ABN AMRO ONE is continuing to show its superiority in any decent breeze and is just edging out a nautical mile or two at every position report. The black boat is sailing higher and faster than the competition, making ground towards the finish.
The Royal Dutch Shell yesterday said it is taking the necessary measures to ensure the safety of its staff in Nigeria’s troubled Niger Delta after a spate of attacks on its oil facilities and the abduction of its workers.
Scary situation as fire breaks out on ABN AMRO Two. Simon Fisher describes what happened: Something had shorted out and the Nav Station was melting down.
Scarabeo 5 is a semi-submersible rig built by Fincantierri in 1990. The ‘Hot Upgrade’, carried out while Scarabeo 5 was in operation consist of a triple redundant dynamic positioning system and a position mooring system with fire backup (Class 3).
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (ONGC) and Shell Exploration Company B.V. (Shell) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to examine significant opportunities for future co-operation both in India and other regions across the world.
Production on the Statoil-operated Visund platform in the North Sea was shut down just after midnight on 19 January, after gas and fire detectors were activated on the platform. It has been visually confirmed that there were no flames.
127 metre trimaran now under construction at newly completed shipbuilding facility. Following the official opening of the new ship construction facility last November, Austal USA today hosted a traditional US Navy keel-laying ceremony to signify the start of construction on the Navy
Rep. Rob Simmons, R-Conn., has urged the Navy to double its annual orders for Virginia-class nuclear submarines earlier than planned, a move that would help keep afloat a struggling sector of the defense industry
Shell Malaysia (Shell) announced today that a Shell – Petronas Carigali – ConocoPhillips joint venture has made its fourth oil and gas discovery with their recent Pisagan-1A exploration well, located in Deepwater Block G, in waters offshore northwest Sabah, Malaysia.
Plans to liberalise Europe
The mast broke in three pieces after what seems to be a fitting failure at the lower end of the port V1 (vertical shroud). The turnbuckle eye broke horizontally across with half of the fitting remaining on the boat and half on the shroud. No other signs of failure have been found so far.
VISAKHAPATNAM: It seems to have become a habit for the Port of Visakhapatnam to create records in cargo handling and stand as a role model for the other ports in the country.
The world’s largest cruise ship, Queen Mary 2, has returned to port in Florida because of fears it may have hit something, damaging its propellers.
Back to where we were on movistar. The replaced O-ring in the port hydraulic ram has spat the dummy. Consequence, the keel is back to a max of 20 degrees. This way there is not much force on the cylinders and less loss of hydraulic fluid.
