Ship Equip announced the 1000th order for its SEVSAT system. The SEVSAT solution (which stands for Ship Equip VSAT) provides reliable and cost-effective satellite communications for a wide variety of vessels at sea. Core markets for Ship Equip include shipping, commercial fisheries, offshore oil/gas
These days, everybody wants a new port, with the help of some government cash and perhaps a chunk of change from the federal Atlantic… [mappress] Source: thechronicleherald, June 29, 2010;
The fishing ban has expanded in the Gulf of Mexico as a result of the oil spill. All commercial and recreational fishing including catch and release is prohibited in the closed area; however, transit through the area is allowed.
Costa Cruises, the largest Italian travel group and Europe’s n.1 cruise line, inaugurated on 26 June 2010 the new international cruise terminal in Tianjin with the first port call of the Costa Romantica (53,000 gross tonnage and total Guest capacity of about 1,700). The opening of the new terminal i
Pirates have taken control of the tanker Golden Blessing 90 nautical miles off the northern Somali coast. The vessel has a crew of 19 Chinese citizens; there are no reports of injuries. The 14,445 DWT Singapore-flagged tanker was carrying a cargo of ethylene glycol when hijacked.
A new set of yacht codes in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that are expected to go into effect on July 1 should help local builders compete internationally. The 168-page UAE Yacht Regulations will impact non-commercial vessels that are more than 24 metres in length. “The current codes and regulation
EnCore Oil plc provides an update on the Catcher East side-track well located in UK Central North Sea block 28/9. The 28/9-1Z well has successfully encountered excellent quality oil bearing sandstones very similar to those in the Catcher discovery well, with average porosity of approximately 34 per
Two new quay cranes (QC) at Tartous International Container Terminal (TICT) in the Port of Tartous in Syria have recently been innaurgurated. Manufactured by Konecranes, each QC has a capacity load under spreader of 50 tons and a load under hook boom of 70 tons. It can move boxes at over 30 moves pe
Riga City Council announced a tender for contract for the transfer of the port of Riga from downtown to the Russian island (Krievu sala). Total project cost is estimated at 130 million lats (about EUR183.5 million), including 75 million lats of Port Riga’s fund, the rest – of the EU’s fund. Only sev
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 systems continue to collect oil and gas flowing from the Deepwater Horizon’s failed blow-out preventer (BOP) and transport them to vessels on th
Plans for a deepwater container terminal in Jasper County remain on schedule for a projected 2025 opening, a consultant told members of the… [mappress] Source: savannahnow, June 29, 2010;
China Shipping-Jumbo Heavy Lift Co. Ltd., a joint venture between Jumbo Shipping and China Shipping, has opened a Representative Office in Beijing, China, Together with its office in Shanghai, which was set up in 2002, Jumbo aims to further strengthen its position in the Chinese project and heavy li
BEL ABRI, the recently launched Limited Editions Amels 171, is to go on display at the Monaco Yacht Show this September. The sixth hull to be produced to Tim Heywood’s sleek design, BEL ABRI’s main deck layout is significantly different to others in the Amels 171 range. The space usually allocated f
OGX Petróleo e Gás Participações S.A., the Brazilian oil and gas company conducting the largest private sector exploratory campaign in Brazil, announced today that it has identified an oil-bearing interval in the Albian section of well 1-OGX-14-RJS, located in the BM-C-40 block, in the shallow water
