In 2005 Abeking & Rasmussen, the famous German shipyard located on the banks of the river Weser, contracted it’s largest yacht ever, the 78.43 meter hull 6478. Ordered by the US owner of the 57m Abeking Excellence III, the project was named Excellence IV. However in 2007, while in the final months o
The pilot of the container ship Cosco Busan that crashed into a bumper of the Bay Bridge and spilled approximately 58,000 gallons of oil into the San Francisco Bay in November has been charged with criminal negligence and violating environmental laws, reports the New York Times. Under the Clean Wate
Midia Marine Terminal – company of The Rompetrol Group which is in charge with the construction of the crude oil offshore terminal in Midia harbour, the Black Sea – has selected Van Oord Offshore B.V., a Dutch company to be its general contractor, and the supplier of the basic equipment necessary to
Monaco-based designer Wally Yachts reconceives the yacht as a 325-ft. floating personal island Little more than a decade after beginning in business, Monaco-based Wally Yachts continues to develop innovative concepts and minimalist luxury at a rate exceeding any other marine design house on the plan
Departure for installation in Angel Field planned for March 23, 2008. In December 2005 Clough Aker Joint Venture contracted Dockwise for the transport and installation (float-over) of the Woodside Angel Topside. Since February of this year the project is in the execution phase. After the outfitting
Transas has been awarded a contract for the design, supply, commissioning and training of a full Mission Ship Handling Simulator from Precious Shipping Public Company Limited ( PSL ), Thailand. PSL is a pure dry cargo ship-owner operating in the small handy size sector of the Tramp freight market. I
Pershing brings two of its most brilliant and best known craft to the Dubai International Boat Show – Pershing 72’ and Pershing 90’ – along with high expectations for markets in the Middle East. From March 11 to 15 2008, Pershing went on stage at the Dubai International Boat Show, to present for the
Teekay GP LLC, the general partner of Teekay LNG Partners L.P. (Teekay LNG or the Partnership), today announced that Teekay LNG has agreed to acquire two 1993-built, 88,000 cubic meter specialized LNG vessels, the Arctic Spirit and the Polar Spirit, from Teekay Corporation (Teekay) for a total cost
Wärtsilä Corporation, Trade & Technical Press Release, 20 March 2008 Wärtsilä and Jiangsu Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group Co Ltd (RSHI) have jointly signed a licence agreement for the manufacture and sale of Wärtsilä low-speed marine diesel engines by RSHI in China. RSHI plans to build a new factor
Total announces that its wholly owned subsidiary Total E&P USA, Inc. has acquired a 30% working interest from Chevron in several onshore Alaskan exploration blocks known as White Hills. Chevron is the operator with a 70% interest. Located onshore in Alaska, 40 kilometres Southwest of Prudhoe Bay, th
Rotterdam, 20 maart 2008 – Van Oord awarded a contract for laying a 150 KV cable. The cable will be situated between Ellewoutsdijk and Terneuzen. The contract value amounts to EUR 23 million. The project will be executed in joint venture with Visser & Smit Hanab. Van Oord’ s share in the joint ventu
CMA CGM Group is pleased to announce the launch of a new loop on its SIRIUS service linking the East Coast of Latin America, East Mediterranean and North Africa. The SIRIUS service will now operate two complementary loops deploying six 3100-Teu and six 2800-Teu vessels respectively.
In 2007, Royal Boskalis Westminster realized a net profit of euro 204.4 million, up 75% on 2006. Turnover rose 38% compared to 2006 to euro 1,869 million. Growth was geographically widespread and across all market segments. Thanks to its selective contracting policy, Boskalis mainly worked on high-q
Wärtsilä Corporation, Trade & Technical Press release, 18 March 2008 at 11 am EET Wärtsilä has signed a global service agreement with the leading screw pump manufacturer IMO AB of Sweden to establish a stronger after-sales network for IMO’s complete product range. The cooperation agreement signed in
