Keppel Shipyard Limited (Keppel Shipyard) and Keppel Verolme BV (Keppel Verolme) have secured contracts worth a total of around S$127 million for the conversion of a tanker to a Floating Production Storage Offloading (FPSO) facility and the repair of a FPSO vessel respectively. The conversion of the
The Danish Hempel Group, a global producer of protective coatings for marine and industrial applications, officially inaugurated its new paint production plant in the Vietnamese-Singapore Industrial Park in Binh Duong Province near Ho Chi Minh City on June 06. Danish Ambassador to Vietnam Peter Lysh
With less than half of Leg 8 left, and more light breeze on the way, patience is going to be a key ingredient. Yesterday
Baker Hughes Inc. (a provider of wellbore-related products and services to oil and natural gas industry) said the worldwide rig count for May was 2,795, up 310 from the 2,485 counted in May 2005, and up 88 from the 2,707 counted in April 2006. Excluding Iran and Sudan, the worldwide rig count for Ma
The first day of racing in the ISAF Offshore Team World Championship and Sardinia Rolex Cup in Porto Cevo, Italy saw Team Germany make the running, led by a double bullet performance by Michael ILLBRUCK
Aker Yards has entered into a contract with Olympic Shipping AS, for the building of an ROV Vessel. The value of the contract is approximately NOK 400 million. Delivery will be from Aker Yards, Aukra in Norway. The vessel is an Aker ROV 02 CD, designed by Aker Yards Project, with delivery scheduled
A Labor task force on illegal fishing has called for a fleet of purpose-built vessels to help catch more illegal fishermen in northern Australian waters. In its report being released later today, the group is also expected to call for a national summit on the problem and the expansion of the Indigen
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Environment experts have expressed concern about the extent of damage by the oil spill caused by the breaking up of cargo vessel Ocean Seraya off the coast of Karwar. Samples taken from the affected area have been sent for analysis and the reports are expected by the end of the week. Many dead fish
A ship carrying about 200 Asian immigrants was intercepted by police and towed to Cadiz in southern Spain, said news reports. The 40-metre, Spanish-flagged vessel was spotted by a fishing boat while adrift about 18 km off the southern coast. A helicopter and several patrol boats participated in the
Amid a growing spat over naval contracts, Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov on Tuesday lashed out at overspending at two St. Petersburg shipyards that state arms trader Rosoboronexport is reportedly trying to acquire, and backed the idea of a national shipbuilding holding. At a St. Petersburg meeting w
A common theme right now coming back from the boats is the continuous attacks from either squid or boobies. The squid have two tactics, either throwing themselves bodily at crews and boats, or actually latching on. Peter Le Coyte of Jersey was viciously attacked by a purple squid at least 5 inches l
Two new oil discoveries made by Statoil could be tied back to Gullfaks about five kilometres to the north-east, strengthening production in the Tampen area of the North Sea. The goal for exploration well 34/10-49 in production licence 050 was to explore the oil and gas potential in Cretaceous and Ju
The British Hawthorn tanker recently left Ceyhan in Turkey with the first cargo of Caspian oil from the BP-operated Baku Tbilisi Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline, where Statoil has an 8.71% interest. The 1768-kilometre pipeline runs from Baku in Azerbaijan, via Tbilisi in Georgia, to the Turkish city of Ce
