Leading Norwegian exploration seismic contractor Dolphin Geophysical of Bergen has awarded VERIPOS a new three-year contract for provision of satellite positioning services aboard its fleet of specialist high-capacity vessels, Artemis Arctic, Artemis Atlantic, Polar Duke and Polar Duchess; the services will also be extended to include Sanco Swift, a new 96-metre vessel due to be [...]
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GE’s Power Conversion business is proving to be an ideal partner for builders and operators of drillships and semi-submersibles. In the last 12 months GE has won contracts valued at more than $600 million to provide propulsion systems with customers leading the pre-salt oilfield expansion off Brazil’s east coast. GE’s systems will power, propel, navigate, [...]
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The “Siem Moxie”, an infield support vessel (ISV), will be put into operation in spring 2014. She is the first work boat with the Ulstein-designed X-BOW to be fitted with two Voith Schneider Propellers (VSP). X-BOW vessels are characterised by the absence of a bulbous bow. Their bow slopes backwards above the water line which [...]
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Trelleborg Marine Systems has been awarded the contract to supply docking and mooring equipment and LNG cargo transfer technology for the new Yuedong LNG Terminal in China. After working closely with project owner, CNOOC Yuedong LNG, Trelleborg was chosen to supply the project’s LNG terminal with a fully integrated large-scale LNG mooring and transfer system [...]
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Celebrity Cruises’ new cruiseliner, Celebrity Reflection, has been equipped with an extensive range of navigation, automation and entertainment systems from SAM Electronics and its associate L-3 companies. Built by Meyer Werft in Germany at a reported cost of $750m, the 315m 126,000-gt vessel was formally named in Miami last December. Bridge equipment includes a SAM [...]
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The Board of Directors of Ezion Holdings Limited announced that it has received a letter of intent with a contract value of up to approximately USD 45.3 million over a 2 year period to provide a Liftboat to be used by a South East Asian based national oil company to support its oil & gas [...]
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured a further order from Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co Ltd, in China, for its variable frequency drive (VFD) electric cranes. The 32 MacGregor electric cranes have been specified for eight more 3,900 TEU container vessels being built at the yard for Singapore-based Pacific International Lines (PIL). The deliveries are planned [...]
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Technip was awarded by BP Angola an important five-year contract for engineering and modification services for the existing Greater Plutonio and Plutao, Saturno, Venus and Marte (PSVM) floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) units, located in Blocks 18 and 31 offshore Angola. This contract follows the successful completion of a previous five-year contract for engineering [...]
Abu Dhabi Terminals (ADT), the manager and operator of Abu Dhabi’s four main commercial ports, announced today that it has reached an agreement with a consortium of shipping companies to start a direct service to facilitate trade between Abu Dhabi’s Khalifa Port and the ports of Mundra and Nhava Sheva (Mumbai) on the West Coast [...]
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TTS Group ASA has through its subsidiary TTS Marine AB in Sweden signed a contract worth approximately 75 MNOK (approx. USD 13,5 million). The contract is with Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry Co., Ltd in China and concerns delivery of equipment to three Post-Panamax type Car Carriers to be built for the Norwegian shipowner Höegh Autoliners. Deliveries [...]
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