Havila Shipping ASA and Phoenix International, Inc. today signed a 10-year contract, with additional option years, for the newly built SubSea Construction Vessel, Havyard 858. The vessel is scheduled for delivery from Havyard Leirvik during the summer of 2008, and will support oil and gas industry i
The Karachi Port Trust (KPT) has temporarily suspended the decision to divert geared vessels to private terminals, The News learnt on Tuesday. Now these ships-with-cranes will not be obliged to anchor at the Karachi International Container Terminal (KICT) and the Pakistan International Container Ter
Statoil has discovered gas in the Midnattsol prospect in the Norwegian Sea. The find was made in exploration well 6405/10-1 in production licence 281 where the company is operator. ‘It’s positive that a new gas find has been made in a deepwater area of the Norwegian Sea,’ says Frode Fasteland, actin
International Superyacht Society (ISS) president, Lance Cushion, released a statement regarding the organization’s annual design awards finalists. 23-32m Finalists Change Moon Goddess is no longer a finalist in the 23-32m category as unfortunately the vessel’s size was incorrectly entered onto the I
As the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda (YCCS) prepares to round out a year of festivities marking its 40th Anniversary, this year’s Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, now in its 18th edition, promises to be an extra special celebration of the finest in sailing prowess and technology. The event, hosted by YCCS and orga
Nigel Burgess, one of the world’s most trusted names in the superyacht business, is launching a new look and logo in September. The new corporate style will be introduced over the coming weeks, and will be highly visible at the 2007 Monaco Yacht Show. The new single word logo and contemporary colour
Capt. Richard Johnson knew something was wrong. A couple of weeks before Global Ship Systems in Savannah closed in late June, Johnson had heard grumblings of unmet payroll and he could feel the tension. So he went to the key people who had been overseeing his refit for the past two years and told th
Bob Salmon moved to Houston two years ago to become general manager of shipping for Shell Trading U.S., which provides various hydrocarbon products and services, including shipping. A native of Wales, he joined the Shell organization in 1971 as a deck cadet on the vessel Hindsia in the Far East.
All waterfront buildings and shacks in Nigeria’s oil capital, Port Harcourt are to be demolished, officials say. Rivers State government says the shacks have become hideouts for the armed militants who are behind the violence in the oil-rich Niger Delta.
The Mauritanian navy has for the first time seized a boatload of Africans trying to reach a new life in Europe. Officials say the ship was carrying 88 people, and the interception operation was carried out with Spanish help.
City officials told port managers Monday to strike or alter language in an agreement with the port of Houston that calls for moving Seawolf Park should development of a Pelican Island container terminal warrant it. Port leaders agreed to retool the language, but noted also that the city alone had th
The second container terminal at the Mundra Port received its first container vessel last week. The Container Terminal II, latest addition for Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone Limited (“MPSEZ”),is capable of handling about one and a quarter million twenty feet container per annum and it will be
Growth in cargo handling and bunkering operations have helped boost growth for Malaysia’s Sabah Ports Sdn Bhd and its parent company Suria Capital Holdings Bhd. As well as port operations and bunkering, Suria’s activities include investment holdings and property development.
Six years ago this week a Norwegian cargo ship named the Tampa sparked a diplomatic dispute between Australia, Norway and Indonesia as well as worldwide controversy when it came to the aid of 438 asylum seekers whose dilapidated fishing boat started to sink 85 nautical miles off the Australian terri
