A SHIP carrying a team of Australians to a remote Antarctic outpost has been stopped in its tracks by a 130km-long iceberg which is blocking a vital access route. The giant berg, which is sitting approximately 100km from the coast of Adelie Land, in eastern Australian Antarctic Territory, is also we
The crew is not to blame for the sinking of a Russian cargo ship in the Sea of Japan, the head of the Federal Agency for Sea and Inland Water Transportation said Friday.
A North Korean ship, which the United States and Japan suspect of carrying military equipment, is on a voyage without any inspection after stopping at Hong Kong for refueling, a top South Korean security official confirmed yesterday. Song Min-soon, the chief presidential secretary for security affai
Russia’s state arms exporter and a French defense company signed a cooperation document during an international arms show in France, a RIA Novosti correspondent said Friday. Rosoboronexport and DCN signed a letter of intent aimed at establishing and developing export and technical cooperation in the
This week SMIT has started a new operation in Bah
Rolls-Royce has won its largest ever marine order in the Offshore industry in a deal worth around
VT Halmatic has delivered the first of its new 16 metre Camarc designed Pilot Boat to PD Ports Plc at Teesport. The new craft, to be named after a local tributary river
The Port of Algeciras on Spain
A search is under way in the North Sea for a missing Scottish fishing boat with four crew on board. The alarm was raised when staff at the RAF rescue centre at Kinloss picked up a distress beacon late on Thursday. The signal was broadcast from a location 160 miles east of Aberdeen in Norwegian [&hel
In his report on the accounts for the year ended June 30, 2006, David Moorhouse, Chairman of Lloyd’s Register, has announced that Group income rose by 14% to
Yesterday, Smit Internationale NV announced that they expect a net profit over 2006 of at least EUR 62,0 million. Mid August 2006, SMIT has announced an increase in expected net profit of 25 – 35 % compared to the 2005 result of EUR 38,4 million.
The U.S. Navy awarded Thursday a nearly $71.4 million contract to a unit of Northrop Grumman Corp. for construction and logistics of naval submarines. The pact, granted to Newport News, Va.-based Northrop Grumman Newport News Shipbuilding, is for engineering, technical and design support for the SSN
Production on the Statoil-operated Snorre A and Vigdis platforms has resumed. Production on Vigdis was resumed on Wednesday 25 October. Snorre A resumed production the following day. Snorre A production was halted on 13 October due to repair work on the Umoe Schat-Harding FF48II lifeboats. Lifeboat
Aker Yards has entered into a contract with Farstad Shipping ASA for building of four AHTS Vessels with a value of approx NOK 2,1 billion. The vessels to be built are 87.4 m x 21 m Multifunctional Deep Water Anchor Handling/Tug/Supply/Service Vessels, based on the Rolls-Royce design; UT 731 CD. The
