Technip has been awarded by Husky Oil Operations Limited, a subsidiary of Husky Energy, a major engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning (EPIC) contract for the development of the White Rose oil field’s North Amethyst Satellite. The contract is worth approximately €190 million.
Dockwise Ltd. reports that within its shipping division the conversion of 4 Suezmax tankers into modern semi-submersible cargo vessels is well on track to meet the estimated delivery dates later in 2008. Such is the conclusion of the site visit report of Rob Strijland, the recently appointed COO of
RICKMERS Maritime has finally secured debt financing, via two separate facilities, for just under half of its $1.3bn newbuilding programme. Rickmers Maritime, a Singapore-listed shipping trust, has secured $627m in credit facilities amidst what it described as a ‘demanding credit environment’.
Rolls-Royce has been selected to design a research vessel to carry out significant environmental research at both the North and South Poles. The vessel will be outfitted to cover a wide range of marine research operations, such as monitoring fishing stocks, metreological studies, sea floor sampling
SOUTHAMPTON docks has won business worth an estimated £1m a year from south coast rivals Ports-mouth in a move that could have far-reaching political consequences. Channel Island freight service Heulin Renouf (HR) is to move its container ferry link between Jersey and Guernsey down the coast to Sout
It is reported that the Chennai port handled an all time high of 57.15 million tonnes of cargo during 2007/08, surpassing the Shipping Ministry’s target of 55.86 million tonnes and registering a 7% increase over the previous year’s handling of 53.41 million tonnes.
The classic New Zealand racing yacht Tawhiri is returning home to Nelson, following an announcement that wealthy businessman Tom Sturgess has bought the historic yacht and plans to lease it for $1 each year to a trust so young people can take part in sailing.
The only two yacht anchorages in the Broadwater on the Gold Coast – the pejoratively titles Bum’s Bay and Wavebreak Island – are under consideration for a Superyacht Marina and a Cruise Ship Terminal respectively.
The crucial role played by the mast and rig package in taming the beast that is the second generation of Volvo Open 70 cannot be underestimated, particularly in boat-breaking conditions. That is the view of Matthew Sheahan, specialist racing and technical writer. In a feature article in the latest i
Marine accident investigators have praised the captain of a fishing boat which ran aground off the coast of Donegal last month. Seven men had to winched to safety after their boat, the Horizon, hit rocks at Saldana Point in Lough Swilly on 4 March.
The first Chinese liquefied natural gas carrier, ;’Dapeng Sun’, has just been delivered to its owners China LNG Shipping. The LNG carrier has been built in the framework of a Cooperation Agreement between Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co., a yard of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC)
Work is due to begin to move the final section of the MSC Napoli 15 months after the ship sank off Devon. On Thursday contractors will begin to cut off the propeller, rudder and main drive shaft using small explosives.
The Queen is to make a farewell visit to the world-famous QE2 passenger liner before the vessel is decommissioned and turned into a floating hotel in Dubai. The visit, on 2 June, will be the third time the Queen has visited the Southampton-based ship since she named her at Clydebank, Scotland, in 19
At least 800 jobs will be created when a US super-yacht builder opens its UK base in Hampshire, the South East England Development Agency said. Palmer Johnson will build a range of bespoke vessels 100m (329ft) in length in Hythe and Woolston in Southampton.
