A huge re-enforced concrete pontoon, weighing almost 7000 tonnes, has floated out of dry dock on the north bank of the Tyne, marking a major milestone in a £25 million Humberside port development. Almost 18 million litres of water was pumped into the dock at Shepherd Offshore’s Neptune Energy Park to successfully float the structure, [...]
Burckhardt Compression received the first order for the fuel gas compressor system Laby – GI for two LNG carriers. This marks a major milestone for Burckhardt Compression in setting up a compressor business for energy – efficient, environmentally friendly propulsion systems for gas – operated marine diesel engines. The compressor system will inject boil – [...]
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North Star Shipping, a division of the family-owned global shipping and energy services firm The Craig Group, has been awarded a major contract with BP with a value of £63million. The multi-service contract is for five years with a possible extension of five years and includes tanker assist, platform supply and emergency and response rescue [...]
The new mega container terminal now under construction at DP World flagship Jebel Ali Port has been a major attraction at Sea Asia 2013, the 3-day cornerstone event of Singapore’s Maritime Week, with visitors including Singapore’s Minister of Transport H.E. Lui Tuck Yew. DP World is participating in the international conference and exhibition, which opened [...]
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ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has been appointed the main electrical contractor (MEC) for a new floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel at the Ichthys oil and gas field in the Timor Sea off Western Australia. The order is worth $30 million and was awarded by the engineering, procurement and construction [...]
APM Terminals and Turkey-based Petkim have today entered into a final agreement to create and operate Aegean Gateway Terminal (AGT). AGT will be one of Turkey’s largest container and general cargo terminals and will be entirely operated by APM Terminals under a concession agreement with operations expected to start in summer 2015. The agreement means [...]
EMS Seven Seas ASA today announced that the Company has been awarded a one year bridge contract from January 1st 2013 to provide supplies and services from a major NATO country. The customer is EMS’ largest customer and has been an important business partner to EMS Group since 1988. The contract is for supplies of [...]
A Cost Sharing Agreement (CSA) has been executed between Levant LNG Marketing, a subsidiary of Pangea LNG B.V., and Tamar Partners. This major milestone demonstrates the continuing progress toward the export of LNG from the Tamar and Dalit fields in the Eastern Mediterranean, 60 miles offshore from Israel. The Tamar Partnership will participate in the [...]
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Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has been awarded the contract to supply the engines and complete propulsion systems for two newbuild vessel projects. The order includes a total of 28 engines for 14 vessels being built for the Kuwait Oil Company, and represents a major order for Wärtsilä from a Middle [...]
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The Chinese state-owned shipping operator China Ocean Shipping Group Co. (COSCO) is considering a major order of 10 supertankers aimed at building up the group’s fleet capacities amid rising oil imports of the country, Bloomberg reports. According to managing director of tanker arm Dalian Ocean Shipping Co., Meng Qinglin, the plan is still at [...]
