The beaching of a ship near a World Heritage Site was carried out to stop a wider environmental catastrophe, the House of Commons has heard. Transport Minister Stephen Ladyman told MPs that oil would have washed up on beaches for many years if the MSC Napoli had sunk in the English Channel.
An anti-whaling group searching Antarctic waters for a Japanese whaling fleet with the aim of disrupting its operations said both its vessels will soon be “pirate ships” following a decision by Britain to deregister one its vessels.
SHE’S the Gold Coast’s own multimillion-dollar baby — and now she’s stealing hearts overseas. The $13 million Cambria II, designed and built at the Gold Coast Marine Precinct, has been shortlisted as a finalist in the prestigious World Superyacht Awards — the Oscars of boating — with the winner anno
Autoship Systems Corporation (ASC) is pleased to announce another Autoload® installation on the new semi-submersible platform, Independence Hub. Jim Rohr & Associates (JRA) of Houston, Texas and a Dealer with ASC, was selected by Anadarko Petroleum Corporation to provide Autoload-Offshore for the ne
DML, the through-life defence support specialist, has successfully secured the widely competed contract, awarded by the Submarine Support IPT (SubIPT), to manage and operate the communications shore development facility (CSDF) to support Vanguard class submarines. The move further reinforces DML’s i
As divers searched for bodies and answers in the capsizing of the New Bedford-based fishing boat Lady of Grace, investigators said an emergency beacon that failed to pop free of the ship may have contributed to the disaster. The Lady of Grace was found 40 feet under the frigid waters of Nantucket So
A Panamanian-flagged refrigerator ship that ran aground in a storm on the southern Spanish coast on Sunday has stopped leaking fuel and divers are assessing the damage, a coastguard spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
Container volume reaches the 7 million TEU mark. Good results for conventional/breakbulk and ro/ro. 167,372,296 tonnes of cargo were loaded and unloaded in the port of Antwerp in 2006, an increase of 4.6% compared with the 160 million tonnes in 2005. Imports amounted to nearly 92 million tonnes (up
The 12th deepwater oil find in block 31 off Angola has been made, according to operator BP and the Angolan national oil company Sonangol. Statoil has a 13.33% stake in the block. The find has been given the name Terra. The well was drilled from the Jack Ryan drill ship to a total depth of […]
A container ship bound for Long Beach was drifting aimlessly at sea Tuesday after being caught in heavy seas while crossing the Pacific. Two crew members were injured after the 938-foot Hyundai Confidence ran into trouble while crossing the ocean south of Alaska’s Aleutian Islands.
The Norwegian cruiseship “Nordkapp” touched ground near Deception Island in the Antarctic Tuesday. No one was injured, and the ship sustained only minor damage to the hull. The ship, carrying 294 passengers and a crew of 76, had nearly completed the cruise, and was on its way back to Argentina when
BP has exercised a two year option for supply of maintenance and modification services by Aker Kvaerner in Stavanger, Norway. The contract covers all BP operated assets on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Contract value is NOK 600 million for the period up to March 2009.
Hudong Heavy Machinery Co. , which has announced that it plans to raise RMB 12 billion from a share placement, said that it will use the proceeds to fund its purchase of shipyards and to invest in new technologies.
The output of China’s shipbuilding industry reached a record 14.52 million dwt in 2006, making up close to one-fifth of the global total for the same year, according to official statistics. The Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (CSTIND) announced on Tuesday that the
