President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono officially opened the Asia-Pacific ministerial meeting on the Millennium Development Goals at the Jakarta Convention Center on Wednesday. In his opening speech, Susilo said that regional cooperation should not only be rhetoric but it must be applied to achieve targ
On Wednesday 3 August 2005 Odense Steel Shipyard presented its latest newbuilding for the A.P. Moller – Maersk Group.
Petrobras has submitted two letters of intention to MODEC Inc, for the chartering of one FPSO for use in the RJS-409 and RJS-415 areas development project located to the south of the Espadarte Field and (ii) and FSO (Floating, Storage and Offloading unit) for the Director Plan for Flow and Treatment
Daewood Shipbuilding to build five LNG tankers Seoul, Aug. 1, 2005 (WAM) — Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co.,will build five large liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers valued at US$1.20 billion for Qatar Liquefied Gas II which is a joint venture between Exxon Mobil Corp. and state-run Qata
ENVIRONMENT groups plan to resort to the courts to halt development in Australia’s most important port. Dredging vessel the Queen of the Netherlands will arrive in Port Phillip Bay today to start a $32million trial to test the environmental and engineering effects of deepening the shipping channel t
The pirates of the Malacca Straits, one of the world’s most important waterways, are mounting more serious attacks than ever before after recovering from the Dec. 26 tsunami, according to a recently published report. Lloyd’s of London recently added the straits to its list of war- and terrorism-risk
A major British container-ship company is talking with potential buyers about a $1 billion-plus deal to be acquired. CP Ships Ltd. has not identified any potential buyers but one analyst, David Newman of Canada’s National Bank Financial, said CP Ships could fetch $15 to $19 a share, or a total of $1
Russian sailors have had a bad weekend on the Neva River in St Petersburg, with two collisions and an accidental blast leaving three ships damaged. First, an oil tanker slammed into a bridge in the former imperial capital, leaving the ship badly damaged and leaking a small amount of diesel.
Paul Cayard, one of America’s most decorated sailors, has agreed to skipper the “Black Pearl,” the Walt Disney Co.-backed syndicate, in the Volvo Ocean Race, set to begin in November. The announcement is scheduled for tomorrow. The 46-year-old San Francisco native has sailed in five America’s Cup ca
A fire in a decommissioned Russian naval submarine, at a recycling facility at the northern Zvyozdochka shipyard, killed at least one person and injured another, an emergency official said on Monday. The injured worker is in a hospital in very serious condition, Zvyozdochka’s chief engineer Viktor F
The bribes started with a lunch. Soon there was an open tab at a local delicatessen. Then came concert and airline tickets. And then it was straight cash. Barbara E. Speller, who had the authority to approve lucrative freight delivery contracts for the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, admitted
Petersburg authorities closed a shipping lane on a tributary to the river Neva because of severe damage of the Tuchkov Bridge, which was rammed by the Nvesky-22 steamer earlier on Monday. At present, a bypass route was arrange around the area.
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Yachting industry operators from OECS member countries get an opportunity this September for unparallel exposure to the European market. The OECS are
