OSAKA–Hitachi Zosen Corp. and two other shipbuilding-related firms announced Monday that a total of 24 of their former employees have died of mesothelioma, a type of cancer, and other asbestos-related diseases. Although experts knew of mesothelioma cases occuring in the shipbuilding industry in the
There was at least one sporting achievement for France to cheer yesterday when one of its more enigmatic yachtsmen, Francis Joyon, sliced a massive 22 hours, 33 minutes and 5 seconds off the single-handed transatlantic record.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has ordered a change in the LNG shipping policy to allow the liquefied natural gas purchaser the choice of carrier. Currently, the Shipping ministry restricts LNG import only on an Indian flag vessel – Indian company holding a minimum of 26 per cent ownership of the car
Global Gas & Refining Ltd., a Nigerian subsidiary of Houston-managed Global Energy Inc., has started up its Cawthorne Channel gas processing plant in the Bonny River area in Nigeria. The 120 MMcfd, barge-mounted facility is the first indigenous-owned and operated gas processing plant in Africa, Glob
A federal spending bill includes $11 million for dredging and maintenance of Charleston channels that serve port facilities. Port users say the money will keep the ports open for bigger business at a time when money for those projects is hard to come by.
Kjell Inge Rokke, the majority owner of the Kvaerner Philadelphia Shipyard, faces 30 days in prison after his conviction Friday on charges that he bribed a maritime official to obtain a yacht operator’s license. He was convicted in a district court in Oslo, Norway, home of his business empire, which
About a dozen fishing boats surrounded the cruise ship Maasdam as it prepared to leave port yesterday in a protest of cuts to their snow crab quota. The fishermen, from the Louisbourg, N.S., area, are trying to pressure federal Fisheries Minister Geoff Regan to meet with them to discuss the cuts. Re
Murphy Sabah Oil Co. Ltd. has awarded Technip a contract for the engineering, design, supply, and installation of the Kikeh area development subsea pipeline and riser system. Kikeh, in 1,330m water depth offshore Sabah, will be the first deepwater development in Malaysia and will include the deepest
A two-year, taxpayer-funded $7.2 million project to clear out dozens of private canals surrounding Lake Griffin is ready to begin. Crews have worked for months to prepare miles of plastic pipeline and barges needed to pull off the largest effort ever handled by the Lake County Water Authority. The a
Durrat Al Bahrain has signed a $150m agreement with Durrat Al Bahrain and Great Lakes-Nass for reclamation, dredging and shore protection for the second and final phase of the project, reported Gulf Daily News. The work is expected to be finished within two years. Durrat Al Bahrain is co-owned by Ku
After 12 years of effort, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources expects to begin work on dredging Crystal Lake in the fall of this year. The estimated cost of the project is $3 million. “It’s been a long time coming but it’s going to be worth it,” said community organizer Bruce Kluver of Crystal
You may remember that the departure of the fleet from Boston was marked by very light winds. Things have been very different since then. Leg six of the Global Challenge yacht race looked very straightforward at first sight: Boston to La Rochelle with just one waypoint to the southeast of Newfoundlan
Maritime Officers of the Ministry of Works and Transport are expected to meet with senior officials of Inter Isle Construction and Fabrication Company Limited, at the company’s headquarters in Chaguaramas today. One of the officers handling the investigation into the explosion which occurred aboard
Increased shipping, spurred by the country’s expanding economy, is creating unprecedented levels of pollution, a situation China’s Maritime Safety Administration (MSA) is working to remedy. Speaking yesterday, Liu Gongchen, deputy director-general of MSA, said his administration is working to establ
