A passenger ferry has sunk in central Philippines, leaving at least eight people dead and an unknown number missing, officials say. The MV Blue Water Princess sank off the town of San Francisco, about 220km (140 miles) south-east of Manila.
The BRIT AIR Imoca 60-footer monohull will be out of the shed and launched Wednesday July 18, 2007 at 9h00 AM in Vannes (France). Marc Lamidey, CEO of BRIT AIR and Gilles Ollier, CEO of Multiplast, will be present.
Odense Steel Shipyard Ltd. (Odense Staalskibsværft A/S) is pleased to announce, that the shipyard has entered a final contract with EPIC Shipping Group, UK for building and delivery of six Ro-Ro vessels.
Hercules Offshore, Inc. (‘Hercules Offshore’, ‘the Company’ Nasdaq: HERO) today announced the completion of its acquisition of TODCO as the transaction was finalized today following approvals by the stockholders of both companies.
Scotland needs a ‘new relationship’ with Europe to lead the way in fishery negotiations, according to First Minister Alex Salmond. Mr Salmond is taking part in talks on trade and fishery policy in Brussels on his first official trip abroad.
Patrick Knowles Designs (PKD) is designing the interiors for the 164-foot motoryacht Mine Games. ‘Mine Games will debut with a highly finished custom traditional interior, featuring raised paneling in American Cherry, Maple Burl and Figured Bubinga with a classic and understated hand polished finish
Atlas Copco has acquired the remaining 40% of shares in Wuxi-Hobic Diamond Bit Co Ltd, China, from its current joint venture-partner, after receiving approval from the Chinese authorities.
Seoul (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) – STX Shipbuilding Co. (KSE:067250), the world’s seventh-largest shipbuilder, said Wednesday it has raised its sales target for the year to US$10 billion from the previous $5.5 billion on increased orders for high-priced ships.
COSCO Corp (Singapore) Ltd said Wednesday it has secured more than half a billion US dollars worth of ship conversion and shipbuilding contracts from international customers. The Singapore-listed firm said its 51-percent owned COSCO Shipyard Group won the contracts totalling US$563 million, but did
On 10th July Statoil signed an agreement giving the company considerable interests in technology company Sway, that has developed promising solutions for floating wind turbines in deep water.
Ship Finance International Limited (NYSE:SFL) (‘Ship Finance’ or the ‘Company’), today announced the agreement to acquire the 2003 built vessel Montemar Europa. This acquisition includes an existing time-charter to a subsidiary of Compania Sud Americana de Vapores (‘CSAV’) of Chile, the largest line
Maersk Line’s brand new 4,000 TEU capacity container vessel Maersk Brooklyn this week became the largest vessel to call at the Baltic Container Terminal (BCT).
Keppel Shipyard Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited (Keppel O&M), secured a S$150 million contract to install equipment packages on a new drillship. The new hull is currently being built in China and is due to arrive at Keppel Shipyard in the third quarter of 2008.
Total announces that the Dolphin Gas Project is now producing natural gas from Qatar and is exporting it to the United Arab Emirates. The partners in the Project, Total, 24.5%, Mubadala Development Company, on behalf of the Government of Abu Dhabi, 51%, and Occidental Petroleum, 24.5%, are grouped t
