Pristine conditions in Lugano provided the perfect setting for Team Omega to win the first RC44 event in Switzerland. Team Omega’s helmsman, Roland Pieper, Vice President of the Swiss Sailing Federation, was delighted with the win.
BP and TNK-BP today announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding to create a strategic alliance with the Russian gas giant, Gazprom, to invest jointly in major long-term energy projects or swap assets around the world. In a move designed to extend Gazprom’s access to international m
HOUSTON, TX BP Exploration & Production Inc. (NYSE: BP) announced today a hydrocarbon discovery in an exploration well that tested its Isabela prospect in the Gulf of Mexico. The well is located on Mississippi Canyon Block 562 in approximately 6,500 feet of water, about 150 miles southeast of New Or
Switzerland’s Alinghi team, the Defender of the America’s Cup, won the first race of the 32nd America’s Cup Match on Saturday afternoon in front of an enormous spectator fleet on the waters off Valencia. Conditions were perfect for racing, with a stable 12 knot sea breeze on the race course.
Switzerland’s Alinghi team, the Defender of the America’s Cup, won the first race of the 32nd America’s Cup Match on Saturday afternoon in front of an enormous spectator fleet of nearly 800 boats on the waters off Valencia.
Azimut Yachts took part to the 4th edition of Deluxe, the luxury fair that was held this year, Saturday 23 June and Sunday 24 June, in the unique venue of Marina di Porto Cervo.
Alinghi, the Swiss team built by Ernesto Bertarelli, will start its defence of the America’s Cup on Saturday afternoon. Alinghi faces the Challenger, Emirates Team New Zealand, in the America’s Cup Match on the waters off Valencia, Spain. Racing is scheduled to start with a warning signal at 14:50 l
A cargo ship ran aground in Wester Ross because it was not anchored properly, according to a Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) report. The Harvest Caroline had to be towed from rocks after foundering off Tanera Mor in the Summer Isles last October.
A ship that starting listing after heavy seas caused its load to shift has safely anchored near Nelson.
Thirty-eight people died when the side-wheel steamship Gen. Anthony Wayne went down April 27, 1850, north of Vermilion, Ohio. The ship, which according to legend was also carrying millions of dollars in gold coins, was discovered last September, but the find was announced this week by amateur shipwr
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co, the world’s third-largest shipbuilder by sales, said it has obtained a 393.1 bln won order from an unidentified ship owner in Europe to build three very large crude-oil carriers.
The bulk carrier vessel Taharoa Express is battling strong winds and heavy swells as it makes its way to southern Tasman Bay after coming into trouble early this morning.
SALVAGE experts are about to begin the first phase of an operation to refloat the bulk carrier Pasha Bulker stuck fast off a beach at Newcastle on the NSW coast. The 40,000 tonne vessel ran aground on a sandbar off Nobbys Beach during a severe storm on June 8. All going well, she could be […]
Manila – Global port operator International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) has taken over operations at the Syrian port of Tartous (right), after winning the concession in a competitive bidding process.
