Hamburg-based Fairplay Towage has taken delivery of the third newbuilding out of a series of four units from Spanish shipyard, Astilleros Armon. ‘Fairplay X’ has an overall length of 25 metres, a beam of 11.2 metres and is driven by two eight-cylinder ABC 8MDZC four-stroke engines each rated at 1,85
Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M), Singapore, has secured US$58.7 million worth of contracts including its third floating storage and re-gasification unit (FSRU) conversion job for Golar LNG. Keppel Shipyard clinched two contracts from repeat customers for an FSRU conversion, and the refurbishme
Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd, India’s largest private port and special economic zone, on Monday announced that a consortium led by it has won the bid for the development of coal handling terminal at port of Mormugao, Goa on a design, build, finance, operate and transfer basis… More: www
NASSAU, Bahamas – Health, safety and protection of the environment “are of primary concern,” during the Nassau Harbor and Arawak Cay port projects, Project Manager with Boskalis International BV Frans Thomassen assured Government officials. “It is the responsibility of everyone on the site,” he sa
Despite the cost benefits, from the 1990s onwards, river maintenance was not a priority — dredging and preparing the Nile for navigation halted almost altogether… More: www.businesstodayegypt.com
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev accused Ukraine on Tuesday of seeking to disrupt economic ties with Russia – and putting at risk the safety of gas supplies to Europe, according to news agency reports on Tuesday.
Hutton’s, the well known supplier to the marine industry, has been chosen to supply the fleet of Solstad Offshore AS throughout the UK.
Binnenlandse Container Terminals Nederland (BCTN) plans to almost triple its throughput to over one million TEU. See table below. Owner and managing director Willem van den Heuvel is less focussed on the crisis and more on the structural factors. He is supported and motivated by the BCTN figures in
The Saudi Sea Ports Authority recently signed a contract with Zamil Offshore Services Company to build a new shipyard on a large reclaimed area inside King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam. The new US$133 million facility will extend Zamil Offshore’s capacity in shipbuilding and ship and rig repair.
SEOUL, Aug 11, 2009 (AsiaPulse via COMTEX) — DWOSF | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating — Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (KSE:042660), the world’s third-largest shipbuilder, said Tuesday it has taken over a U.S. wind power company for US$50 million as part of efforts to diversify its r
Due to the expansion of the shipyard capacity in low cost countries in the Far East, the competitive situation for the shipbuilding industry has become increasingly difficult in recent years. Regardless of the major efforts to improve the competitiveness at Odense Steel Shipyard with investments in
The re-established Finnish shipping company Dennis Maritime Ltd has taken over the operations of the 1,280 DWT cargo vessels Josefine and Nathalie after the bankruptcy of their former owner Wega Shipping. The Josefine is owned by Dennis Maritime Ltd and the Nathalie by Rederi Ab Nathalie. The owners
The third jack-up drilling rig has arrived at Esbjerg for an extensive refit, coordinated by Semco Maritime. The drilling rig is the American owned Noble Byron Welliver, built in 1982 in France.
BC Ferries, Canada, is hosting an open house and public meeting on Thursday, August 20, on Denman Island to announce the review of the feasibility of operating a cable ferry between Buckley Bay on Vancouver Island and Denman Island.
