Two containerships have collided at the entrance to the Hooghly river in West Bengal, India, leaving one of the vessels in danger of sinking.
Manufacturer of control and instrumentation for marine rotating machinery AMOT receives the first bearing wear monitoring system type approval according to Germanischer Lloyd’s (GL) “Guidelines for Machinery Condition Monitoring”. AMOT’s condition monitoring system provides online supervision of cra
The Netherlands’ Rijkswaterstaat has again chosen Tideland’s SeaBeacon 2 System 6 dual-band racon for installation on buoys as an aid to navigation and to mark special locations in the Dutch sector of the North Sea. The latest order for four racons was supplied via Tideland’s representative in the N
Shipbuilding education in Russia from Peter The Great’s training experience in Holland and England at the end of the 17th century until the present time will come under the spotlight on 15 December, when Professor Kirill V Rozhdestvenskiy DSc CEng FIMarEST delivers the Institute of Marine Engineerin
New orders for sophisticated simulation systems Kongsberg Maritime Simulation Ltd., the St. John’s, Newfoundland branch of Kongsberg Maritime’s simulation division, has reported strong performance in the latter half of 2010 with the signing of several key contracts with Canadian customers, covering
A ceremony this week to mark the inauguration of the Nakilat Shipyard at the Port of Ras Laffan, State of Qatar, is the triumphant outcome of one of the most impressive civil and maritime engineering projects in the world, in which independent engineering and environmental consultants Royal Haskonin
Esperance Ports Sea and Land has entered into a Framework Agreement with Cashmere Iron for an estimated $210 million expansion of iron ore… By Cheryl Long (esperanceexpress) [mappress] Source: esperanceexpress, November 24, 2010;
GRIMSBY’S credentials as a major centre for renewables has been boosted by the news that energy giant Centrica plans to move into a… (thisisgrimsby) [mappress] Source: thisisgrimsby, November 24, 2010;
GRIMSBY’S credentials as a major centre for renewables has been boosted by the news that energy giant Centrica plans to move into a… (thisisgrimsby) [mappress] Source: thisisgrimsby, November 24, 2010;
Drydocks World has announced the delivery of Jack-up platform Swift 10 to Swift Drilling BV. Swift Drilling BV is a joint venture between Cofely Oil & Gas BV and Jack-Up Barge BV. The contract was valued at AED 89.3833 million. The specialized jack up platform was built at Drydocks World’s yard in N
The government will review all offshore drilling operations of the Thai-based company responsible for one of the worst oil spills in … By Tom Arup, (Sidney Morning Herald) [mappress] Source: Sydney Morning Herald , November 24, 2010;
Shanghai Petroleum Exchange Ltd., a Shanghai-based market for fuel exchanges, said it will launch China’s first LNG (liquified natural gas)… (people’s daily) [mappress] Source: people’s daily, November 24, 2010;
Scana Industrier ASA has been awarded two projects to deliver machined tendom forgings through its subsidiary Scana Subsea AB. The high tensile long forgings are intended for Gulf of Mexico and Brazil as part of field development projects. Value of contracts are approx 8,6 M USD. -The contracts are
The Board of Neptune Marine Services Limited today announced the appointment of Mr Robin King as the company’s acting Chief Executive Officer. Mr King, Neptune’s current Regional Vice President for Australia, New Zealand and PNG, joined Neptune in September 2010 from Technip Subsea 7 (TS7) Asia Paci
