Hydro and telephone workers join residents and curious onlookers yesterday as the Aurora, a $3-million yacht destined for Barbados, is transported from Kanter Yachts in St. Thomas along Sunset Drive (Highway 4) through the village of Union to Port Stanley, where it will be launched. Crews were kept
Fraser Yachts is very pleased to announce that Geanelle, the 145’ Benetti Vision, has been launched. The owner will take delivery around the Monaco Yacht Show, where she will debut as the latest and greatest launch from the Benetti yard at the Fraser booth.
Divers probing a mysterious shipwreck off the north coast of Wales have traced the origins of a bell from the sunken vessel and discovered a long-lost treasure of Canada’s naval history: a 90-year-old minesweeper built by the fledgling Royal Canadian Navy during the First World War.
The winner of the Fastnet yacht race has crossed the finish line at the Devon port where many of the other boats were forced to retire. Chieftain is an Irish boat, owned and skippered by Ger O’Rourke.
China National Offshore Oil Company Limited (CNOOC Ltd) announced Wednesday that its parent China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has signed two production sharing contracts (PSC) with US-based Newfield Exploration Company. The two contracts are for blocks numbered 22/15 and 16/05, both in
The German Multibrid Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH has awarded Aker Kvaerner a contract for the procurement and construction of thirteen steel-tripod substructures and piles for Multibrids M5000 offshore windmills. Six of these shall be installed 45 km off the coast of Germany at the German Offshore
The Company has signed a 12 month contract with a US-based Contractor to provide Hallin’s state of the art Saturation Diving System SAT-05 for operations in the Gulf of Mexico. Hallin will also provide personnel and operate the system as the client requires.
The Port of Houston Authority has cut its proposed bond issue to $250 million — less than half of what it originally requested, said Jim Edmonds, chairman of the port commission. This request , which is expected to be approved by the port commission Thursday, is down from the $550 million the Port w
The Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) is planning to diversify into shipbuilding in collaboration with existing players — both domestic and international. The Rs 4,210-crore public sector shipping major plans to either tie up with an international firm or pick up stake in one of the consortia that
South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (KSE:042660), the world’s third-largest shipbuilder, said it has won orders valued at US$2.1 billion to build 10 vessels.
A Spanish ship has been detained in Ullapool Harbour after seven crew members called in the police and union officials over a pay dispute. The maritime union, ITF, is also investigating complaints, including the possibility of the vessel abandoning the unpaid men at the Highland port.
CEO Ben Vree comments: ‘The exceptionally high results in the second half of 2006 were continued in the first half of 2007, with our net profit rising 60% relative to the first half of 2006. So SMIT still has the wind in its sails.’
A container port, which was closed during the night because of high winds, is still experiencing “intermittent” breaks in operations. Quayside loading and unloading cranes at the Port of Felixstowe in Suffolk are unable to work in strong winds.
15 August 2007 Vyborg Shipyard won the tender on the construction of drilling rigs for Gazprom.
