Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) has opened a new liferaft service station in Suez, Egypt, which will service vessels transiting the Suez Canal and Egypt’s main ports. Russell Dinwoodie; General Manager WSS Egypt said: “With over 17,000 vessel transits per year in the Suez Canal, this new Liferaft Ser
Radius Oceanic Communications, Inc. (Radius) and the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (Cyta) announces the commencement of the POSEIDON project. POSEIDON is a high capacity undersea cable system that will provide advanced telecommunications facilities to the offshore oil and gas industry in the E
On 25th October 2012 strike steel took place in Keppel Subic Shipyard in Philippines. This is the commencement of the construction work of Floatel International’s fourth new-building ordered at Keppel FELS, Singapore. The new building is due for delivery early 2015 and will be named Floatel Enduranc
Vattenfall is reporting an underlying operating profit for the nine-month period 2012 that is nearly on par with 2011 for continuing operations – despite a challenging market. The industry is under continuous pressure from overcapacity, low prices and low margins, especially for electricity generati
Nexans, a worldwide expert in the cable industry, has won a 6 million Euro contract to manufacture and supply shipboard cables to Fincantieri, the Italian ship builder. The cables and accessories will come from Nexans’ SHIPLINK® brand of electrical cables for , where they offer light weight, easy an
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is extending by thirty days the public comment period for the plan it has proposed to clean up lead contamination at the Raritan Bay Slag Superfund Site in Old Bridge and Sayreville, New Jersey. Lead is a toxic metal that is especially dangerous to children b
Bath Iron Works Corporation is seeking a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District to conduct work in waters of the United States in conjunction with testing ships and maintenance dredging in Bath, Maine. Bath Iron Works Corporation proposes to place gravel and stone fill ma
Bergen Group Technology AS, a subsidiary of Bergen Group ASA, has today entered into an agreement to sell its crane producer Bergen Group Dreggen AS to a subsidiary of Austrian-based Palfinger AG. Palfinger AG is listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange. The transaction will generate an estimated positiv
Norwegian Car Carriers ASA has signed an agreement with an undisclosed party to acquire a large and fuel efficient 6,430 CEU car carrier built at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in 2010. The Company has received firm offers for debt financing of the vessel amounting to 70% of the purchase price. The rem
The Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research takes a leading role in preparing the formation of marine protected areas in the Weddell Sea. Yesterday the German Federal Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection published a press release, stating that the Bremerhavener insti
Inspections by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District found that 33 miles of levees near Chico and Gerber do not meet Corps operation and maintenance standards. The Sacramento District conducted a periodic inspection of nine levee systems on Mud, Sycamore and Dry Creeks near Chico in D
The Board of Directors of COSCO Corporation (Singapore) Limited announced yesterday that COSCO (Guangdong) Shipyard Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of the Company’s 51% owned COSCO Shipyard Group Co., Ltd, has delivered a bulk carrier of 57.000 DWT named “OTZIAS”, to its European buyer. The delivery document
In 2013, it is planned to kick off batch production of new countermine ships developed by Almaz Design Bureau for Russian Navy, said Vladimir Seredokho, director general of the Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard. “The lead minesweeper has been already built. In the next year we start batch production of these s
Leading classification society ABS officially inaugurated the ABS Korea Energy Technology Center (KETC) in Busan, South Korea, on 19 October 2012. ABS President and CEO Christopher J. Wiernicki joined senior representatives of the Korean shipping and shipbuilding sectors and academia to celebrate th
