A Meka Dredging – Amma Lines Joint Venture (JV) was recently awarded the annual maintanence dredging contract at Cochin Shipyard Ltd, Kochi from 2009 – 2012. The shipyard, which is currently building India’s indigenous aircraft carrier, awarded the consortium the contract after a tender process whic
This month will see the delivery of a new all-Italian built dredger to Algeria. Italdraghe’s latest SGT 350 dredger is to be delivered in ready-to-assemble road transportable sections to Gènèrale Entreprise Maritime & Hydraulique in Oran, on Algeria’s north-west Mediterranean coast. This dredger wil
With the construction of an entirely new 57-footer, Contest Yachts in the Netherlands is adding another exciting and innovative yacht to its portfolio of fast luxury performance cruisers. Flush deck and integrated superstructure The golden jubilee of Contest Yachts is being celebrated with a brand-n
Iridium Satellite LLC, the world’s only mobile satellite services (MSS) operator with truly global coverage, announces it has formed a company called, “Iridium Communications Russia, OOO” to pursue a license for providing MSS services in Russia. This week, as a step towards eventually serving the Ru
Course of business The developments in the first months of 2009 are in line with earlier expectations. Revenue showed an increase of over 5% compared to the first months of 2008. Price pressure has increased for a number of activities in the more competitive market segments. Currency fluctuations ha
A co-operative aiming to restart the Swansea to Cork ferry says the service will not run until early next year. It had been hoped a new ship would start regular crossings between Wales and southern Ireland before the summer. But the board said longer than expected negotiations over a replacement fer
A new wave energy device known as “Anaconda” is the latest idea to harness the power of the seas. Its inventors claim the key to its success lies in its simplicity: Anaconda is little more than a length of rubber tubing filled with water. Waves in the water create bulges along the tubing that travel
A pipe used to indicate water levels was blocked when a crew member suffocated inside a ship’s ballast tank in Southampton, an inquest has heard. Filipino Joselito Zordilla, 43, died testing water on the Saga Rose as it was berthed in the city in June 2008, Southampton Coroner’s Court was told. The
The Pentagon has accused Chinese fishing boats of “dangerous” manoeuvres near a US Navy surveillance ship in the Yellow Sea last week. Two boats came within 30 yards (27 metres) of the USNS Victorious in an “unsafe and dangerous” fashion on Friday, a statement said. Correspondents say the US respons
Offshore Solutions B.V. is celebrating after winning the Offshore Technology Conference 2009 Woelfel Best Mechanical Engineering Achievement Award (BMEA) for the design and operation of its Offshore Access System (OAS). Designed to operate in 2.5 metre Hs (significant wave height) sea states, the OA
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE: NOC) Sperry Marine business unit has been awarded type approval for its electronic chart display and information systems (ECDIS) by the U.K. certification authority, QinetiQ. The type-approval certificate was granted for Sperry Marine’s VisionMaster FT™ ECDIS pr
Merit AS, of Istanbul, Turkey, has purchased the 80-percent share of Moonen Yachts Holding BV formerly owned by the Scottish Snowie family. The remaining 20 percent is owned by Emile Bilterijst, who continues to lead the company as Managing Partner. Merit AS, founded in 1989, specializes in Transpor
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has been awarded contracts of more than € 100 million in the United States and in Spain. In the United States a contract has been awarded by the Fox River Cleanup Group to desand and dewater PCB bearing river sediment of the Fox River in Wisconsin (USA). The project i
Brazil government managed energy company Petrobras on Friday lifted the first sub-salt oil from the massive, ultra-deep, offshore Tupi field in the Santos basin, an action Brazil’s government hopes will launch a new era for Latin America’s largest economy. “It is a historic moment, a new era” said P
