Royal Caribbean International has put to rest the skeptic’s question, “What’s there to do on a cruise ship?” If the line’s new Freedom of the Seas is any indicator, the answer is “everything.” The 160,000-ton vessel, which debuted in late May and nudged out the Queen Mary 2 as the biggest cruise shi
In trying to make the most of the sea breeze and the night time land drain wind, the fleet have been rock-hopping inshore, enjoying the rugged rocks of the Irish coast. Now that the wind has decided to make a brief guest appearance, the fleet has started to move and they have gone offshore to [&hell
Subsea 7 Inc. today announced an award of a subcontract from Technip for installation work in the Nigerian Agbami field operated by Star Deep Water Petroleum Limited (an affiliate of Chevron Corporation) on behalf of its partners Texaco Nigeria Outer Shelf Inc., Petroleo Brasileiro Nigeria Limited,
Aker Floating Production today announced that it has entered into a contract with Aker Yards related to the conversion of the first and second tanker into Aker Smart FPSOs. Under the contract Aker Yards, Brevik will be responsible for design of the hull structural conversion and conversion of the ma
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Acergy S.A. today announced that it has entered into an agreement with DOFCON ASA for the charter of the Skandi Acergy, a new build heavy construction ship. The 8-year charter will commence upon delivery, which is scheduled for the second quarter of 2008. Construction is taking place at the Aker S
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HONOLULU (AP) _ An investigation by the U-S Coast Guard says negligence by the captain caused a cargo ship to run aground near Barbers Point Harbor last year. The 555-foot Cape Flattery hit a reef on February Second, 2005. The ship was moved eight days later after the removal of 128,000 gallons of f
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STAFF at Lerwick Port Authority were last night (Monday) celebrating the safe arrival of their new
A totally authentic Grand Prix car racing simulator has been installed today on board Costa Cruises
The world’s largest luxury liner — taller than the Statue of Liberty and longer than an aircraft carrier — will sail out of Miami today on her maiden voyage to the western Caribbean. She sets a new standard for big. The latest fleet addition for Royal Caribbean International, Freedom comes in at 160
The fleet is all fuelled up, and proceeding down the Central American land mass towards Panama. The stop in Huatulco went extremely well, and a big round of thanks must go to firstly Mark Drewelow in San Diego, who made the initial contact in Bahia Huatulco, and especially Martin Peraza, the hard wo
Dredging PCBs from the Hudson River could face more delays after officials from the town nearest the cleanup demanded more say in planning the work. “We did not do this for the sake of delay,” said Mark Schachner, legal counsel for Fort Edward, a town of 6,000 people about 185 miles north of the Tap
