Piracy attacks worldwide rose slightly in the first three months of 2006, with the waters around Somalia, Nigeria and Indonesia especially vulnerable, an ocean crime watchdog said on Wednesday. But there were no cases of piracy reported from the Malacca Strait, a known hotspot, the International Mar
The world’s biggest cruise ship is set to depart from Southampton for an official naming ceremony in New York. The 160,000-tonne Freedom of the Seas arrived in the city on Saturday to prepare for its first passenger voyage. The vessel, which has more than 1,800 rooms for up to 4,375 passengers, is m
A 300-foot cargo ship was badly damaged Monday when it slammed into a seawall leaving the Miami River on its way out to sea.The ship the Hybur Star, registered in Panama but owned by a company based on the Miami River, was left with a gaping hole in hits hull. No one on board the […]
PLANS to build two large amphibious ships moved a step closer yesterday with the release of tender invitations to two Australian companies. Defence Minister Dr Brendan Nelson described the $2 billion announcement as “a major milestone”. The ships will be called HMAS Adelaide and HMAS Canberra and wi
Enterprise Products Partners LP said Tuesday it is beginning the $40 million Phase 2 expansion of its natural gas liquid import/export terminal on the Houston Ship Channel. The import terminal will double, from a maximum operating rate of 240,000 barrels per day to 480,000 bpd and the export termina
The Senate yesterday narrowly defeated an effort to strike $500 million in hurricane-recovery funding for defense giant Northrop Grumman from a $106.5 billion emergency supplemental spending bill, voting 47-52 to reject an amendment by Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.). The provision promises to be a point
The boom in the shipbuilding market has attracted a new player. L&T, one of India’s leading engineering and construction house, has decided to expand its business canvas by foraying into the booming shipbuilding market. L&T announced its foray into the ship building sector with the winning of a cont
The launch of the Sunreef 62, named Zappler III, took place last week, at Sunreef Yachts shipyard. This semi-owner fiberglass version of the Sunreef 62 was modified to provide two elegant, similar owner cabins, with comfortable bathrooms and separate showers, in the stern section of the hulls Two ca
The penultimate day of the Volvo Extreme 40 grand prix series saw a dramatic lead change as American Randy Smyth, sailing Tommy Hilfiger, overtook Team Holmatro, skippered by Mitch Booth, for the Baltimore series lead. Light wind challenged the five teams on the fourth day of racing as the sailors h
Port Alfred – A cargo ship was breaking up off the Eastern Cape coast on Wednesday night and the crew had abandoned ship, the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) said. “It has been confirmed that all 33 crew on board the Alexandros T have abandoned ship using life rafts, and the bulk carrier Fortun
Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) announced on May 2 that it won US$550 million worth of order to build a drill ship from Norwegian ocean energy development firm Ferncliff Drilling AS. This will be the worlds largest drill ship ever to be built. A drill ship is an offshore drilling facility that prospe
Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) and Keppel Verolme BV (Keppel Verolme) have each clinched a contract from Transocean Inc. (Transocean), worth a total of US$140 million. Each contract is for the upgrading of a Sedco 700-series semisubmersible drilling rig. The two Keppel yards reap substantial syne
APL has received a Letter of Intent from Tanker Pacific Offshore Terminals Pte Ltd for the supply of a Submerged Turret Production (STP) system for Maari. The STP system will be installed early 2008 and shall permanently moor the Andaman Sea, a tanker that Tanker Pacific shall convert to a FPSO. Maa
Emerson Process Management, a business of Emerson (NYSE:EMR), announced today that it has been awarded a contract from Bergesen Worldwide Offshore for supplying a safety and automation system (SAS), process instrumentation, and fiscal metering system for the FPSO BW Enterprise, one of the world’s la
