History was made at Ras Laffan as HE the Minister for Energy and Industry Dr Mohammed Saleh Al Sada unveiled the name of the 140m steel barge Al Ghatroushah, the first project to be completed by Nakilat Damen Shipyards Qatar (NDSQ) and the first vessel of its kind constructed entirely in Qatar. The barge’s name [...]
GMS Saudi Arabia’s self elevating and self propelled jack up barge Kudeta has been chartered to Saudi Aramco to provide cover for Aramco barge drydocking programme commencing in December of 2012. This is the third GMS SESV contracted to Saudi Aramco in the second half of this year. GMS Saudi Arabia is a joint venture [...]
The innovative large walking jack-up barge, WaveWalker 1, was named at the Neptune Shipyard in Hardinxveld-Giessendam, the Netherlands on 21 September 2012. The naming ceremony was performed by Sonja Jonkman, wife of André Jonkman, Chief Financial Officer & Member of the Board of Management of Fugro NV. The WaveWalker 1 is being developed by Fugro [...]
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The Board of Directors of COSCO Corporation (Singapore) Limited announced that COSCO (Qidong) Offshore Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the Company’s 51% owned subsidiary, COSCO Shipyard Group Co. Ltd., has secured a contract valued over USD twenty (20) million from BAM International Australia bv., a company incorporated in the Netherlands, and Clough Projects Australia Pty [...]
Sadra Shipbuilding Plant in Busher has launched its second barge for transportation of platform jackets for the offshore South Pars field developments. The vessel was built in six months. Mahdis II, a 1,500-metric ton (1,654-ton) vessel, is 84 m (275 ft) long, with a breadth of 27 m (88 ft), height of 6 m (19 [...]
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In 2013, the AIDAsol will be supplied with electrical energy by an LNG (liquefied natural gas) hybrid barge from Becker Marine Systems while berthed in the port of Hamburg. AIDA Cruises and Becker Marine Systems have jointly developed, with other partners, a pioneering project for an energy-saving and further emission-reducing power supply for cruise ships [...]
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According to marinelink.com, BAE Systems Southeast Shipyards Alabama wins Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. contract to build dredging dump scows. BAE Systems said the shipyard has picked up a contract from Illinois-based Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., to build two dump scows, a project that is expected to add about 125 workers to [...]
Peel Ports has boosted capability on its Liverpool-Manchester barge service, and port infrastructure at its Irlam Container Terminal, through the introduction of a new coaster vessel and investments in a new harbour mobile crane. The arrival of the 160 TEU vessel Monica and a 40 tonne Liebherr mobile crane follows strong growth in Peel Ports [...]
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The GMS Endurance arrived at Shipdock in Amsterdam having cruised all the way from Tunisia, after completing a successful shutdown project there of British Gas. GMS Endurance is a self-propelled, self-elevating, jack-up barge, built by Gulf Marine Services in Mussafah, Abu Dhabi, based on the Dutch GustoMSC design. The barge is receiving some major changes and [...]
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The BARD Group is intensifying its construction activities in the development site of BARD Offshore 1, the first commercial offshore wind farm in the North Sea located around 100 kilometres off the island coast of Borkum. From now on, the JB 117 belonging to the Dutch company Jack-Up Barge B.V. will be used for the [...]
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