A fleet of 45 yachts drawn from as far a field as New Zealand will compete in the biennial BMW Round Ireland Yacht Race starting from Wicklow Sailing Club on Saturday 1st July 2006 at 4.00pm. The course of 704 miles is internationally recognised as one of the toughest offshore races that combines to
Bandar Seri Begawan – The new Serasa Ferry Terminal in Brunei-Muara district will open its new gateway for travellers and operate its services from October this year. The new terminal will link its services from Brunei Darussalam to the neighbouring state of Labuan and the Menumbok district in Sabah
BOSTON High-speed ferry service between Salem and Boston officially begins this weekend. Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey and Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll joined other state and local officials on the maiden voyage earlier today. Healey says the new 45-minute service will give North Shore residents anot
Four men have been rescued from a liferaft after they abandoned their fishing boat when it hit rocks at Motiti Island in the Bay of Plenty shortly before daybreak today. The Tauranga pilot boat picked up the four, believed to be experienced fishermen, about 8am after their 14 metre fishing boat Lady
Operator Statoil and the other licensees in the Statfjord field in the North Sea have decided to optimise the Statfjord late life project by postponing the depressurisation of the Brent reservoir on the Statfjord field by one year, from 2007 to 2008. This optimisation will boost the oil production b
Race 10 from Port Antonio to New York got underway at 1300 local time (1800 GMT) on Friday afternoon when the ten yachts crossed the line off Folly Point Light in a brisk easterly breeze. Cardiff was the first over the line with New York hot on her heels, keen for a good result into […]
The Spanish Prince Felipe sailed with Desaf
The Manitowoc Company (NYSE: MTW) today announced that, as prime contractor and program manager, it has been awarded a multi-year contract by the U.S. Coast Guard for the construction and delivery of up to 250 Response Boat-Medium (RB-M) vessels for a total contract value of up to $600 million. Mani
Samsung Heavy Industries held a christening ceremony on June 22 for a 9,600 TEU container ship and handed it over to Chinas CGS, the ship owner. This container ship is the largest ever to be built in the world. SHI had already built the worlds largest container ship in July 2005, and it
Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. (AMEX: OMR), a leader in the field of deep-ocean shipwreck exploration, announced it has purchased and taken delivery of a second work-class Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) capable of conducting deep-ocean archaeological excavation and recovery work on the Company’s
In January MV Scandinavian Express (Handymax bulker, 53,000 DWT, built 2003) was sold with a short term charter back. The charter for the vessel expired in May and the vessel has in the mean time been redelivered to its Owners. Furthermore MV Peruvian Express (Panamax bulker, 82,000 DWT, built 2006)
We are pleased to announce that Vroon Offshore Services has taken delivery on MV Power Express, an advanced Platform Supply Vessel (PSV). The new vessel was delivered by Jiangsu Zhenjiang Shipyard Co., Ltd in China. MV Power Express is currently positioning from China to the Netherlands. Upon arriva
We are pleased to announce that Vroon Offshore Services has ordered a DP II Diving Support Vessel at the ABG yard in India for delivery in 2nd quarter of 2008. The new vessel will be fully outfitted for Diving, ROV and Deepwater construction operation. The vessel is equipped with a dynamic positioni
FOLLOWING the approval given by the Federal Executive Council to the Ministry of Transport for the dredging of Calabar port, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has signed contract agreement for the dredging of the Calabar Port channel, valued at N8.9billion. The contract, which was awarded to Van-oo
