argentina, the two blocks add 1 million acres adjacent to Apache’s 714,000
China Shipping Container Line (CSCL), a unit of state-owned China Shipping (Group) Co., has shifted its Asia-Middle East-America service to DP World UAE region’s new container terminal at the Jebel Ali port.
The Superyacht Show in Hall 7 and 7a will feature 110 leadingrepresentatives of this exclusive business — shipyards, engineers, designersand industry-specific equipment suppliers. Among them will be country groupexhibits from Germany, France and the Middle East. The Dutch superyachtbuilders will set
Sunseeker International announces the official launch of the new 86 Yacht at the Collins Stewart London Boat Show at ExCeL. The introduction of the new 86 Yacht alongside Sunseeker’s new 34 Metre Yacht highlights the company’s impressive product development programme which has produced 6 new models
Wärtsilä has achieved Tier 2 marine certification under the emissions control legislation of the US EPA (United States Environmental Protection Agency) for the Wärtsilä 26, in-line marine diesel engine type. This is the latest step in Wärtsilä’s continuing, proactive development of its engines for l
A company associated with some of Australia’s most controversial construction works has been awarded the $1 billion contract to expand Sydney’s Port Botany. Baulderstone Hornibrook, which had charge of projects including the Sydney Cross City Tunnel, Sydney’s M5 East Motorway and the Sydney Airport
Van der Velden Marine Systems has announced the appointment of a new agent for the company’s Yachting division in Italy. Navaltecnica managing director Sergio de Iudicibus signed the contract at METS 2007. Based in Rome, Navaltecnica will serve and support customers buying Van der Velden manoeuvring
