Salmon have been introduced to the River Thames after experts declared the water clean enough for the fish to breed – after almost 200 years. The young salmon, were released into the Thames tributary, Lambourne river, at Welford, near Newbury, Berks.
Operator Statoil in partnership with Sonatrach have completed and tested its first onshore exploration and appraisal well in the Hassi Mouina licence in the Sahara Desert, Algeria. The companies are now underway with the drilling of licence well number two.
A campaign to save a Falklands warship from the scrapyard and bring it to Plymouth has attracted more than 1,500 signatures on a government website. Campaigners want to bring HMS Plymouth back to her namesake city for use as a visitor attraction.
Rotterdam, the Netherlands – The Supervisory Board of Van Oord nv announces that at the General Shareholders Meeting on 10 May 2007 it will propose to appoint drs. P. van Oord Statutory Director with effect from 1 September 2007.
With just one week to go – racing begins in Valencia Louis Vuitton Act 13 on Tuesday next week – life is continually getting busier at Port America’s Cup. Some teams took the opportunity to enjoy a few days off last week (maybe the last they’ll have for months), but now, everyone is back to [&hellip
Transocean Inc. (NYSE:RIG) today announced that Robert L. Long, Chief Executive Officer of the company, will address attendees at the Howard Weil Energy Conference in New Orleans, LA. Mr. Long is scheduled to present on Monday, April 2, 2007, at 9:30 a.m., CT.
South Korea’s Hanjin Heavy Industries Co. has won its first orders to build oil tankers at its new shipyard in the Philippines, company sources said today, a deal worth an estimated US0 million.
Iran has said its considering charging the 15 British sailors with illegally entering its waters. Prime Minister Tony Blair denied the navy personnel had been in Iranian waters and implied that Tehran should know that Britain has taken the detention seriously.
A couple who plummeted into the Gulf of Mexico from a balcony of their cruise ship early Sunday will be aboard today when the vessel arrives at its first port of call.
UK defence firms BAE Systems and and VT Group are to create the UK’s biggest shipbuilder through a joint venture which is likely to carry out the bulk of a 3.8 bln stg government contract to build two aircraft carriers, the Sunday Times reported without citing sources.
NYK has reached an agreement with Namura Shipbuilding Co. to order two 250,000-ton ore carriers, referred to as WOZMAX ore carriers.
Twenty boats have now finished the Audi Sydney Southport Yacht Race with all but one of the remaining 14 at sea due to cross in quick succession before 7.30pm tonight thanks to the cool and gusty 30-35 knot sou’easter which is currently blasting onto the south east Queensland coastline.
Transas equipped seven United Arab Emirates coastline outposts with Navi-Monitor Coastal Surveillance Systems which is intended to provide higher waterside security. Transas in partnership with Elcome International LLC received the order to supply a radar based Navi-Monitor Coastal Surveillance Syst
TOKYO – Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL, President: Akimitsu Ashida) today announced that the solar power generation system at Ohi Container Terminal Berth No.4 started operation in March. The system is called the Tokyo International Container Terminal Solar Power Station.
