Yesterday at Marghera shipyard Fincantieri delivered a new flagship, the Nieuw Amsterdam, to Holland America Line, a member of Carnival Group, the world’s leading cruise operator. The new ship is the fourteenth Fincantieri has built for this well-established brand. Present at the ceremony were Stein
Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) says that it has developed what it claims to be the largest yet independent-type LNG cargo. [mappress]
As more and more windy areas on land fill with rotors to convert wind power to electricity, manufacturers are pushing to move their… [mappress] Source: windpowerspot, July 05, 2010;
As more and more windy areas on land fill with rotors to convert wind power to electricity, manufacturers are pushing to move their… [mappress] Source: windpowerspot, July 05, 2010;
FOGL, the oil and gas exploration company focused on its extensive licence areas to the South and East of the Falkland Islands, announced on 1 June 2010 that the Toroa F61/5-1 exploration well had spudded on Monday 31 May. The well is being drilled to an estimated target depth of circa 2,700 metres.
More finance has been secured by Dong Energy to back to the London Array offshore wind farm which is due to come online in 2012. Dong Energy said it has secured a new £250 million loan facility for the project, with the European Investment Bank.
Scandlines has held a keel lying ceremony for their two first newbuildings ever. It took place at P+S Werften G.m.b.H (former Volkswerft Stralsund) which builds the two double ended ferries for the Gedser-Warnemünde service. Delivery is set to 2012.
French boatbuilding group Bénéteau has reported a 17 per cent increase in boat sales for the third quarter of 2009/2010 and confirms its forecasts for the group’s full-year earnings. Sales for the third quarter grew by 16.7 per cent, from €198.4m in 2009 to €231.5m in 2010.
Jenkins Marine has been chosen to help undertake the historic restoration of the Millbay Inner Basin at Plymouth. Conceived and built by Brunel in the 1850’s for the Great Western Railway Company, this historic shipping dock, complete with its Granite walling, had all but been abandoned to its fate
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has been awarded the second phase of the construction of the LNG import terminal of Cuyutlán on the west coast of Mexico. The total contract value is approximately € 90 million with Boskalis’ share amounting approximately € 45 million. The contract was awarded by Secr
BP today provided an update on developments in the response to the MC252 oil well incident in the Gulf of Mexico. Subsea Source Control and Containment Two containment systems continue to collect oil and gas flowing from the Deepwater Horizon’s failed blow-out preventer (BOP) and transport them to v
Reclamation of 1.000 HA of land for the construction of the world’s biggest refinery. There have never been so many people and cutter kilowatts together on 1 DEME site: 1.050 persons CSD D’Artagnan CSD Al Mahaar CSD Carolina CSD Kaveri CSD Kallo CSD Kalis II Total: 70.500kW Production: 1.500.000 m3/
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has been awarded the second phase of the construction of the LNG import terminal of Cuyutlán on the west coast of Mexico. The total contract value is approximately € 90 million with Boskalis’ share amounting approximately € 45 million. The contract was awarded by Secr
Keppel Shipyard Ltd (Keppel Shipyard) is on track to complete the conversion of Maersk Peregrino for long time customer Maersk FPSOs. Maersk Peregrino is chartered to Statoil for deployment in the Peregrino field in the Campos Basin, located 85 km off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This vessel
