THE MIDDLE SEA RACE 1968. Jimmy White and I met in late ’67 in the Landfall Club – a small bar frequented by sailing people opposite the Sliema yacht marina. We both wore a RORC tie. It was the beginning of a wonderful friendship as Jimmy was early retired to Malta with his beautiful Frans […
Cargotec’s MacGREGOR business area providing marine cargo handling and offshore solutions, has during August and September received offshore equipment orders worth approximately EUR 60 million. The orders include among others six cranes to be delivered for offshore vessels which will be built at Dav
A fishing boat has sunk two miles off the Cornwall coast, after colliding with what coastguards believe was a large floating tree trunk. Three crew members of The Lady Hamilton, from the Helford area, were brought ashore safely.
Sociedade Nacional de Combustíveis de Angola (Sonangol E.P.), BP Angola (Block 18) BV, as the Operator, and Sonangol Sinopec International Limited (SSI) announce that production from the Greater Plutonio development area in Block 18, offshore Angola, started on 01 October 2007. It consists of five d
Saipem UK has been awarded a contract for the installation of oil and gas export pipelines from the Gjøa field in the North Sea. StatoilHydro is development operator for the field. Saipem will lay a total of 185 kilometres of pipeline for the transport of oil and gas from the Gjøa and Vega fields.
A former Royal Navy ship is destined for a scrapyard in Belgium where some of it may be recycled. The 44-year-old HMS Fearless is to be scrapped five years after it was officially mothballed in Portsmouth, the Ministry of Defence has announced.
A search has resumed for a fisherman whose boat was found broken up on rocks on the Aberdeenshire coast. The overturned wreckage of the Nadine II was spotted at Craigmaroinn in Portlethen Bay on Wednesday evening.
Two anglers have died after their boat capsized in the sea near Burry Port off the Carmarthenshire coast. David Gwyn Richards, 60, and Paul Meredith, 36, were both from Swansea. A third man has been released from hospital after he was pulled to safety.
Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited announced today the creation of the internal Marine Environmental Committee (‘MEC’) of TEN’s Board of Directors during its recent meeting on September 24, 2007. The MEC will be in charge of reviewing operational and environmental issues that are important to shipping
Euroseas Ltd. (NASDAQ: ESEA), an owner and operator of drybulk carriers, container ship and multipurpose vessels and provider of seaborne transportation for dry bulk and containerized cargoes, announced today that it has extended the time charter agreement of M/V Kuo Hsiung for a further 14 months a
Genco Shipping & Trading Limited (NYSE: GNK) today announced that the underwriters of the recently announced primary and secondary offering of shares of its common stock have partially exercised their option to purchase additional shares of the Company’s common stock to cover over-allotments, electi
Two foreign shipping lines, Zim of Israel and Geneva-based Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), the world’s second-largest container line, are believed to have approached ABG Heavy Industries (ABGHIL) to pick up an equity stake. The Mumbai-based port service provider, which recently offloaded 12% t
Two 20-year-old Sterling megayachts were being refit in South Florida in September. But the similarities end there. On Feb. 1, the 138-foot M/Y Maverick II, the former M/Y Ice Bear, tucked into Derecktor’s in Dania Beach for a quick eight-week safety upgrade. Six months later, she was finishing an A
Subsea 7 Inc (OSE Symbol: SUB), one of the world’s leading subsea engineering and construction companies, announced today that it has been awarded a contract by BP Norge AS for installation works in the Skarv & Idun fields in the Northern North Sea. The contract is valued in excess of US $125 millio
