Four British troops killed in a bomb attack on their patrol boat in Basra are expected to be named by the Ministry of Defence. One of those killed in the Remembrance Sunday attacks was a woman serving with the Army’s Intelligence Corps.
Petro-Canada has resumed production at the joint-venture Terra Nova offshore oilfield after maintenance upgrades, the company announced yesterday. The oilfield was scheduled to resume production at the end of September after a power generator failure forced it to shut down in May, one month before a
Scuba divers got a close look Tuesday at the muck trapping the historic aircraft carrier Intrepid in the Hudson River. Divers surveyed the Intrepid’s hull as they began efforts to determine the amount and composition of the material packed around its stern, rudders and running gear.
Shipyards of South Korea, the world’s leading shipbuilding nation, are set to make all-out efforts to develop offshore facilities in a bid to stay ahead of the field despite hot pursuit from rivals in Japan and China, an industry association said Wednesday.
Chinese shipyards are expected to tap capital markets in the next two years to fund Beijing
Knightsbridge Tankers Limited (the “Company”) reports net income of $14.5 million and earnings per share of $0.85 for the third quarter of 2006. The average daily time charter equivalents (“TCEs”) earned by the Company’s five VLCCs was $52,900 compared with $42,800 in the preceding quarter. The thir
Navy divers probed the murky Hudson River on Tuesday to figure out how to free the USS Intrepid from the mud that has stranded the World War II ship at its Manhattan pier. Crews are working around the clock to remove the mud, including digging a 35-foot trench on one side of the ship, according [&he
A fast, ocean-going yacht sailed by an all-woman crew will be part of the record number of entries at the Phuket King
City and county officials, as well as environmental groups have long fought cargo development at Berth 4, saying it’s against the county’s comprehensive and port master plans. They want to see commercial development, including a mega-yacht industry and a Ritz Carlton hotel developed on the property.
“Casino Royale,” scheduled to be released in theaters Nov. 17, is based on Ian Fleming’s 1953 novel of the same name about British secret agent James Bond. This new “Casino Royale,” stars Daniel Craig as legendary secret agent, 007. On Nov. 4, “Casino Royale” was also a floating kickoff party held o
Sri Lankan Navy on Tuesday destroyed a large trawler of the Tamil Tigers that carried massive quantities of arms, ammunition and explosives in the northwest coast of the country, said the military.
Technip and Subsea 7 announced today that their Australian entities, Technip Oceania Pty Ltd and Subsea 7 Australia Pty Ltd, have been awarded a subsea EPIC installation contract by BHP Billiton Petroleum Pty Ltd for the Stybarrow Development Project. Located in approximately 800 m of water off the
A state research vessel accidentally killed a humpback whale in Prince William Sound. Officials with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game say the whale became entangled in a net being used in herring research and drowned.
The Coast Guard has responded to a disabled 65-foot fishing boat with four to five crew members on board that apparently had been adrift for several days. The fishing vessel was about 80 miles east of O’ahu this morning.
