Henderson, Western Australia-based Echo Yachts has completed construction of a new yacht support vessel. Named Charley 2, the vessel has an aluminium hull and superstructure, an aluminium/teak deck, an LOA of 56 metres, a beam of 14.8 metres, a draught of 3.4 metres, and a gross tonnage of 1,041....
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Pilot dead following ship boarding mishap in Turkey
Turkey’s Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has confirmed that a local maritime pilot died as a result of a vessel boarding accident that occurred in the Bosphorus Strait on Sunday, February 4. The victim, identified as maritime pilot Oguz Kok, was attempting to board the Cook...
VESSEL REFIT | Anuanua Moana – Ex-subsea construction vessel to take on ocean exploration activities off Cook Islands
Moana Minerals (MML), a Cook Islands-based deepwater metals exploration company and wholly owned subsidiary of US private offshore mining firm Ocean Minerals, has begun o ..
COLUMN | Mining marriage made in heaven? DEME and Transocean co-operate in deep ocean minerals – new drillship conversion imminent after Allseas’ proof of concept [Offshore Accounts]
Some seriously odd things have been happening with everyone’s favourite penny stock deepsea mining player, The Metals Company. On January 31, Gerard Barron’s speculat ..
Work Boat World Emergency Service Vessel Orders and Deliveries Roundup – June 1, 2022
We start the month of June 2022 with an impressive roundup of emergency service vessel deliveries. The newbuilds include a fast cutter for the US Coast Guard, two respons ..
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COLUMN | Eneti’s wishful thinking; Transocean enters subsea mining; Allseas progresses wet mining tests; Boskalis goes private; SHUAA buys Allianz Marine in Abu Dhabi [Offshore Accounts]
Last week we looked at the ongoing restructurings at DOF, Havila, Siem Offshore and Saipem. With judicious bail outs from shareholders and support from lenders, the oil a ..
Cook Islands Police’s newest patrol boat launched in Australia
Austal Australia has launched the 15th Guardian-class patrol boat that the company is building for the Australian Government’s Pacific Patrol Boat Replacement Proje ..
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COLUMN | The Royal New Zealand Navy: a small but increasingly ambitious force [Naval Gazing]
The Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) is responsible for maritime security within the nation’s 4.3 million square-kilometre EEZ, as well as in the waters surrounding the ..
18 rescued from capsized fishing vessel off Galapagos Islands
The US Coast Guard coordinated the rescue of 18 Ecuadorian nationals after their 22-metre commercial fishing vessel sank approximately 560 kilometres north of the ..