Top Stories East Timor Plans to Establish Two New Ports

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

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 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

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

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

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)

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 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...

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Groot Ship Design Signs Unique Contract In Malaysia »

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...

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UK: Craig Group Secures Contracts for Its New Vessels »

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...

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Excelerate to Build First Floating Liquefaction Facility in USA »

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...

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South Africa Signs IMO Anti-Piracy Code »

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...

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South Korea: DSME Secures USD 1.1 Billion Semi Rigs Order »

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...

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South Korea: DSME Cuts Steel for World’s Largest Container Ship »

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....

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Goa Shipyard to Build Six OPVs for Indian Coast Guard »

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...

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Brazil: Petrobras Inks Contract for VLCC Vessel Hull Conversion »

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...

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The Netherlands: EIB Finalises EUR 900 Mln Funding for Maasvlakte 2 »

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...

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Diamond Offshore Orders New Drillship in South Korea »

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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Greece: Hellenic Carriers Delivers MV ‘Hellenic Sky’ to New Owners »

Greece: Hellenic Carriers Delivers MV ‘Hellenic Sky’ to New Owners

Hellenic Carriers Limited, an international provider of marine transportation services for dry bulk cargoes, announces that the M/V “Hellenic Sky”, a 68,591 dwt Panamax dry bulk carrier built in 1994, owned by Thasos Shipping Co. Ltd., was delivered on 16 May 2012 to its new...

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UK: Nautronix to Supply Acoustic Positioning System for Noble’s New Drillship »

UK: Nautronix to Supply Acoustic Positioning System for Noble’s New Drillship

Nautronix have secured another order for the supply of their NASDrill RS925 deepwater acoustic positioning system for Noble Corporation’s fourth new ultra-deepwater drillship. In 2011, Nautronix was awarded the contracts for supplying their NASDrill RS925 system for Noble’s first three new drill ships. All new...

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Incat Crowther Announces Launching of Two Wind Farm Service Vessels (UAE) »

Incat Crowther Announces Launching of Two Wind Farm Service Vessels (UAE)

Incat Crowther announced the launch of ASP Tyne and ASP Thames, two 18 metre Catamaran Wind Farm Service Craft. ASP Tyne and ASP Thames were constructed by Topaz Marine at their Abu Dhabi yard in the UAE, and will be delivered to ASP Holdings in...

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Norway: Bergen Group Wins Rig Yard Stay Services Contract from Semco Maritime »

Norway: Bergen Group Wins Rig Yard Stay Services Contract from Semco Maritime

Bergen Group Hanøytangen has been awarded an LOI from Semco Maritime in connection with a possible yard stay at Hanøytangen for a semi-submersible drilling rig in Q3 2012. For Bergen Group Hanøytangen the project is estimated to generate a turnover of NOK 50-100 million. Bergen...

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Japan: NYK Takes Delivery of Its Newbuild Vessel »

Japan: NYK Takes Delivery of Its Newbuild Vessel

On May 11, Taharoa Destiny, a new 175,000 DWT class vessel dedicated to the transport of ironsand slurry, was delivered to NYK. The ship was built at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.’s (MHI) Nagasaki Shipyard and Machinery Works. At the naming ceremony held on May 9,...

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The Netherlands: IHC Merwede Launches New CSD MIONDO »

The Netherlands: IHC Merwede Launches New CSD MIONDO

IHC Merwede has successfully named and launched the stationary cutter suction dredger, MIONDO, yesterday at its shipyard in Sliedrecht, The Netherlands. The company is building the innovative vessel for Marina & Ports Services Ltd, which is based in England. The ceremony was performed by Mrs...

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UK: Offshore Wind Services Receives First Vessel from South Boats »

UK: Offshore Wind Services Receives First Vessel from South Boats

South Boats Special Projects Ltd. announced the launch and commissioning of its 60th offshore wind farm crew transfer vessel, ‘Offshore Wandelaar’. The vessel is the first of two South Catamaran 19m WFSV designs to be delivered to Offshore Wind Services BV, ahead of its sister...

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Namibia: Walvis Bay Port Expansion Stalls »

Namibia: Walvis Bay Port Expansion Stalls

The New Era reports that last year the Namibian Ports Authority announced plans for an ambitious N$1.7billion container terminal expansion at the port of Walvis Bay. But this N$1.7b expansion project has not commenced as shareholder consultations continue. The company also indicated that the existing...

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Lloyd’s Register Announces New Appointments in Asia »

Lloyd’s Register Announces New Appointments in Asia

Lloyd’s Register has made two new senior appointments in Asia which will benefit global shipowners, operators and builders. Luis Benito has been appointed Strategic Marketing Manager, Lloyd’s Register. Based in Singapore, Benito will strengthen the links between the organisation’s technology development, strategic research and its...

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