Militants yesterday attacked a Chevron supply vessel, leaving one person killed and others seriously injured in yet another of several attacks on oil facilities and personnel in the oil rich Niger Delta region where oil workers have embarked on a three day warning strike action. Mr. Femi Odumabo, th
A federal judge has ruled in favor of NCL and against a group of passengers who were aboard the Norwegian Dawn in April 2005 when the cruise ship was hit by a rogue wave while sailing back to New York from the Caribbean. Even though none of the guests or crew members suffered serious injuries [&hell
A $4.5 MILLION cruise ship terminal could be open in Darwin by the end of next year. The terminal will replace a tent at Fort Hill wharf which is now used to process passengers for immigration, customs, quarantine and security. The project was given conditional approval by the Development Consent Au
Representatives from enterprises in central Da Nang city and five major Dutch companies gathered at a seminar entitled “Da Nang, a destination for Netherlands- Viet Nam business cooperation” held in the city on Sept. 12. Hanspeter Verhoeff, Economic and Commercial Charge d’affaires of the Netherland
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed today, 13 September by the Indonesian national oil and gas company PT Pertamina (Persero) and Statoil ASA, covering cooperation between the two companies. The MoU was signed by chief executives Helge Lund of Statoil and Ari H Soemarno of Pertamina.
Larsen & Toubro Ltd., India’s biggest engineering company, will invest $400 million in its ship-building unit, seeking to gain market share for smaller vessels as South Korean yards rush to complete record orders. Larsen will select a deep-water yard this year and aims to start building container sh
China would likely react with hostility to any attempt by the United States to build and sell eight submarines to Taiwan, The Day newspaper in Connecticut, reported. Submarine experts said Monday that China would likely impose economic sanctions against the U.S, but this would not necessarily stop t
Admiral Gorshkov, the Russian aircraft carrier which is being made compatible to Indian conditions, will join the Indian Navy next year, Minister of State for Defence M.M. Pallamraju announced on Tuesday. He said it would be named INS Vikramaditya after being inducted into the Navy. The construction
Oil spills of up to 10 tonnes have been identified as one of the hazards of proposals to transfer oil between ships in the Firth of Forth. The likelihood of such a spill could be once every 20 years, according to an environmental impact statement obtained by the Scottish National Party. The plan inv
Overloading and bad weather caused the sinking of the Solar I tanker that resulted in the country
AN Egyptian dredger sank in the Suez Canal today, killing two of the 45 crew and prompting a brief closure of the busy international waterway as rescuers searched for two others, officials said. The two missing crew were feared dead, Suez Canal Authority sources said. The other 41 had been rescued,
Evaluation could dictate the laying-off of some boats. Delegation of 13 Eurodeputies of the Fishing Commission of the European Parliament (PE) to visit the Algarve between 13th and 15th September to learn of the problems in the fishing sector with a view to a better application of the Community fund
The U.S. Coast Guard has finished its investigation and identified the cargo ship which fouled the Savannah River with some 22,000 gallons fuel in July. But Cmdr. David Murk of Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit in Savannah, Ga., would not release the name of the ship or shipping line until a hearing of
A ship which dumped toxic waste in Ivory Coast killing six people tried to shed a foul-smelling load in Amsterdam a month earlier but was told it must pay more to do so, Amsterdam port authorities said. Public outcry over the dumped toxic black sludge, which made thousands sick in the port city of A
