Statoil has taken charge of the first commissioned system for the Hammerfest LNG plant at Melk
Ahead of this years Posidonia 2006 event in Athens, Greece, Transas Ltd – the world
Mitsubishi Motors and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have agreed on a joint development project for a new generation diesel engine to be used in cars exported to Europe. After the agreement is finalized, development will begin in earnest with a target of beginning mass production in 2010. Demand for di
The Valencia Louis Vuitton Act 12 begins on Thursday and this is the final competition for the year. It will also be the final time Alinghi will compete against the challengers in a match race before the America
THE system that has set prices in the world’s shipping markets for more than 150 years faces a serious blow as Japan’s competition watchdog plans to ask for shipping lines to lose their exemption from some anti-cartel rules. If Japan’s Transport Ministry approves the request from the Japan Fair Trad
SOCO is an international oil and gas exploration and production company, headquartered in London traded on the London Stock Exchange and a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. The Company has interests in Vietnam, Yemen, Thailand and the Republic of Congo with production operations in Yemen. SOCO anno
ABG Shipyard (Q, N,C,F)* has received an order for construction of 1 No. Anchor Handling tug – 80 ton Bollard Pull for offshore applications, at a price of USD 10.55 million from Lamnalco, Cyprus, with delivery by August 17, 2008. In INR, this amounts to approximately 480 million. The aggregate of t
Iranian shipbuilder Sadra said on Sunday it would build 10 ships for Belgium’s Exmar to export Iranian liquefied natural gas (LNG) although Iran’s efforts to produce the fuel are deadlocked. Exmar was not immediately available to comment on its investment. There was also no mention of what contingen
The inventory of Pakistan Navy is being strengthened to give it
Officials Sunday said that hot weather caused the 10,500 ton Sun Island ship to get hung up during its launch at the Bach Dang shipyard in northern Hai Phong city. The freighter, which is 110m long and 18.8m wide, was designed by Japanese Wada Bussan Company and built under a contract inked with Jap
It is a U.S. service academy situated outside New York City. Its graduates have fought and died in all corners of the world, and, since Sept. 11, have played a key role in bolstering homeland security. Not West Point — Kings Point. Not the Army or Marines — the Merchant Marine. Even though some mids
NORFOLK – There’s plenty of activity across the water, where more than 3,000 employees at the Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard are helping to build six Virginia-class submarines. Even as production ramps up in the shipyard, however, submarine activity will decline at the naval base. In the ear
For 60 years, Nancy Kenney wondered what happened to her father. The submarine that William T. Mabin was in disappeared while he and his crewmates were on a mission to attack a Japanese convoy in the last months of World War II. Now, the Navy says a wreck found at the bottom of the Gulf […]
The fear of an uncontrollable fire at Cat Lai Port on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City is ever present in the mind of the deputy director of New Port Company, under which the port operates. Following a barge fire on the busy waterway last month that threatened other ships, Colonel Tran Dinh Thao [&
