Aker Kvaerner has been awarded contracts from Russian Admirality Shipyards to supply equipment for two shuttle tankers destined to operte in Arctic waters. The contracts include bow loading systems and complete mooring and emergency towing systems. The total contract value for Aker Kvaerner is appro
AN INVESTIGATION is underway after a cargo ship collided with a gas platform in the North Sea and then sank. The vessel, the Jork, struck the unmanned Viking Echo platform 40 miles north-east of Cromer, Norfolk just before 6pm on Saturday.
Three Iraqis who tried to enter the country by hiding inside a container were caught by crew members of a ship as soon as it entered Malaysian waters. The stowaways, in their 30s, had stolen on board the ship from Egypt and hoped to stay hidden in the container for several weeks while it made [&hell
Kalmar, the business area providing container handling solutions within Cargotec, has received an order for 30 straddle carriers from Italian Medcenter Container Terminal SpA (MCT). The straddle carriers will be delivered at the end of year 2007 and in the beginning of 2008 to MCT’s terminal in Gioi
On Saturday, Russian firefighters have contained a blaze aboard a Turkish cargo ship just outside the Black Sea port of Sochi. Officials are determining what to do with the badly listing ship, identified as the ‘Boztepe’, which was en route from the Turkish port of Trabon carrying automobiles and fr
The Naming Ceremony for the thirteenth Armidale Class Patrol Boat was held on Saturday, 04 August at the Austal shipyard in Henderson, Western Australia. Fourteen patrol boats in total are to be delivered to the Royal Australian Navy.
Containers bound for Kenya and Uganda take the longest period at the Mombasa port container terminal, contributing heavily to congestion, a recent study carried out the by the Kenya Ports Authority shows. In the sample, Kenya had 3,620 containers that accounted for 60.5 per cent of the sample, and y
A historic tall ship has gone on sale with a price tag of £3.5m because its Devon owner cannot afford to keep it. The Kathleen & May is believed to be Britain’s last remaining wooden triple-mast trading schooner and recently underwent a £2m rebuild.
On home waters in Cowes, Isle of Wight, the Greenhalgh brothers, Rob and Peter, joined by Justin Slattery and James Grant, pulled off another victory with some spectacular sailing to strengthen their domination of the iShares Cup in the Extreme 40s (3-5 August).
On Monday the 16th of July Half Tide Marine Pty Ltd, Hay Point, QLD Australia took delivery of the Damen ASD Tug 3111, named Kolijo. The new tug will operate at the Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal (DBCT) in Hay Point.
A captain has been charged with being drunk in charge of a cargo vessel which crashed into a North Sea gas platform. Zbigniew Karkowski, 56, was arrested after the Jork hit the unmanned Echo platform 40 miles (64km) off the Norfolk coast on Saturday.
The secrets of the bluefin tuna’s migration have been unlocked by one of the most comprehensive studies of the giant fish, say scientists. Researchers believe two separate populations of the fish share feeding sites in the Atlantic before heading to opposite sides of the ocean to breed.
Crayfish, eels and roach have all been targeted in four incidents of illegal fishing in Kent in the past fortnight. The Environment Agency said alert members of the public had twice notified its officers of the unlicensed activity.
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