Years in the planning and now execution of what will be the world’s first FLNG facility represents quite a challege for an expert team from Shell, in charge of managing the multi-year construction of the FLNG facility. How is this being done is presented in the folowing video taking you behind the scenes at this [...]
NAVTOR today announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with the UKHO (United Kingdom Hydrographic Office) for the supply of the Admiralty Vector Chart Service for the global professional maritime market. NAVTOR will also offer the total package of Admiralty Digital Publications as a part of the agreement. “NAVTOR employees have extensive experience in [...]
Nexans, a worldwide leading expert in the cable industry, has secured a 10-year global frame agreement with BP International Limited, UK to supply umbilicals, DEH (direct electrical heating) systems, accessories and services for various oil and gas projects worldwide. The agreement runs from 2012 to 2022.It covers the design, manufacture and supply of bespoke umbilicals [...]
The development of the shipbuilding industry will help Ukraine to solve the problem with the sale of metal. The Prime Minister Nykolay Azarov disclosed it on air of the Nykolaev Regional State Broadcasting Company. “For us, the shipbuilding is one of the key industries that can use our domestic metal. Currently, there are problems with [...]
Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration (ITA) recently announced Louisiana merchandise exports increased five percent over the last year, growing from $27.0 billion to $28.4 billion. Key merchandise export categories include petroleum products, agricultural products, chemicals, food and kindred products, and machinery [...]
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, is to supply the main engines for two environmentally sustainable tugs being built for CNOOC Energy Technology & Services Limited (CETS), a subsidiary of the state-owned China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC). The vessels are the first in a planned series to be fuelled by liquefied [...]
The Port of Oakland will receive $3,543,750 in Federal Port Security Grant funding to implement three new projects. The Fiscal Year 2012 grant allocations were recently released and, in a very competitive environment, the Port of Oakland was successful in all of its proposals. President of the Oakland Board of Port Commissioners Pamela Calloway said, [...]
Huntington Ingalls Industries announced yesterday the completion of another successful sea trial as the amphibious transport dock Anchorage (LPD 23) returned from a three-day testing voyage in the Gulf of Mexico. The company’s seventh ship in the LPD 17 class returned Friday following rigorous testing of most of the ship’s systems. The ship is currently [...]
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Russian shipping company Sovcomflot has placed a USD 1 billion order for construction of four seismographic ships with Russia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation (OSC), RIA Novosti writes citing Deputy General Director of OJSC United Shipbuilding Corporation Roman Trotsenko. Speaking at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on Friday, Trotsenko stated that the order represents the biggest [...]
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STX OSV Holdings Limited, one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, announced that it has entered into a Letter of Intent with Troms Offshore Supply for the design and construction of one Platform Supply Vessel (PSV). Troms Offshore and Statoil have agreed to enter into a charter for the [...]
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