SeaOne Maritime Corp. is calling upon the extensive marine gas handling and transportation experience of class society ABS to class and certify the proposed conversion of several existing 150,000 dwt. suezmax oil tankers to Compressed Gas Liquid Carriers (CGLCs). According to ABS Project Manager Phi
The colossal ‘Queen of the Netherlands’, a high-capacity trailing suction hopper dredger, has begun dredging and reclamation operations in the waters of Abu Dhabi for Sorouh Real Estate’s Shams Abu Dhabi project on Reem island. Sorouh awarded the dredging contract for Shams Abu Dhabi to Pal Technolo
There are more and more investors interested in the booming shipyard market. Several months ago, Roman Karkosik said he was interested in acquiring Stocznia Gdanska shipyard. Ukrainian Donbas submitted an offer to buy Stocznia Gdynia shipyard. Several days ago the shares of Stocznia Gdanska were acq
New Zealanders, David Endean, 27, and Tony Mutter, 37 are the latest ABN AMRO sailors to join Sweden’s Victory Challenge for the America’s Cup. Endean and Mutter from the winning VOR yacht ABN AMRO One have teamed up once again with fellow ABN AMRO crewmembers Simon Fisher, Andrew Lewis and Luke Mol
P&O Ferries have confirmed that the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) are carrying out investigations over the disappearance of the 27ft yacht Ouzo on the Solent last week. In an effort to piece together the cause of the accident which left three yachtsmen dead ‘black box’ voyage data reco
For sale: Gently used watercraft, carries 365, hits speeds of 30 mph. Tank holds 4,000 gallons. $16 million or best offer. Trailer not included. That
Statoil has signed a contract with DOF ASA for the delivery of a new supply vessel. The contract has a duration of five years with start-up after the vessel has been delivered during the second half of 2008. The vessel, an Aker PSV 06 CD, is under construction at Aker Yards in Brattv
Dutch junior Environment minister Pieter van Geel returns on Tuesday from Turkey after failing to persuade Ankara to accept a deal on the freighter Otapan. The vessel contains large amounts of asbestos. “The talks ended in disappointment. The junior minister offered to have the ship dismantled and c
The Japanese Fisheries Agency has seized a South Korean squid catching boat in Japan’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) off Sado Island, Kyodo News reported on Monday. The agency announced earlier in the day that the boat was seized because it falsified the amount of its catches when it fished in the w
On 20th, H.N.2311, a 38,000 CBM LPGC for Bakri was launched from a launching barge. It was the first time when an LPGC was launched from a launching barge where normally the barge has been used to launch the fore or aft parts of a vessel. On August 26, two vessels were launched from No.2 […]
Aker Kvaerner has been awarded a contract with Sonatrach, the national oil company of Algeria, for delivery of process equipment to Sonatrach’s Hassi Messaoud facility located 650 km southwest of Algeirs. The total contract value for Aker Kvaerner is approximately USD 23 million. The process equipme
Half-year net profit of US$ 97.8 million represents an increase of 33% over 2005 (US$ 73.5 million). Return on equity of 20.8% (20.7% in 2005); Return on capital employed rises by 21% to 13.4% (from 11.1% in 2005) for the six month period; New orders amount to US$ 2,318 million for the first six mon
Imtech (technical services provider in Europe) has announced that it has received orders worth over 50 million euro for a variety of technological solutions in three cruise ships to be built in Germany. In the market of cruise ship construction there is a growing demand for ever bigger and more luxu
WORK on Britain’s biggest and best-equipped cruise ship – the 116,000-ton Ventura – is due to start today. The state-of-the-art vessel, which will carry more than 3,000 passengers in the height of luxury, will be 15 decks high and almost 300 metres long. She is expected to be based in Southampton an
