Modern U.S. Navy Amphibious Assault Ships project power and maintain presence by serving as the cornerstone of the Amphibious Readiness Group (ARG) / Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG). A key element of the Seapower 21 doctrine pillars of Sea Strike and Sea Basing, these ships transport, launch, and l
Admiralty Shipyard launches the “Tavrichesky Bridge” product tanker built to to the order of Sovcomflot JS
Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. in Korea has awarded Aker Kvaerner a contract for delivery of a new drilling rig equipment package to Eastern Drilling’s West E-Drill project. The contract value is approximately NOK 700 million. The project will start immediately at Aker Kvaerner’s subsidiary Aker
The United States welcomes a June 14 announcement by Ryoichi Kabaya, mayor of Yokosuka, Japan, that he has accepted the planned deployment to Japan of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, according to U.S. Ambassador to Japan J. Thomas Schieffer. Kabaya previously had expressed concerns about the saf
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A record number of yachts – 265 in total – will set out from Newport today for the 100th anniversary Newport Bermuda Race. The Newport Bermuda classic has traditionally initiated amateur sailors to the rigors of long distance ocean racing, but this year’s Centennial Race – the world’s second largest
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On the 15th of June 2006 Dredging And Reclamation Jan De Nul Limited belonging to the Jan De Nul Group has signed the contract for the dredging of the downstream section i.e. 46-84 km of the Calabar River, Cross River, Nigeria. The Client is the Nigerian Port Authority. This major project calls for
The Fiji Ports Corporation is still trying to find the owners of the fishing vessel “Eleven” that ran aground in the Suva Harbor on Monday morning. The only confirmation that has been received is that the vessel is owned by the Marine Land Ltd but all other details are still unknown. It is believed
Keppel FELS Ltd (Keppel FELS) has secured its fourth order from India for a KFELS B Class jackup rig. Valued at US$182 million, this rig is for the Great Eastern Shipping Co. Ltd. Group (G.E. Shipping). This will be G.E. Shipping
Update 1100GMT The last gun of the nine Volvo Ocean Race offshore leg starting sequences is fired and six boats start the race to Gothenburg. Brasil 1 and Pirates didn’t engage in a match racing start as might have been expected. The boats gathered beyond the committee boat end of the line to approa
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Although the federal government is harping on 2008 as its date for the elimination of gas flares in oil producing fields, Chevron Nigeria Limited, has said that it can only achieve this in 2010. A top official of the company said recently
Mobile-based Austal USA has finished installing four 49-ton engines in the Hawaii Superferry now under construction at its Mobile River shipyard, completing the last key milestone prior to the ship’s expected October launch. “We’re planning on making it,” the project’s technical manager, Doug Thorn,
