The Yachting division of Van der Velden Marine Systems, a member of the Holland Yachting Group, will exhibit at the METS (17 – 19 November 2009) in the Amsterdam RAI. Highlights of its presentation will include the BARKE® rudder, Van der Velden COMMANDER™ steering gear and the revolutionary EPS™ thr
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. announces that its subsidiary Lamnalco has been awarded a long-term oil services contract by Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC). Including indexation, the estimated contract value of Boskalis’ share is EUR 85 million and the 10-year contract is due to commence mid 2010
Two weeks after receiving the bids for the dredging works of the Atlantic entrance, ACP notified Jan De Nul Group that the firm had been selected as contractor to execute the Atlantic deepening and widening works, part of the Panama Canal Expansion program. Jan De Nul is very familiar with the area
Sociedade Nacional de Combustíveis de Angola (Sonangol) and BP Exploration (Angola) Limited today announced the ‘Tebe’ oil discovery in ultra-deepwater Block 31, offshore Angola. This is the nineteenth discovery made by BP in Block 31 and is located in the southern portion of Block 31 some 350 kilom
Two parallel Estonian reports concerning Estonia’s new shipping police have now been presented. The reports look at how the legislation can be developed and what is needed to persuade shipping companies to register their ships in the Estonian shipping registry. In a degree project, the first mate on
The Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) has announced that some 261,000cruise tourists are predicted to visit the emirate during 2009; nearly a 25 per cent increase over last year. In 2010, Dubai is expected to host 99 ships with over 383,000 passengers with the burgeoning crui
Hyperdynamics Corporation has announced that it has signed a contract with Bergen Oilfield Services in Norway to conduct a 9,000km 2D marine seismic survey on portions of its oil and gas concession offshore Republic of Guinea. The survey is expected to get under way by the end of October.
The largest Bangladeshi shipbuilder, Western Marine Shipyard, has announced plans to construct a US$100 million facility at Anwara, Bangladesh. According to The Financial Express, the company has bought more than 50 acres of land in preparation for the construction of its new yard and is seeking a j
Alan C. McClure Associates (ACMA), one of the industry’s premier naval architecture and engineering firms, recently announced that the company has been selected to develop shipyard construction-level detail drawings for the next generation of TxDOT ferries. ACMA will also be responsible for ABS and
Converteam has been awarded a major contract to design, deliver and commission an integrated package of electrical power systems and associated control systems for J. Ray McDermott’s deepwater DP construction vessel DB50. Houston based J. Ray McDermott, a leading offshore engineering and constructio
Fjellstrand shipyard in Norway says it has developed what it describes as a “unique” new design concept for a support and rescue vessel for the fast-growing offshore windfarm market.
Cargotec has secured RoRo access contracts with German shipyard Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft (FSG) for seven short sea RoRo vessels destined for UK and Turkish operators. Cargotec has been contracted in September to deliver around 1,000 tonnes of MacGregor cargo access equipment for four RoRo
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: OPTT and London Stock Exchange AIM: OPT) (“OPT” or “the Company”) announces that it has achieved a significant milestone for its autonomous PowerBuoy® product with the award of a new $2.4 million contract from the US Navy to provide OPT’s PowerBuoy wave energy
China’s yards pour out bottoms despite a major global shipping downturn. The current trade war focus may be on the US and China, most recently over tires. But hanging over trade relations between China and its immediate Asian neighbors Japan and Korea is what could be at least as divisive issue: shi
