![USA: Gulf LNG Terminal Officially Opens]()
GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of GE, announced today that its co-owned Gulf LNG regasificationand liquefied natural gas storage facility on the Gulf of Mexico has successfully begun operations. GE made the announcement at a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the facility in Pascagoula, Mississippi, joined by Gov. Haley Barbour and executives of El Paso Corporation. [...]
Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond yesterday (October 25) officially opened the global headquarters of The Ferguson Group, specialists in the rental of containers, accommodation modules and engineering modules to the offshore energy industry around the world. The Ferguson Group has operated out of the north-east of Scotland for 30 years and the purpose-built £6million facility [...]
Less than two years after construction began, the Gowind offshore patrol vessel L’Adroit, an innovative maritime safety & security platform, has been made available to the French Navy. Built by DCNS under a self-funded programme, the ship incorporates a number of major technological innovations and will now have a chance to demonstrate its operational value [...]
![UAE: Three-day Conference and Exhibition Middle East Workboats 2011 Officially Opened]()
The maritime commercial climate in the Middle East is in buoyant mood, especially for the workboats sector, as investment in the offshore oil and gas industry spurs demand for offshore support vessels (OSVs), according to industry experts speaking at Middle East Workboats 2011. The three-day conference and exhibition was officially opened by Awaidha Murshed [...]
![Greece: Kongsberg Maritime Office in Piraeus Officially Open]()
A new Kongsberg Maritime office in the port of Piraeus, Greece went operational on September 1st 2011. Kongsberg Maritime Hellas SA, has been established as a customer support & sales office to meet the procurement and service requirements of Greek shipowners and vessels sailing with Kongsberg Maritime systems in southern Europe. With a large [...]
![Russia: Vladimir Putin Officially Names Seismic Vessel ‘Vyacheslav Tikhonov’]()
Polarcus Limited announced that the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, has assumed the role of Guardian to the seismic vessel Vyacheslav Tikhonov, formerly POLARCUS SELMA, during a naming ceremony held last week in the Russian Black Sea city of Sochi. The ultra-modern seismic vessel Vyacheslav Tikhonov is on a five year [...]
![Peru: Callao Terminal Officially Signed Over to APM Terminals]()
Official responsibility for the administration and management of Terminal Muelle Norte, (the North Terminal) at the Port of Callao, Peru, was assumed by APM Terminals in a ceremony held on July 1st in Callao. With the final documents signed, the APM Terminals banner was raised, and stevedores set to work on the eight vessels [...]
![UK: Royal Navy Officially Names New Antarctic Patrol Vessel]()
The Royal Navy’s new Antarctic patrol vessel was officially named as HMS Protector at a ceremony in Portsmouth this week. HMS Protector will fulfil HMS Endurance’s role as the Navy’s ice patrol ship for an interim period, and has been leased on a three-year contract from Norwegian company GC Rieber Shipping. The vessel entered Portsmouth Naval Base [...]
![US Navy Officially Christens Anchorage LPD 23 at Avondale]()
Nearly 1,200 guests attended the christening of Anchorage (LPD 23), the seventh ship in the USS San Antonio class of ships being built by… (sunherald) Source: sunherald, May 17, 2011
![China’s shipbuilding tonnage hits 18.93 mln tons in 2007]()
China, the world’s third-largest shipbuilder after Korea and Japan, witnessed its shipbuilding tonnage up 30% to reach 18.93 million tons in 2007, according to sources.
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