A ship has been towed out of a Tyneside shipyard after work to complete the vessel was handed over to a rival shipyard in Scotland. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced last week that the unfinished ship Lyme Bay would be handed over from Swan Hunter to BAE Systems, at Govan.
Following two days of talks at the Food and Agriculture Organisation’s (FAO) Rome headquarters last week, six countries (Comoros, France, Kenya, Mozambique, New Zealand and Seychelles) and the European Community have signed a multilateral agreement on the management of fishing in a vast area of the
Aker Yards has signed a contract with the large Russian mining company Norilsk Nickel for delivery of four container/cargo ships for arctic operations, with an option for a fifth newbuilding. This order of Aker Yards’ Business Area Merchant Vessels has a total value of approximately EUR 320 million
The consortium of Keppel FELS and Technip has completed the offshore mating of the 25,000-tonne topside and the 4,500-tonne spider deck with hull structure, weighing 17,500 tonnes, for one of the world
A charter with Stena Drilling for the Stena Don semi-submersible has been extended by Statoil for three years plus a one-year option. Worth a total of just under NOK 4 billion, including the option, this contract will come into effect in December.
SALVORS, fearing that the stricken Safmarine Agulhas lodged just metres off East London harbour
About 20 Filipino seamen kidnapped by pirates in Somalia in March have been released and are on their way home, officials said Monday. The men were freed Saturday, and it was not clear whether any ransom has been paid, said Roy Cimatu, the government’s special envoy to the Middle East. The men were
Statoil has signed a letter of intent with a consortium consisting of Technip Offshore Norge AS and Subsea 7 Norway NUF for reeled pipe installation services on the Norwegian continental shelf. The letter of intent relates to a 2-year framework contract for reeled pipe installation services. The val
As the fleet approaches the wonderfully named Porcupine Abyssal Plain to the west and south of Ireland, they are moving in a somewhat confused meteorological situation. As the weather chart (provided by the Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Centre in the USA) shows the fleet is spread out
Conditions across the fleet are best described as lively. Strong following winds are giving the boats high average speeds but the general weather is dull and wet. Dry suits are the order of the day and everything on board will be getting wet as rain and spray find their way through every conceivable
Brooke Dockyard and Engineering Works Corp, reputedly the country’s oldest shipyard, Monday launched the 42-metre double- ended ferry, “Primrose II”, for Liew Fap Nien Sdn Bhd at Sejingkat here. The ferry, which would serve as a new link in Batang Sadong for the hinderland of Samarahan division, wou
ODIM AS has secured contracts today worth some NOK 25 million for the delivery of handling systems for two anchor handling vessels (AHTS). The vessels are currently under construction at Remontowa in Poland for Tidewater, and the equipment is to be delivered during third quarter 2007.
The
Five fishermen from Newfoundland’s Southern Shore were rescued at sea on Friday after their 50-foot fishing vessel sank about 160 kilometres east of St. John’s. Derek O’Brien and his four brothers, who had been out fishing shrimp, were steaming home aboard their vessel, the Grand Mars, when O’Brien
