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WorleyParsons Gets Design Contract from SHI

WorleyParsons Gets Design Contract from SHI

Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has awarded WorleyParsons a contract for the detailed design and engineering for the topsides process modules of the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for a deep-water oil field located offshore Nigeria. The expected revenue to WorleyParsons from this contract is over USD 100 million. The contract will be executed [...]

Alicat Workboats, South Boats IOW Join Forces for Seawork (UK)

Alicat Workboats, South Boats IOW Join Forces for Seawork (UK)

Alicat Workboats and South Boats IOW will be joining forces for the first time at next week’s Seawork International event in Southampton. The companies will have their latest boats on display and it is the perfect opportunity to come aboard, have a good look around and maybe go out on a VIP trip to see [...]

Baker & McKenzie Advises China Merchants on Its Partnership with CMA CGM

Baker & McKenzie Advises China Merchants on Its Partnership with CMA CGM

Baker & McKenzie has advised China Merchants Holdings Company Limited, the largest public port operator in China; on its strategic partnership with CMA CGM, the world’s third largest container shipping company; and its successful acquisition of the 49% equity interest in Terminal Link, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the CMA CGM Group, for EUR400 million. The [...]

Crowley’s Alert Tugboat Recognized for Emergency Rescue Tow of ‘Kulluk’ Drill Rig

Crowley’s Alert Tugboat Recognized for Emergency Rescue Tow of ‘Kulluk’ Drill Rig

The captain and crew of Crowley’s Prevention and Response tug (PRT) Alert were personally recognized by Representative Eric Feige from the Alaska State Legislature for courage, teamwork and professionalism during the emergency rescue tow of the drill barge Kulluk off the southern point of Kodiak Island. During their meeting, he presented them with a letter [...]

Dockwise Delivers Spar Hull to Lucius O&G Project (USA)

Dockwise Delivers Spar Hull to Lucius O&G Project (USA)

Boskalis announces that Dockwise safely and successfully offloaded the 23,000 ton Lucius spar last week for the Lucius deepwater oil and natural gas project located in the Gulf of Mexico. The Lucius truss spar, measuring 184 meters (605 feet) long and 34 meters (110 feet) in diameter, was loaded onto the Mighty Servant 1 by [...]

CTruk to Exhibit at Seawork 2013 (UK)

CTruk to Exhibit at Seawork 2013 (UK)

CTruk will exhibit on stand B63 at Seawork next week and will have a vessel on the pontoon for the first time ‒ CWind Alliance. CWind Alliance was recently recognised by Siemens for ‘outstanding vessel performance’ on the London Array offshore wind farm. Attendees can come at the stand B63 to meet the team and [...]

Northrop Grumman to Upgrade Arklow’s Fleet Navigation Systems

Northrop Grumman to Upgrade Arklow’s Fleet Navigation Systems

Northrop Grumman Corporation has been selected by Arklow Shipping to upgrade 12 container vessels with VisionMaster FT Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS) to enable paperless navigation. Northrop Grumman’s Sperry Marine business unit will install all of the systems by the end of 2014. The VisionMaster FT ECDIS will replace existing NaviECDIS that utilises [...]

BIMCO BoD Held Meeting on Ballast Water and Greenhouse Gases Issues (France)

BIMCO BoD Held Meeting on Ballast Water and Greenhouse Gases Issues (France)

The Board of Directors (BoD) met on Monday 27 May following the preceding day’s brief Executive Committee (EC) Meeting. This was the first assembly of the entire BOD since the Singapore General Meeting and a broad agenda had been prepared for its consideration. Mr. Yudhishthir Khatau, President of BIMCO, chaired the Meeting of the BOD. [...]

MV Alice Starts Maiden Voyage from Delfzijl to Antwerpen

MV Alice Starts Maiden Voyage from Delfzijl to Antwerpen

After successful trials and delivery, M.V. Alice, Hull Nb. 415 went into service for Erik Thun A.B. on June 6th 2013. The maiden voyage for Alice went ballasted from Delfzijl to Antwerpen, where she loaded for Heroya, Norway. During her first loaded voyage the ‘energy saving mode’ of the propulsion plant was tested and fine-tuned. [...]

The Netherlands: NAUTIS Simulators Introduce Interface to PC Maritime ECDIS

The Netherlands: NAUTIS Simulators Introduce Interface to PC Maritime ECDIS

VSTEP and PC Maritime have jointly developed a software interface which makes high quality, yet affordable ECDIS and radar training possible. Following its radar video interface with the Kelvin Hughes and MARIS ECDIS, VSTEP’s NAUTIS bridge simulators now also connect to PC Maritime’s Navmaster ECDIS to provide training colleges with a DNV-approved generic ECDIS training [...]

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