Santos Ltd., Adelaide, has begun production from the Mutineer-Exeter oil fields off northwestern Australia, 150 km north of Dampier. The fields’ initial output is expected to be 70,000-90,000 b/d of oil with dual electric submersible pumps (OGJ Online, Feb. 17, 2005). Production from seven wells wil
A California woman and her son have sued cruise operator Holland America Line for unspecified damages after getting sick on a cruise where they said toilets overflowed and crew members were seen with prostitutes at ports of call. Bernice Oltman, 81, and her son, Jack Oltman.
Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the founder of discount airline EasyJet Plc, invested $20 million in a new low- cost cruise liner, EasyCruise.com, that will sail in the Mediterranean. EasyCruise.com will make its inaugural trip May 6 with a 170- passenger ship out of Nice and will take in ports including St.
Pirates attacked a Japanese-owned bulk carrier in the Malacca Strait and robbed the ship of its cash before escaping in a boat, a maritime official said. “The attack happened early Friday. They boarded the ship and robbed the safe,” Noel Choong, head of the Piracy Reporting Center of the Internation
Qatar will spend $15 billion in the next five years to add 70 vessels to its fleet of tankers to export more liquefied natural gas (LNG), Oil Minister Abdullah al-Attiyah said on Wednesday. Qatar, home to the world
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has recommended changes to procedures after a shipping incident on the Great Barrier Reef, in far north Queensland, last year. The Panamanian-registered bulk carrier Harmonic Progress was on its way from Japan to load coal at the Hay Point terminal near
A boat that has cruised the Erie Canal, the Finger Lakes and Chesapeake Bay is returning to the Genesee River at Rochester for the first time in six years. The Corn Hill Navigation Company plans to launch the 104-passenger “Mary Jemison” in May. The cruise boat will be based at the Corn Hill docks i
The captain of a cargo ship that broke apart in December and created Alaska’s worst oil spill since the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster has pleaded guilty of lying to federal investigators. Kailash Bhushan Singh entered his plea in U.S. District Court in Anchorage, where Judge Ralph Beistline approved a
MACKINAW CITY – A long-awaited marine construction project in Mackinaw City will soon begin when barges arrive to start the first phase of a $9.5 million new state harbor of refuge. The initial work will include the installation of two breakwaters outside the area known as the State Dock, where car
Despite the issuance of a new state permit allowing landowners along the lower Kilchis River to alleviate flooding in their pastures, it was still unclear this week when or if the dredging project will be able to proceed. Landowners have been trying to clear out a 2,500-foot section of the Kilchis R
Unicontrol International Ltda. of Sao Paulo Brazil, a SEA Systems Limited subsidiary, was awarded a CAN$7.2 million contract to provide control and automation systems for an offshore platform owned by Petrobras. The terms of the contract call for Unicontrol to design, procure, fabricate and install
ANKARA – A Turkish-flagged ship collided with a Georgian-flagged ship off Bozcaada island in the Aegean Sea, the search and rescue coordination center of the Maritime Undersecretariat said on Tuesday. The center stated that Turkish ship ”Sude 1” collided with Georgian ship ”Aras 1” off Bozcaada. Tur
Pasha Hawaii Transport Lines held a Hawaiian blessing and cocktail reception Tuesday evening to mark its entry into the busy Hawaii maritime shipping market. The party was at Pier 19, not far from the brand-new Jean Anne, Pasha’s only ship, a $90 million, 579-foot “ro-ro” vessel, which had offloaded
Honolulu’s Andrew Lewis earned one of two U.S. spots in the 2005-06 Volvo Ocean Race, considered one of the fastest and most intense races in sailing. Lewis, 23, an ASSETS graduate, and George Peet, 24, of Newport, R.I., were chosen for Team ABN AMRO during final crew selection in Portimao, Portugal
