A fishing boat probably grounded and sank off Skye with the loss of two crewmen because one of them fell asleep in the wheelhouse, a report has said. Neil Sutherland, 39, and David Davidson, 40, both from Burghead in Moray, died when their prawn trawler, the Brothers, went down on 1 June.
Statoil has awarded a frame contract for seabed mapping, pipeline inspection and support to Acergy Norway AS, effective from 15 March 2007. The NOK 750 million deal covers a contract period of five years with options for two times two years.
The £6bn takeover of Corus by Indian firm Tata Steel has been given a mixed reception in Wales, with concern about jobs in the long term the main issue. Welsh Secretary Peter Hain said Tata’s chairman had given him an “absolute assurance” over the firm’s future.
A man who has spent 12 years on a human-powered trip around the world is continuing his voyage despite hitting an uncharted wreck in his pedal boat. Jason Lewis, 38, from Bridport, Dorset, damaged his boat when it hit the sunken wreck two hours out of Mumbai.
New year and new ownership for Rodney Bay, St Lucia, and who better than Island Global Yachting (IGY), the leading developer of luxury marina facilities who announced their latest nautical purchase in the first week of 2007. Rodney Bay is one of the Caribbean’s premier yachting centres and home for
The central province of Khanh Hoa has decided to fine the Hyundai-Vinashin Shipyard for its violation of the Law on Environment. Hyundai-Vinashin will have to pay VND 85 million (US$5,300), for its discharge of used NIX particle into the surrounding environment during the process of ship repair. The
Transas is proud to have equipped the gas tanker ‘SKF Tobolsk’ built at the Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyards for UNICOM (Cyprus), the subsidiary of Russian shipowner Sovkomflot. The ship was named after the Russian town Tobolsk, now one of the centres of the country’s oil industry. The gas tanker
A barge helping with the clean-up of the stranded cargo ship MSC Napoli has collided with a fishing boat. The fishing boat Sea Seeker and landing barge Pont Menai crashed off Lyme Regis, in Dorset, on Monday night.
Total announces three new gas discoveries, after three successful exploration wells namely Ton Chan-1X, Ton Chan-2X and Ton Rang-2X drilled on Block 15 & 16 in the Gulf of Thailand, operated by PTTEP (the national Thai oil company).
The crew of the Russian cargo ship Tikhon Simushkin has been held up in Vietnam since May 2006 because of the ship owner’s debt for repairs of the Russian ship made in Vietnam. The Prosecutor’s Office of Petropavlovsk- Kamchatsky has opened an investigation into the complaint lodged by the ship’s cr
Hiab, the business area providing load handling solutions within Cargotec, has made an agreement to acquire the majority of its Australian importer BG Crane Pty. Ltd., a leading distributor and service provider for load handling customers in Australia. Hiab owned previously 30 percent of BG Crane. T
Longview Power, LLC (“Longview”), a subsidiary of GenPower Holdings, L.P. has awarded Aker Kvaerner Songer, Inc. and Siemens Power Generation, Inc. acting as a consortium, a series of contracts for the engineering, supply of equipment and construction for the Longview project, a supercritical pulver
China’s ship engine maker Hudong Heavy Machinery Co says it will issue new shares to buy shipbuilding assets for 12 billion yuan (US$1.5bil). Analysts said the deal would pave the way for a listing of its state parent. Hudong’s parent, China State Shipbuilding Corp (CSSC), the world’s third largest
A record 448 entries, a new series, fantastic racing, new partners, new big screen viewing, high profile entertainment and even bigger crowds to Geelong signalled to all that Skandia Geelong Week, Australia’s oldest and largest keelboat regatta, is set to take centre stage on the Australian sailing
