India’s biggest private sector shipbuilder ABG Shipyard Ltd will invest about $100 million (Rs394 crore) to set up a factory at Dahej in Gujarat that will make diesel engines for ships through a technical collaboration with Germany’s MAN Diesel. “We are finalizing the details of the proposed tie-up
Peters & May is delighted to announce that it has joined up as a sponsor for the forthcoming Superyacht Cup in Antigua in December. This follows its involvement with the very successful Superyacht Cup in Palma, June 2007.
Keppel Singmarine Pte Ltd (Keppel Singmarine), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited (Keppel O&M), has delivered an Anchor Handling Tug/Supply (AHTS) vessel to Gulfmark Offshore Inc (Gulfmark) on schedule. The 140-tonne bollard pull vessel was christened Sea Cheyenne by Mrs R
Golden Ocean Group Limited is pleased to advise that the Company has acquired eight newbuilding contracts at Zhoushan Jinhaiwan Shipyard (Jinhaiwan) in China. The vessels of 80.000 dwt will be delivered quarterly from September 2009.
Emergency services have called off a search after an abandoned French yacht was found off the coast of Jersey. The St Helier Lifeboat was called out to deal with the trimaran which was drifting near Corbiere on Sunday.
Oceanteam Power & Umbilical ASA announced today that the company has secured twoadditional options with MetalShips & Docks, SUA to build construction support vesselswith delivery third quarter 2011 and third quarter 2012.
More than 2,000 Chinese rescuers had saved 21 people by 8:30am today after a North Korean cargo ship capsized in the sea near east China’s Shandong Province yesterday afternoon.
Gunmen have hijacked a Japanese vessel off the coast of war-torn Somalia – the latest in a series of pirate attacks in the same region this year, a maritime official said on Monday. The Panama-flagged Golden Mori was seized on Sunday about eight nautical miles off Socotra archipelago
Aker Yards has been awarded a contract by Reederei F. Laeisz GmbH in Rostock (Germany) to build six container ships of the newly developed type Aker CS 2800. The total contract value is approximately EUR 245 million. Delivery by Aker Yards in Germany is scheduled between the fourth quarter of 2009 a
Aker Kvaerner has signed contracts for the delivery of two complete drilling riser systems and associated equipment. The two customers are undisclosed. Total contract value is NOK 300 million. The two drilling risers will come at a combined length of almost six kilometres. They will be manufactured
StatoilHydro had a net income of NOK 10.7 billion in the third quarter of 2007, compared to NOK 8.5 billion in the third quarter of 2006. In the first nine months of 2007, net income was NOK 29.5 billion compared to NOK 29.1 billion in the first nine months of 2006.
Lundin Petroleum AB is pleased to announce that it has acquired a 34 percent interest in Block E, offshore Cambodia from Medco International Petroleum Ltd. (‘Medco’), Kuwait Energy Company KSCC and JHL Petroleum Ltd. Completion of the transaction is subject to governmental approvals. Block E covers
Palladium’s flagship product, SiMON, will be the standard shipboard monitoring, control and alarm software for Holland Superyacht Industries’ new series of 43.6-meter (143-foot) and 60-meter (197-foot) semi-custom motoryachts.
Whitsunday Sailing Club offshore sailors Charlie Preen and Greg Tobin will sail into the storm tormented Bass Strait later this year to fulfil a taunting career ambition.
