On the 26th of September a contract was signed between Damen Shipyards Gorinchem and North Tugz Limited in Whangerei, New Zealand. North Tugz has ordered one Damen ASD Tug 2411 which will be built at the Vietnamese yard ?Song Cam Shipyard? in Haiphong. This order is another milestone in the history
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported that it found a ship that was lost at sea in 1886 in the Northwestern Hawaiian. The wreckage of the Dunnottar Castle was found in waters off Kure Atoll on July 3. The iron hulled, 258-foot, three-mast British cargo ship was home-ported in
On behalf of the field owners, BP has today awarded a contract to Heerema Marine Contractors for the offshore removal and onshore recycling and disposal of the North West Hutton installation, located some 130km north east of the Shetland Islands. Heerema will be the prime contractor for this work wh
A former fishing boat skipper has admitted deliberately sinking his vessel to fraudulently recover almost
The location of a potential Liquefied Natural Gas project in New Zealand has been confirmed as Port Taranaki. Port Taranaki has been selected as the preferred site for the LNG import site ahead of Northport near Whangarei. Contact Energy and Genesis Energy are considering importing LNG to meet the c
President George W. Bush will deliver the principal address at the christening ceremony of the Navy
Nicaragua has announced plans to build a waterway linking the Pacific and Atlantic that would carry bigger ships than the existing Panama Canal. President Enrique Bolanos said the new route – which would cost $18bn (
Addax Petroleum Corporation (TSX: AXC) (“Addax Petroleum” or the “Corporation”) today announced that it has successfully replaced the floating production storage and offloading vessel (“FPSO”) on the OML123 property offshore Nigeria, with an upgraded FPSO contracted from Fred Olsen Production AS (“F
A cruise ship has docked in Falmouth carrying passengers – many from the South West – who say their trip of a lifetime became a nightmare. Passengers endured two hurricanes and threatened a mutiny on board the MV Athena on its way to north America. A 70-year-old man, thought to be from Sark in the [
With investments amounting to over DKK 40 billion A.P.M
Japanese automobile giant Mitsubishi Motors is looking for a deep water port to set up the country`s first car terminal in Gujarat. The investment for the project is estimated at Rs 30 billion, reports Business Standard. The car terminal will be designed to handle import and export from big car-carr
It’s called the Disney Wonder, and the massive 964-foot-long cruise ship – with its Mickey Mouse ears and Disney characters adorned bow and stern – was turning heads Tuesday along the Portsmouth and Norfolk downtown waterfronts. The Port Canaveral, Fla.-based Disney Wonder, one of two ships in the D
Five months ago the entry list for this year’s Rolex Middle Sea Race stood at just over 20… a record-breaking run of entries looked at risk of ending. But, with three weeks to go, the fleet suddenly shot to 66, eight more than last year’s chart-topping 58. The list comprises some of the biggest and
Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands Dr Orlando Smith says the recent launch of the Virgin Islands Shipping Registry (VISR) is a fulfilment of the final conditions for the Territory to operate as a Category One Shipping Registry and a pledge by Government. The newest Government department wi
