AMMAN, Jordan — A tanker carrying liquefied natural gas caught fire as it unloaded Thursday in Aqaba, injuring 12 people, the manager of the Jordanian port said. Four of the injured were firefighters, who needed an hour to bring the blaze under control, said Awwad al-Maaytah, the director general of
The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline was officially opened today, 13 July, at its terminus in the Turkish port of Ceyhan on the Mediterranean. Statoil has an 8.71% stake in the 1,768-kilometre transport system, which runs from the Azerbaijan capital of Baku via Tbilisi, capital of Georgia. Gue
Like the island resort made famous by the Beach Boys, the superyacht Kokomo, which was launched in Auckland yesterday, is all luxury. The 52-metre, high-performance aluminium sloop, which was built by Auckland company Alloy Yachts, was bought by Australian businessman and property developer Lang Wal
BP and its partner, Maersk Oil North Sea UK Limited, today announced the approval of FEED (Front End Engineering and Design) for the Harding Area Gas Project. This is the first stage of a development project to allow the production of gas from the Harding area and prolong the life of the field beyon
Three adults and a child were today recovering after they were rescued from a blazing motorcruiser on Upper Lough Erne in Co Fermanagh. The Coastguard was alerted to the emergency by police at about 8.20pm yesterday and an inshore lifeboat was tasked to the scene, near Carrybridge. The passengers we
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has received approval from the German classification society Germanischer Lloyd to conduct annual performance testing of shipboard voyage data recorders (VDRs). The annual performance tests are conducted onboard ships by Sperry Marine service facilities aroun
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64.7-Meter AMELS 212 designed by Tim Heywood and Andrew Winch. Amels, acknowledged masters of the art of superyacht building, announces plans to begin construction of the second in its LIMITED EDITIONS series, the 64,7-meter AMELS 212. This decision follows the stunning success of the AMELS 171, int
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – A fishing boat sank off the Channel Islands Tuesday, killing two people and injuring one, the U.S. Coast Guard said. Clifton Kent, 45, of Santa Barbara swam more than a mile through chilly waters and was rescued about 9 a.m. on the island’s north shore. A scuba diving boat cr
SS NOMADIC was due to set off from a French port at noon today on her final voyage home to the city where she was built. The Titanic’s ‘little sister’ will be ferried by submersible barge out of Le Havre in Normandy, through the English Channel, rounding Land’s End for the long trip north through [&
Statoil and its partners are investing NOK 1.6 billion in measures to sustain production on the Sleipner West field in the North Sea. The major contracts are now in place. The Sleipner B platform
A Havant company is riding the crest of a wave fuelled by the explosion in the commercial shipping world because of China’s rise to prominence. Wartsila Propulsion UK, in Marples Way, is on the way up and is contributing to the parent group’s rising sales, which rose from
Jumbo Shipping, the Dutch heavy-lift specialist, has returned to the Damen Shipyard group for a fourth heavy-lift ship. Jumbo has ordered a fourth ship from Damen. The contract was an option attached to an order for a third heavy-lift ship placed by Jumbo in September 2005. Jumbo said the new ship w
All cargo containers stacked in two of the four holds of the stricken Safmarine Agulhas off the coast of East London were removed on Tuesday, salvors said. SMIT Salvage spokesperson Clare Gomes said good progress had been made in the past 24 hours, and all deck cargo had also been removed. She said
