ABG Shipyard has secured a $29.7 million contract for the construction of three anchor handling tugs (90 tonne bollard pull) for offshore applications from Cyprus-based Lamnalco.
Volvo Ocean racer, Brasil 1 arrived in Fremantle today and has been lifted out of the water so she can be loaded onto a truck and driven across the Australian continent to Melbourne, for repair in time for the in-port racing on February 4th.
Concerns about protecting groundwater around the planned confined disposal facility led to the timetable change. The facility will house an estimated 4.8 million cubic yards of contaminated sediment to be dredged from the waterway.
Statoil has signed an agreement with Aker Kv
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Azimut – Benetti announces the opening of its new service and warranty base, located in Fort Lauderdale. This service is jointly managed by Federico Ferrante for Azimut and Bill Leonard for Benetti. The Azimut service team is in charge of the management and technical support of the Azimut Dealer net
Vinashin will focus on science-technology cooperation with partners in countries with developed shipbuilding industries, as Japan and the RoK, famous for building cargo ships and oil tankers; Poland for container ships; and the Netherlands for mud dredging ships.
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An official from the South African Maritime Safety Authority said the Farley Mowat, a ship of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, did not have the required certification.
One of four Taiwanese fishing boats hijacked last year off the Somalia coast has been set free, Taiwan’s government says.
Nigeria is trying to win the release of foreign hostages in its oil-producing delta region and combat a separate problem of “criminality” there, President Olusegun Obasanjo said today.
Dredge XI will clear a 13-km sediment-rich stretch in two years to create the 199 -km Sethusamudram canal between the Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal, paving a shorter sea route for commercial traffic headed to ports on the east coast.
Cunard’s owner, Miami-based Carnival group, had threatened to look elsewhere for a venue to launch its new vessel if a deal was not agreed before the end of this month.
Ports and ferries group P&O has agreed to a $6.4 billion takeover bid from Singapore’s PSA International, which would create the world’s largest ports company, the company said on Thursday.
