Nautronix has signed a multi-million dollar contract with Keppel FELS Limited in Singapore for the supply of systems for their new construction for ENSCO International Incorporated. The ENSCO 8500 is an ultra-deepwater semi-submersible drilling rig.
The 30-year-old boat called
Shell Development (Australia) Pty Ltd has been awarded exploration rights to a block in the Browse Basin offshore Western Australia, in which Shell will have a 100 percent interest.
CAIRO: Egypt approved yesterday the transit through the Suez Canal of a decommissioned French warship heading for an Indian shipyard that had been stranded for three days over fears it was an environmental hazard.
The government is planning to set up a centrally sponsored scheme (CSS) for promotion of coastal shipping. The rationale behind the proposal is that the major ports are facing congestion problems handling container traffic that is more than their earmarked capacities.
The Norwegian maritime authorities have proposed that the lane for large ships be placed 30 miles off Norway’s northern coast. This will ensure better security against oil spills from Russian oil tankers in these vulnerable waters.
ABG Shipyard Ltd has secured a contract for construction of two 18,800 DWT Geared Bulk Carriers. They received the contract from ESL Shipping OY of Finland. The board of directors have approved the proposal and draft of the contract to be entered into with ESL Shipping OY of Finland.
Singapore-based PSA International, the world
Royal Dutch Shell is considering evacuating all its workers from swamp areas in the western side of Nigeria’s delta where militants have staged four attacks in five days.
Burren has signed a new production sharing agreement (
The new ship, one of 12 same type ships being built by the Keelung shipyard of China Shipbuilding Corporation (CSBC) for Yang Ming, was christened and launched in Keelung recently.
THE PRESIDENTIAL yacht, BRP Ang Pangulo, caught fire while undergoing repairs at a shipyard in Bauan town, Batangas province, some 146 kilometers south of Manila, a spokesman for the Philippine Navy said Monday.
Bounty Oil & Gas NL advises that after a successful placement (ASX announcement 13 December 2005), repayment of a secured loan and repayment of funds from creditors after the placement, Bounty has approximately $2,400,000 of additional working capital.
Bouwe Beking and team aboard movistar have decided to take a pitstop at Eclipse Island to take on essential equipment in order to secure their damaged keel ram. So far the team has been able to make a successful jury repair, but to complete this satisfactorily, they need some additional equipment.
