The transport company of the B.V. Nederlandse Gasunie (Gasunie) and Koninklijke Vopak N.V. (Royal Vopak) intend collaborating on the development of a receiving terminal for liquefied natural gas (LNG). The companies have signed an agreement to this effect. Still to be studied are the form such an in
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Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., the world’s second-largest shipbuilder, may report a loss in the first quarter after steel costs rose. Daewoo Shipbuilding probably had a net loss of 27 billion won ($27 million), according to the median forecast of 11 analysts surveyed by Thomson Financ
Bids for dredging to deepen the Columbia River shipping channel are running higher than predicted, with the lowest coming in 69 percent above government estimates. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had hoped to save money by contracting out the job of deepening the first 25 miles of the 103-mile stre
The muck builds up at a rate of more than a foot a month because silt and clay have a chance to settle out of water between tides as the rush of water through the harbor stops. The muck builds up at a rate of more than a foot a month because silt and clay […]
Rep. Hannah Pingree (D-North Haven) will present a bill Friday that aims to better align state and federal laws regulating the dumping standards and dredging requirements in Maine waters. Pingree sponsored the bill in hopes the legislation will raise awareness on the complexities of dredge dumping l
The first of four vessels destined for the Scottish port of Aberdeen, where they are to be operated by North Star Shipping, fitted with several systems for winding people in straight from the water. Balenciaga shipyard in Zumaya yesterday launched the Grampian Commander, the first of four vessels de
Northrop Grumman Newport News shipbuilding is challenging a report published Saturday that
Norwegian shipbuilding industry is recovering from last year’s slump, but Norwegian workers who were laid off are not being re-hired. Instead, the yards are employing cheaper labour from Poland, Aftenposten reports. Around 100 former shipyard workers are registered as unemployed in the main Sunnmoer
Ericsson announced today its entry in the Volvo Ocean Race 2005 Challenge. Ericsson, the world’s leading telecommunications supplier, will be on the starting line on November 5, 2005 taking part in the most challenging and competitive ocean sailing race.
QCI Marine Offshore has been awarded by Signal International the accommodations and inside electrical work on Etesco’s Millennium semisub, QCI President Chris Cantele announced. The project, to be built at Signal’s Pascagoula yard, includes the build out of 5-levels of accommodations. The Etesco Mil
The executive and legislative arms of government may be on a fresh collision course over the recent awards of engineering contracts to US oil services company Halliburton, which was earlier recommended for ban by the House of Representatives. Also, the Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstre
Following the opening of the Suez Canal Container Terminal (SCCT) in Port Said, Maersk Sealand is now carrying out the transfer of several services from Gioia Tauro, Italy to Port Said, Egypt. This change to the service pattern is the result of an agreement concluded between SCCT and Maersk Sealand,
Signal International, LLC, says it has signed a contract with ETESCO Millennium Partners, LLC to convert the semi-submersible drilling rig Odin Millennium to a 272 bed accommodation vessel and offshore construction and repair platform. Dick Marler, President and CEO of Signal International, said the
