Aker Kvaerner has been awarded a contract to supply 18 subsea christmas trees to Brazil’s national oil company Petrobras under the current frame agreement. The contract has a value of approximately USD 50 million. The scope of work comprises 18 dual bore subsea christmas trees, designed to 2 000 met
On Thursday, 12 April 2007 the container ship “Bahia Castillo” will be christened at the yard of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd. (DSME) in Okpo, Korea. The “Bahia Castillo” is the third of six identical 3,752 TEU container vessels to have been ordered from DSME by Hamburg Süd.
Stolt-Nielsen Transportation Group (SNTG), a subsidiary of Stolt-Nielsen S.A. (NasdaqNM: SNSA; Oslo Børs: SNI), announced today that it has signed an agreement with SLS Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. (SLS) for four 43,000 deadweight ton (dwt) parcel tankers. The aggregate price for the four ships is expected
Lockheed Martin said Tuesday it submitted a new proposal to the Navy for a next-generation combat ship in an effort to end a work stoppage the Navy ordered in January after cost overruns on the contract soared.
Canadian border guards were searching dozens of containers on a massive cargo ship that arrived in Halifax under police escort yesterday amid reports it could be carrying up to 200 stowaways.
Greek maritime officials were scrambling to contain as much as 100 tons of oil, nearly a week after a cruise ship sank off the popular island of Santorini, according to local officials.
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are buying a £70MILLION mega-yacht, it was reported yesterday. The couple are said to have ordered the 240ft, three-decker from a boatbuilder near Rome.
Construction of Holland America Line’s new Signature-class premium cruise ship ms Eurodam reached a milestone with the recent keel-laying ceremony at the Fincantieri Marghera shipyard in Italy. The 2044-passenger ship is scheduled for delivery in June 2008.
The Indian shipbuilding industry is on a high growth trajectory and is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 30%. In a recent report, I maritime, a consultancy firm, has said that India’s share in global order book is expected to be around 15 % by 2020 from current 0.4%, aided
Army explosives experts have destroyed a 500lb (227kg) World War II bomb found off the Kent coast by a fishing crew. A fisherman took a picture of the device and sent it to Dover Coastguards after he discovered it in his nets while he was out fishing near Hythe.
For 25 years Jimmy Cheng’s Symbol Yachts has been producing ‘semi custom’ Trawlers and Pilot House motor yachts in Taiwan and Symbol and has earned a sound reputation for delivering quality products representing excellent value for money. In 1998 world renowned naval architect Jack W. Sarin, best kn
One oil-loaded vessel has grounded in the sand on the sea bed due to a technical snag. Paradip Port Trust has pressed in experts and engineers of the marine department to release the vessel from the sand bed. Sources said the vessel Punita sailed from New Mangalore and reached Paradip yesterday to u
Attempts are being made to restart the engines of a container ship off the Co Kerry coast following a fire in the engine room overnight.
A fire has broken out in the engine room of a chemical transport ship off the southwest coast of Ireland. The fire started at around 2:20am on the Maltese registered ship seven and a half miles north of Brandon Head.
