Prosafe ASA subsidiary Prosafe Rigs Ltd. secured a 19-week extension for the Safe Caledonia offshore Nigeria. The DP vessel is providing hook-up and construction support to Shell Nigeria Exploration & Production Co.’s Bonga FPSO.
THE European Commission says it has authorised a state guarantee scheme introduced by The Netherlands. Guarantees will be granted to financial institutions providing loans to Dutch shipyards in order to finance the construction of ships.
Exxon Mobil Corporation has revealed that its Angolan subsidiary has started production at the $3.5 billion Kizomba B project, which is designed to develop one billion barrels of oil from the Kissanje and Dikanza fields.
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WASHINGTON — The Base Realignment and Closure Commission yesterday vowed to reconsider the closing of Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, as commissioners expressed alarm that New England would suffer disproportionately in the Pentagon’s plan to shutter or downsize dozens of bases across the country.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The number of pirate attacks worldwide hit a six-year low in the first half of 2005, but Iraq and Somalia emerged as increasingly perilous hotspots for commercial ships, a maritime watchdog said Wednesday.
Pirate attacks worldwide dropped 30 per cent this year but worsened in hot spots including Indonesia, which suffered increasingly violent assaults, according to an international report.
The world’s newest super maxi yacht, Sydney-based New Zealander Neville Crichton’s 30m (98ft) Alfa Romeo, hit the water in Sydney Harbour late yesterday, her owner’s sights set firmly on winning line and handicap honours in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2005.
The marina of Puerto Portals, in Mallorca, Spain, will be host to the third of the five regattas in the Breitling MEDCUP TP52 Circuit, also the 11th Breitling Regatta, from the 20-24 July.
China’s first self-made liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier, which is taking shape in dry dock in Shanghai, has a price tag larger than that of a Boeing 747.
Exxon Mobil Corp. subsidiary, Esso Exploration Angola (block 15) Ltd. started production of the $3.5-billion Kizomba B project offshore Angola. The project will develop 1 Bbbl from the Kissanje and Dikanza fields in 3,280 ft water depth more than 200 mi offshore.
An expansion at a shipyard in St. Mary Parish promises to bring hundreds of jobs to the area.
Governor Linda Lingle spoke with the head of a commission that could affect the fate of the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and its thousands of workers. We find out Tuesday whether the shipyard will be added to a list of potential base closures.
In ceremonies in Monfalcone, Italy, Carnival Cruise Lines, a unit of Carnival Corporation & plc took delivery of the its newest cruise ship , the 110,000-ton Carnival Liberty, which launches the line`s first-ever Mediterranean cruise program July 20. The 2,974-passenger SuperLiner is the 21st vessel
