East Timor Plans to Establish Two New Ports »
East Timor is planning two new ports to help ease congestion at the capital, Dili, with both the north and south coasts set to benefit from the ambitious development plan, Port Strategy reports. The officials...
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Drydocks World Holds Strategic Meeting with Singapore Delegation »
Khamis Juma Buamim, Chairman of Drydocks World and Maritime World received the Singapore’s Non-Resident Ambassador (NRA) to the United Arab Emirates, HE Tee Tua Ba and his accompanying delegation and held discussions on topics of...
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ABB Secures Contract from DSME to Power Two Pipelaying Vessels (South Korea) »
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, recently won an order worth $18 million from Daewoo to supply energy efficient propulsion and electrical power systems for two new deep sea pipeline installation vessels that...
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Rig ‘Island Innovator’ to Join Odfjell Drilling’s Norwegian Fleet »
Odfjell Drilling announced that the new rig will join its Norwegian fleet. “The operation of Island Innovator will be an important contribution to Odfjell Drilling’s activity on the Norwegian continental shelf. The contract between the...
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Sweden: RORO Exhibition to Focus on The Environment »
A number of challenges lie in front of the roll-on/roll-off industry, but how well equipped are businesses to cope with the European Commission’s new environmental regulations? That’s just one of the areas that will be...
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Dutch Fairstar Wins Drilling Rig Transportation Contract from Seadrill »
Fairstar Heavy Transport N.V. (FAIR) has been awarded a new contract to transport the drilling rig OFFSHORE VIGILANT from Port of Spain, Trinidad to Vung Tau, Vietnam on Fairstar’s semi-submersible vessel FJELL. The contract value...
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Zeus: LNG-Fueled Ship Orders Up 26 Pct in Six Months (USA) »
Following a world survey of the marine industry, Zeus Development Corporation has identified 63 LNG-fueled ships in operation or under development, up from 48 units last December. These ships do not include more than 300...
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Fairmount Alpine Performs Towing of Ocean Whittington Rig from Brazil to USA »
Fairmount Marine’s tug Fairmount Alpine has towed the rig Ocean Whittington from offshore Belem, Brazil, to offshore Galveston, US. For this job Fairmount Marine was contracted by the rigs owner, Diamond Offshore Drilling, for which...
May 16 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »Groot Ship Design Signs Unique Contract In Malaysia »
Yesterday at Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) a unique contract was signed between Groot Ship Design from Leek (the Netherlands), Sundong shipyard (Korea) and owner PBHH/BH...
May 16 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »UK: Craig Group Secures Contracts for Its New Vessels »
A £35 million investment by Craig Group in four new vessels has already secured major contracts for the Aberdeen global shipping and energy services...
May 16 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »Excelerate to Build First Floating Liquefaction Facility in USA »
Excelerate Energy is moving forward with the development of the first floating liquefaction facility in the United States utilizing its Floating Liquefaction Storage Offloading...
May 15 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »South Africa Signs IMO Anti-Piracy Code »
The Code of Conduct concerning the Repression of Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in the Western Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden...
May 15 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »South Korea: DSME Secures USD 1.1 Billion Semi Rigs Order »
DSME won a new order for two semi-submersible rigs with Norway based Songa Offshore during the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) held in Houston, U.S.A...
May 15 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »South Korea: DSME Cuts Steel for World’s Largest Container Ship »
On 12th May, the Crown Prince and Princess of Denmark visited DSME’s Okpo shipyard to attend the steel cutting ceremony for Hull No. 4250....
May 15 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »Goa Shipyard to Build Six OPVs for Indian Coast Guard »
Goa Shipyard Ltd. (GSL) signed a contract for the construction of six Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) for the Indian Coast Guard on 9th May...
May 14 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »Brazil: Petrobras Inks Contract for VLCC Vessel Hull Conversion »
On May 7 Petrobras signed an agreement for the conversion of four VLCC (Very Large Crude Carrier) vessels into the hulls of the future...
May 11 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »The Netherlands: EIB Finalises EUR 900 Mln Funding for Maasvlakte 2 »
The European Investment Bank has formally agreed to provide the final part of EUR 900m overall funding to support investment by the Port of...
May 10 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »Diamond Offshore Orders New Drillship in South Korea »
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. yesterday announced that a subsidiary, Diamond Offshore Drilling Limited, has entered into a turnkey contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries Co.,...
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