On May 16th, Capt. Wei Jiafu, Chairman of COSCO Group met with the state-visiting Prime Minister of Greece Antonis Samaras and his senior delegation in Diaoyutai State Guest House. Both parties thoroughly exchanged views on collaboration between COSCO Group and the Port of Piraeus. At the meeting, Prime Minister Samaras said that COSCO Group enjoys [...]
Tidewater Inc., through a wholly-owned subsidiary, has entered into an agreement with HitecVision to purchase Troms Offshore Supply AS for approximately $395 million. The acquisition of Troms Offshore, headquartered in Tromsø, Norway, will expand Tidewater’s global footprint into the Norwegian sector of the North Sea and supplement Tidewater’s experience and vessel fleet operating in harsh [...]
On May 4th, Hyundai Mipo Dockyard held a launching ceremony for gas carrier Sibur Voronezh, the first out of two semi-refrigerator LPG carriers ordered by Sovcomflot Group (SCF). Sibur Voronezh is due to be completed and delivered in mid July 2013, whereas the second gas carrier Sibur Tobol is scheduled for completion by September 2013. [...]
Recently, China Communications Construction Group (CHEC) has won the bids for Stage 1 of Phase 3 of the container terminal project in Cologne, Panama, the terminal construction and repair project in San Vicente, Chile, and the watercourse flood mitigation project in St. Marks, Grenada, with a total contract value of some 140 million US dollars. [...]
Over 300 people gathered on the Zattere Adriatic waterfront in Venice to welcome the arrival of the Legend, the Carnival group’s new flagship, and toast the beginning of the new cruise season in the lagoon. A flashmob was organised by the Cruise Venice Committee, an association that promotes and supports cruise ship traffic in the [...]
TTS Group ASA has, through its subsidiary TTS Marine AB in Gothenburg, signed two new contracts in South Korea with a total value of approx. 150 MNOK. One of the contracts is with Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co., Ltd shipyard and the other is with Hyundai Mipo Dockyards Co., Ltd. Both contracts concern delivery of [...]
In view of the ongoing disastrous situation in the shipping business and also due to missing impulses for action from the recent 8th Maritime Conference in Kiel, a small group of ship-owners from Leer, Germany, appeals for a concerted action to reduce capacity in the market. A jointly executed strategy to shorten shipping capacity should [...]
Havyard Group has agreed on a contract with Skansi Offshore regarding delivery of a Havyard 833 L platform supply vessel. Skansi Offshore takes over the contract of newbuild 111, originally ordered by a different shipowner, a ship to be delivered in June 2013. The vessel is designed by Havyard Group`s design branch in Fosnavaag and [...]
The NOL Group welcomed on March 25 its newest, largest, and most environmentally – friendly vessel to its fleet. The 14,000 – TEU (twenty – foot equivalent unit) container ship was officially named APL Temasek, built by Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), at a ceremony in Singapore by Mrs Mary Tan, spouse of the Republic’s [...]
At the annual Fosnavåg Shippingklubb Cod Dinner, held on March 20, the Foreign Minister of Iceland, Dr. Össur Skarphéðinsson announced that Fafnir Offshore, an Icelandic oil service company, had contracted Havyard Group to build and deliver Iceland’s first platform supply vessel. The Foreign Minister stated that Iceland is ready to embrace the opportunities and meet [...]
