As the decommissioned French aircraft carrier Clemenceau heads for India, there is a possibility it could be turned back because it contains toxic asbestos.
SINGAPORE : A subsidiary of SembCorp Marine, PPL Shipyard, has secured a contract to build a jack-up rig for US$175 million. The client is Aban Singapore, a subsidiary of Aban Loyd Chiles Offshore of India.
SINGAPORE : A unit of Keppel Corp, Keppel Singmarine, has bagged three contracts worth a total of S$120 million. The first is for the construction of four anchor handling supply and tug, or AHST, vessels at its Shanghai shipyard.
Kuwait plans to start exploration of parts of the gas-rich Dorra field, also claimed by Iran. Undersecretary to the energy ministry, Eisa Al Oun told Al-Siyassah daily that he did not expect Iran to object because exploration would only take place in the undisputed part.
NORFOLK, Va. — The captain of a tanker ship that sank after an explosion on board two years ago abandoned ship without sending a distress call or trying to save his crew, a newspaper reported Monday, citing a Coast Guard investigation.
ISLAMABAD: Shell Pakistan will start offshore drilling in April this year with estimated cost of $ 40 million.
The UN agency had been forced to use new routes due to increased piracy along the Somali coast, which has resulted in Kenyan shipping agents boycotting the war-torn country, according to the newspaper.
The manager of the Calabar Free Port has confirmed an upbeat in shipping activities into Calabar Port, as he said more vessels now berth at the port, unlike in the recent past.
Nigeria celebrated the New Year with its first export of crude oil from deepwater offshore production field. The consignment of about 200,000 barrels by Shell at the weekend came from Bonga, the country
Brasil 1 and movistar were leading the second leg of the Volvo Ocean Race this morning after it got away without a hitch from Cape Town’s Table Bay.
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TRANSPORT and Works minister Robert Pickersgill said yesterday that work was well under way to increase the handling capacity of the Kingston Container Terminal to accommodate the increased traffic that is expected in April when the Maersk deal takes effect.
The latest news from Leg 2 of the Volvo Ocean Race shows that after a light wind start from Cape Town yesterday Bouwe Bekking and team aboard movistar leads the fleet.
That was a crazy start. I haven’t been on a boat without steerage for years. And it happened not just once but a few times in the first two hours of the race. Boat were backing down, gybing upwind, it was chaotic.
