Russian fleet at heart of Ukraine crisis
Many of fleet's ships are old, destined for scrap; Fleet is due to get new submarines, ships, aircraft. Ships used in Ukraine crisis, against Georgia, off Syria.
Statoil drills dry well in North Sea -oil directorate
Norway's Statoil has drilled a dry well in the North Sea, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate said on Monday. The well was drilled in production license 248 C some 5 kilometres from the Fram field.
Vietnam Investigating Possible Jet Debris
Vietnam sends helicopters to check "yellow object", possible plane life raft - minister. Vietnam has scrambled rescue helicopters to check a "yellow object" floating…
North Korea-flagged tanker finishes loading at Libya rebel port
A North Korean-flagged tanker has finished loading crude at the Libyan rebel-controlled port of Es Sider but has not yet left the terminal, Libyan oil officials said on Monday.
Vigor Shipyards Awarded USS Momsen Drydocking Contract
The US Department of Defense, Navy, inform that Vigor Shipyards Inc., Seattle, Wash., is being awarded a $30,703,417 cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-award-fee contract to definitize a previously awarded undefinitized contract action (N00024-11-C-4401) for repair and alteration of naval assets. The DoD explain that this body of work is being awarded under an existing five-year contract for planning and execution of repair and alteration to surface ships while in drydock.
China Shipyards Benefit from Lomar Fleet Expansion
Lomar informs it has declared a further three options to build new container vessels at Chinese shipyards, which brings the total number of newbuilding orders in hand to over 20 ships. The company has declared its final two options in a total order for six 1,100 TEU container vessels from the Yangzijiang shipyard. They are designed by leading Chinese design institute SDARI (Shanghai Merchant Ship Design…
Latest Piracy Analysis from OPINTEL
The latest US Maritime OPINTEL analysis and weekly report that follows covers the Horn of Africa and the Gulf of Guinea. OMAN: On 6 March, three suspicious white skiffs approached a merchant vessel near position 22:27.1 N – 060:29.2 E, approximately 122 nm southeast of Muscat, Oman. The skiffs with two persons onboard each skiff approached the ship to within a half mile. After self protection measures were initiated by the crew, the skiffs moved away.
UASC Ups Mega-Container Ship Order to 17
United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) says it has taken up the option with Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for one additional 18,000 TEU vessels, bringing the total order to 17 ships including eleven 14,000 TEU vessels and six 18,000 TEU vessels. The 14,000 TEU and 18,000 TEU newbuildings are scheduled for delivery from late 2014 and from the first half of 2015, respectively. UASC hosted a signing…
Russia Setting Up Another Arctic Sea Defence Base
The Siberian Department of Spetsstroy of Russia has begun work on the construction of buildings and structures on one of the islands of the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago…
Skating on Thin Ice: Great Lakes Coast Guard Remains Active
Two men are rescued after their snowmobiles crashed through the ice about a mile offshore on Saginaw Bay near Bay City, Mich., and meanwhile the Coast Guard continue their efforts to keep the users of the ice-bound Great Lakes safe by gathering ice depth data. Personnel at Coast Guard Station Saginaw River, in Essexville, Mich., received a night-time call from Bay County 911 dispatch stating that two people had broken through the ice.
