QCI Marine Offshore has been awarded by Signal International the accommodations and inside electrical work on Etesco’s Millennium semisub, QCI President Chris Cantele announced. The project, to be built at Signal’s Pascagoula yard, includes the build out of 5-levels of accommodations. The Etesco Mil
The executive and legislative arms of government may be on a fresh collision course over the recent awards of engineering contracts to US oil services company Halliburton, which was earlier recommended for ban by the House of Representatives. Also, the Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstre
Following the opening of the Suez Canal Container Terminal (SCCT) in Port Said, Maersk Sealand is now carrying out the transfer of several services from Gioia Tauro, Italy to Port Said, Egypt. This change to the service pattern is the result of an agreement concluded between SCCT and Maersk Sealand,
Signal International, LLC, says it has signed a contract with ETESCO Millennium Partners, LLC to convert the semi-submersible drilling rig Odin Millennium to a 272 bed accommodation vessel and offshore construction and repair platform. Dick Marler, President and CEO of Signal International, said the
World-renowned scientists gathered last week to identify the science requirements to support ecosystem-based approaches to marine resource management in the U.S. Pacific Islands. The workshop, held from April 18 to 22 in Honolulu, gathered together several great talents in one room, according to dir
A group of Aberdeen fish merchants plan to launch a legal action against the Scottish Executive, claiming it’s unable or unwilling to prevent illegal landings of fish. The Fish Trade Equal Opportunity Group says the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency is failing to carry out its policing role effec
Around VT400 million will be allocated to cover a project on the comprehensive management of coastal and fisheries resources and environment, which is expected to start in October this year and run for a three-year period with funding from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Vila. Kiyos
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a US$880,000 technical assistance grant for Indonesia to help the government formulate a better strategy for the country’s fisheries sector. The Manila-based lender said in a statement that the funds would be used to finance the drafting of a 10-year dev
An extra 500 workers will be needed at the Port of Felixstowe in Suffolk this year, bosses have said. The docks is set to lose around 300 workers as they reach retirement age and needs to expand but is struggling to recruit enough apprentice engineers. A port spokesperson says young people are being
A cruise ship hit a pier while docking in Mexico, cutting a 13-meter (42-foot) gash in the ship’s side and delaying its return to New Orleans. Nobody was hurt, but the 2,030 passengers will have to either fly back on chartered flights or wait until the repairs are done, said Michael Sheehan, a spoke
Despite winning three Olympic sailing medals – two of them gold – it looks as if there will not be any place for Ben Ainsley in the next Americas Cup. The Briton has been part of the Team New Zealand afterguard but looks set to miss out on a place in the actual sailing crew […]
The No. 3 women’s sailing team placed second behind Harvard at the Women’s New England Championships this weekend at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London. The top five of the 13 teams present at the New England Championships qualified for the Women’s North American Championships set to take pl
Just off the coast of this Spanish city, two 80-foot America’s Cup yachts charge each other under full sail, as if they were jousting at sea. It’s all part of the game, the tactics, of training by the U.S. team in a bid to bring the America’s Cup back to the United States in 2007 […]
The Interisland ferry with 670 people on board, lost all propulsion near the entrance to Tory Channel yesterday morning. Emergency services were activated, but engineers were able to restore power. During the crossing, passengers endured six metre swells and winds reaching 100 kilometres an hour bef
