Fugro has won contracts to provide geotechnical investigations for storm protection enhancements in the New Orleans district and in California. These contracts represent a total value of USD 50 million (EUR 40 million) for Fugro.
Aker Kvaerner has signed a letter of intent with Aker Floating Production to deliver a complete subsea production system for a customer in India. Aker Kvaerner will also deliver the marine installation of the floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel to be leased out by Aker Floating
Atlantia has awarded Aker Kvaerner a contract for installation of a semi-submersible floating production unit (FPU) for the Thunder Hawk development system in the Gulf of Mexico. Atlantia will be the client and owner of the FPU and Murphy Exploration and Production Company will operate the platform.
Celebrity Eclipse will be the new third ship in the company`s 118,000 gross-registered-ton Solstice-class fleet. Celebrity Eclipse will make its maiden voyage in 2010, following sister ships Celebrity Solstice in 2008 and Celebrity Equinox in 2009, bringing the Celebrity fleet to 13 ships.
IHC Holland Merwede is delighted to announce that the Group has decided to rent the former Alblas Scheepsbouw B.V. along the river De Noord in Hendrik Ido Ambacht (the Netherlands). The staff of the yard has joined IHC Holland Dredgers (Kinderdijk) but continues working at the Hendrik Ido Ambacht lo
Aker Yards is taking a strategic position in the fast growing Asian market for offshore vessels by setting up a shipyard in Vietnam. The shipyard will be a joint venture between Aker Yards (70%) and Amanda Group (30%). The Amanda Group with headquarter in Singapore has extensive industrial experienc
More exhibitors and bigger boats are on deck for this year’s Stuart Boat Show. The 33-year-old, three-day show opens Friday, with about 200 exhibitors and 500 boats – 250 in water and 250 on land – on display. And for the first time, the show will feature a megayacht. Allied Richard Bertram Marine G
Since November, shipbuilders and repair yards in Hampton Roads and elsewhere have had to meet tougher federal rules for limiting worker exposure to a known cancer-causing chemical found in some hull paints, stainless steel and chrome plating.
The screw propeller, which is the largest in Russian shipbuilding history, of the diameter of 8.2 m was manufactured at the defense shipyard ‘Zvezdochka’ in the city of Severodvinsk, reports BarentsObserver.
Wärtsilä Corporation initiated in 2006 a two-year development project to test scrubbing plant for removing sulphur oxides (SOx) from the exhaust gases of marine diesel engines and oil-fired boilers. The project involves testing of scrubbing equipment on marine engines burning typical grades of heavy
Halifax Capital Bhd has won a shipbuilding contract worth about US$23.2mil from PT Kasih Industri Indonesia. Under the deal, the company would supply four sets of tugs and barges to Kasih Industri, it said in a stock exchange filing. The ships would be completed and delivered within two years, it sa
One of the first ever international boat shows to be held in the heart of Bangkok, Thailand has the boating industry in Thailand abuzz with excitement. Boat Thai is on track for a successful first show, having already garnered many firm reservations despite being more than three months away. Support
Spitzbergen, the North Pole and Alaska are all names that spark the imagination of people drawn by the lure of the Far North and the ice pack. Today this fascinating world is under threat. As part of the Fourth International Polar Year, Jean-Louis Etienne* will follow this route as he flies over the
A US navy ship helping hunt for an Indonesian plane missing for nine days should be able to shed light on whether metal objects found on the sea bed is wreckage, an Indonesian navy commander said yesterday. The search for an Adam Air Boeing 737-400 that vanished in bad weather on January 1 with 102
