Chevron Corporation today announced that its subsidiary Chevron Thailand Exploration and Production, Ltd, its co-concessionaires and the Thai Ministry of Energy have signed an agreement to extend the production period of four offshore blocks in the Gulf of Thailand for an additional 10 years, from 2
The Hawaii Senate on Monday approved a measure allowing Hawaii Superferry to return to interisland service while an environmental study on the ferry operation is conducted. The compromise measure sets conditions on the Superferry to address environmental concerns, and creates an oversight task force
More than 25 firefighters have tackled a blaze that broke out in a ship being repaired at a yard in Wirral. Crews were called to the dry dock in Cammell Laird shipyard in Birkenhead
A fishing boat which featured in the BBC series Trawlermen has become the first to successfully take part in a pilot scheme to protect cod stocks. The prawn boat Fruitful Bough was independently observed while it avoided catching cod.
One man who is looking on with envy and interest at the Russian campaign for the 2008-09 race is four-time Whitbread veteran Skip Novak. After American Novak made his debut in the 1977-78 Whitbread (King’s Legend), then sailed in subsequent races in 1981-82 (Alaska Eagle) and 1985-86 (Drum), he beca
As seen at the Monaco Yacht Show, OCEAN Independence has added ‘MY Sarafsa’, ‘MV Alta’ and ‘MY Marco Polo’ to the OCI CA sales stable. The appearance of 55m Amels ‘MY Sarafsa’ on the market is causing quite a stir, featuring accommodation for 12 guests in 6 cabins and having been meticulously mainta
India’s biggest private sector shipbuilder ABG Shipyard Ltd will invest about $100 million (Rs394 crore) to set up a factory at Dahej in Gujarat that will make diesel engines for ships through a technical collaboration with Germany’s MAN Diesel. “We are finalizing the details of the proposed tie-up
Peters & May is delighted to announce that it has joined up as a sponsor for the forthcoming Superyacht Cup in Antigua in December. This follows its involvement with the very successful Superyacht Cup in Palma, June 2007.
Keppel Singmarine Pte Ltd (Keppel Singmarine), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited (Keppel O&M), has delivered an Anchor Handling Tug/Supply (AHTS) vessel to Gulfmark Offshore Inc (Gulfmark) on schedule. The 140-tonne bollard pull vessel was christened Sea Cheyenne by Mrs R
Golden Ocean Group Limited is pleased to advise that the Company has acquired eight newbuilding contracts at Zhoushan Jinhaiwan Shipyard (Jinhaiwan) in China. The vessels of 80.000 dwt will be delivered quarterly from September 2009.
Emergency services have called off a search after an abandoned French yacht was found off the coast of Jersey. The St Helier Lifeboat was called out to deal with the trimaran which was drifting near Corbiere on Sunday.
Oceanteam Power & Umbilical ASA announced today that the company has secured twoadditional options with MetalShips & Docks, SUA to build construction support vesselswith delivery third quarter 2011 and third quarter 2012.
More than 2,000 Chinese rescuers had saved 21 people by 8:30am today after a North Korean cargo ship capsized in the sea near east China’s Shandong Province yesterday afternoon.
Gunmen have hijacked a Japanese vessel off the coast of war-torn Somalia – the latest in a series of pirate attacks in the same region this year, a maritime official said on Monday. The Panama-flagged Golden Mori was seized on Sunday about eight nautical miles off Socotra archipelago
