Abu Dhabi: Adnoc subsidiary Esnaad, a marine and supply base services company, has ordered five new vessels from Singapore at a cost of $60 million as part of its fleet replacement, a top company official revealed. Darwish A. Al Qubaisi, General Manager, said that the fleet replacement process is on
Global transportation and supply chain leaders APL and APL Logistics have been honored among the most innovative users of information technology by a pair of respected industry journals. APL was ranked first among all ocean container shipping lines in the 18th annual InformationWeek 500 listing of t
A piece of pioneering technology will greet Norwegian finance minister Kristin Halvorsen today, 21 September, when she performs the official inauguration of the Kristin field. This Statoil-operated gas and condensate field, which lies at the southern end of the Halten Bank in the Norwegian Sea, is c
The cargo ship “Clipper Lasco,” which ran aground off Fort Lauderdale, Florida, last week, was refloated successfully on Wednesday, the U.S. Coast Guard said. “First thing this morning, at high tide, the vessel did refloat,” Coast Guard spokesman Luis Diaz said. He said the 645-foot (197-meter), Bah
Amsterdam’s City Council said Wednesday it has ordered an independent investigation into a ship that carried waste blamed for the deaths of seven people in Ivory Coast. The ship, the Probo Koala, was chartered by a Netherlands-based company, Trafigura Beheer BV, and had unsuccessfully tried to unloa
The Government has spent $62,000 salvaging the Bulou ni Ceva off a reef in Rotuma, Government Shipping Services Director Captain Seci Waqa said. But he said there was never any contract signed by the Government for the towing of the Bulou Ni Ceva. Captain Waqa said the salvage crew from Work Boats F
Over 3000 fishermen and a naval commander went missing as a naval ship, about 630 trawlers and 25 boats capsized in the Bay of Bengal when violent storms hit the sea and the country’s coastal belt Tuesday evening. In Bagerhat, over 300 fishermen and a naval commander were missing as some 100 fishing
Russian divers say they have found the wreck of a Soviet ship which sank attempting a historic journey along the Arctic coast in 1934. The Chelyuskin was trapped in ice as it tried to complete a voyage from Murmansk in north-western Russia to Vladivostok in the Pacific Ocean. It was supposed to show
The Environment Agency in Wales says it is becoming increasingly concerned by shipments of illegal waste. It follows a four-day crackdown at Holyhead port, Anglesey, when 67 trailers and lorries were inspected by agency and customs officers. The agency said it was carrying out further investigations
The Solway Harvester sank off the Isle of Man in 2000 The inquest into the deaths of seven crewmen who drowned in the Solway Harvester fishing disaster will be heard in the Isle of Man in November. The inquest was opened and adjourned shortly after the scallop dredger was lost in January 2000.
Qatar Gas Transport Co ordered $3 billion of natural gas tankers from South Korean companies including Hyundai Heavy Industries as the state prepares to triple exports of the fuel. Qatar Gas, the second-largest energy company on the Morgan Stanley Capital International Gulf Countries Index, ordered
The U.S. Department of Defense said in a Sept. 20 press release that on Sept. 23 the U.S. Navy will christen the USS Freedom, its first littoral combat ship, or LCS. The ceremony will be held at Marinette Marine Corp. in Marinette, Wis., which built the vessel. The DOD stated that the 378-foot LCS U
Elf Petroleum Nigeria Limited (EPNL), a subsidiary of TOTAL, says it has encountered hydrocarbon resources in “Usan field discovery” in its deep water Oil Prospecting License (OPL) 222. NNPC is concessionaire for OPL 222 under a production sharing contract, while EPNL is the operator with 20 per cen
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Thursday gave its nod on 69 million cubic metres of dredging to Dredging Corporation of India on a nomination basis in the Sethusamudaram Ship Channel Project. The estimated cost of the project is Rs 2,077.25 crore.
