The Hamburg businessman Heiner Tamsen takes over the insolvent SMG Werft and leads the shipyard from Rostock in North East Germany, together with the present employees, into a new era for shipbuilding and services. The well equipped shipyard will be a guarantor in the future for highly innovative sh
UK ports have made significant inroads in adhering to current environmental legislation but feel they could and should be doing much more, according to new research from engineering and environmental consultancy, Royal Haskoning. The ‘Green Ports’ survey by Royal Haskoning of 100 port decision maker
What the port describes as “a new era of opportunities for Lerwick Harbour” has been launched officially with a celebration marking the latest significant phase in an ongoing development programme at the Shetland port. A £12 million dredging project in 2008 opened the door to improved access for lar
Jumbo Shipping’s heavy lift vessel ‘Daniella’ has completed her eleventh and final voyage for the Pluto LNG project in Dampier, Australia. Between October 2008 and October 2009 she transported 256 pieces of equipment for this project, including pre-assembled structures and pipe racks weighing up to
Wärtsilä has today opened a Service Centre in Murmansk, Russia, to serve the rapidly growing number of vessels in northern waters. The Service Centre demonstrates Wärtsilä’s commitment to expand in line with the increasing marine activity in the Barents Sea region. To emphasise the importance of co-
Saipem has been awarded a new offshore contract worth over US$200 million for the subsea development of the Bonga North-West field, located in the Oil Mining Lease (OML) 118, approximately 120km off the Nigerian coast.
Van der Velden Marine Systems will exhibit at the Europort 2009 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, from 3 until 6 November. The stand will showcase a complete rotor bow rudder system, type RMS 2000 V. There will be special attention for the safety inspections, a few of which will be raffled during the e
IHC Merwede and Bakker Sliedrecht entered into an agreement this week to provide local support for clients throughout the world, starting in China. The existing regional IHC Merwede service centre in Tanggu (P.R. of China) will provide Chinese clients, in addition to the usual operational activities
Boskalis Australia, a subsidiary of Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has been awarded the contract for the construction of a port for the Gorgon LNG project off the coast of Western Australia. The contract value is approximately € 500 million and was awarded by Chevron Australia Pty Ltd in cooperatio
Underwater work is getting under way on a new £30m deep water quay and breakwater at Peterhead harbour. The town is servicing a growing number of large trawlers arriving with their catches of herring and mackerel.
The German warship Bremen intervened against suspected pirates yesterday. A helicopter from the EU Navfor warship identified suspected pirate craft in the Somali Basin. The suspected craft consisted of a mother skiff and two smaller skiffs, near the Seychelles.
Canadian Hydro Developers, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the rights to a 4,400 MW offshore wind prospect (“Offshore Wind Prospect”) in Lake Erie, Ontario (Canada) from Wasatch Wind, Inc. When completed, this facility would be the largest offshore operation in the world, sup
Jumbo Shipping’s heavy lift vessel Daniella has completed her 11th and final voyage for the Pluto LNG project in Dampier, Australia. Between October 2008 and October 2009 she transported 256 pieces of equipment for this project, including pre-assembled structures and pipe racks weighing up to 240 to
The Italian engineering company GP Service S.R.L. has entered into an agreement with the Spanish Sener Ingeniería y Sistemas S.A. for the license to use the Foran CAD/CAM System in their ship design activities in Italy.
