Those seeking electrical and instrumentation systems in the floating, production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) segment may benefit from an alliance between Emerson Process Management and W
St. Petersburg’s Severnaya Verf shipyard Tuesday launched a new surface ship for the Russian navy. The Steregushchy corvette is the first in the Project 20380 series designed by the Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau and being built at the shipyard. Navy Commander Admiral Vladimir Masorin said at th
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Reviving the name of Evergreen’s very first full containership, Chang Kuo-Cheng (K C Chang), Evergreen Group’s Vice Group Chairman, launched the 7024 TEU Ever Spring in Kobe, Japan, on 17 May, She is due for delivery in August 2006 and is scheduled to enter service on the WAE pendulum service linkin
Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) announced today that its subsidiary, Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria Deepwater West, Ltd. (Esso), has drilled an oil discovery in Oil Prospecting License (OPL) 214, approximately 70 miles (113 kilometers) offshore Nigeria. The Uge-1 discovery well was drill
Overnight the wind slowly backed from east of north to west and increased slightly, releasing the fleet from their hell of windward work
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Deepwater Petroleum Limited, an affiliate of Chevron Corporation has announced the commencement of hull keel laying for its Agbami project
Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world’s largest shipbuilder, posted its fourth-consecutive quarterly profit Monday on increased orders for more expensive ships. Net income totaled 22.9 billion won, or $24.4 million, in the three months ended March 31, compared with a loss of 88.95 billion won in the s
Oman has ordered two multipurpose passenger-vehicle catamaran ferries at a cost of $66m from Australian shipbuilding firm Austal, according to the Oman Daily Observer. Each 213-foot vessel has the capacity to carry 203 passengers and 56 cars. They will be used to provide a tourist service for trips
South Korean shipyards ranked No. 1 through No. 7 in terms of order backlogs as of the end of April, a London-based market researcher said Tuesday. The world’s largest shipyard, Hyundai Heavy Industries, retained its spot with an order backlog of 11.44 million compensated gross tons (CGT), Clarkson
A ship which once ferried passengers to the ill-fated Titanic is to be brought back to Belfast in July after years of languishing semi-derelict in a French port. Northern Ireland Office Minister David Hanson confirmed today that a firm will use a submersible barge as part of plans to return the SS N
The owners and master of a British fishing vessel were fined a total of
The largest freshwater cruise ship in Chinees northeastern provinces was unmoored and formally put into use at Hun river, Shenyang, on May 14. You can charter the whole ship at the cost of 2000 CHY per hour. The ship named Shun Tao No 1 was built at the cost of 3million CNY. Tourists can board [&hel
