The Port of Palm Beach District Commission voted unanimously, Thursday, April 19, 2012 to approve a $26 million restoration project to Slip Number 3 at the Port of Palm Beach. This historic infrastructure improvement project includes expanding the Slip on the north side to increase the width of the
Prospector Offshore Drilling S.A. announced, April 25th, that one of its subsidiaries has received a Letter of Award (LoA) with Total E&P UK Limited and Elf Exploration UK Limited (together, “Total E&P UK”) for a drilling contract in the U.K. North Sea for its first jack-up rig, “Prospector Rig 1”.
Next Thursday, Fresena, 18 meters pilot boat will be delivered to LOTSENVERSETZBOOTE TECHNISCHE FACHSTELLE NORDWEST pilots and leave Lorient for the port of Emden in northern Germany. After FRYA delivered in May 2011, this unit is the second in a series of 4 vessels for German pilots. Marc Bernard,
When all four propeller blades of a 100-meter general cargo vessel were severely bent, a repair was required by the classification society. Hydrex therefore performed a detailed video inspection, followed by a repair while the vessel was berthed in Ghent, Belgium. To make a full assessment of the da
Paragon Shipping Inc., announced today that it has taken delivery of the M/V Prosperous Seas, a 37,293 dwt Handysize vessel, from the Zhejiang Ouhua Shipbuilding Co in China. The vessel has been chartered out to Cargill International S.A. for a period of 23 to 26 months at a gross daily rate of $12,
On 26th April, Daewoo Shipbuilding Marine & Engineering and Total held a Safety Stand-Up Meeting to commemorate World Safety Day (28th of April) at the Pre-erection area in front of the CLOV FPSO. A number of people who work on the CLOV FPSO including Mr. Patrick Vallot, FPSO manager of Total, Mrs.
SeaBird has announced solid financial performance in the first quarter of 2012. HIGHLIGHTS – While still a challenging market environment, the first quarter showed signs of improving customer demand. Fleet utilization increased from 60% in the fourth quarter of last year to 65% for the first quarter
LIEBHERR Container Cranes Ltd. recently delivered two (2) Ship-to-Shore Container Cranes to TCP Paranagua, Brazil. The container cranes have a waterside outreach of 52.50m., span of 18m. and landside backreach of 15.00m. Total lift height under spreader is 38m. S.W.L. is 65 Tonnes under Twin Lift Sp
Seadrill has received a Letter of Award for a five-year contract for the tender assist rig T18 by Chevron Thailand Exploration and Production Ltd. Commencement of operations is scheduled for the first quarter 2014, following the delivery to Chevron of tender assist rigs T15 and T16 during 2013. The
Seadrill has received a Letter of Award for a five-year contract for the tender assist rig T18 by Chevron Thailand Exploration and Production Ltd. Start of operations is scheduled for the first quarter 2014, following the delivery to Chevron of tender assist rigs T15 and T16 during 2013. The estimat
ContiTech has achieved another milestone: Its Fluid Technology Oil & Marine segment has been commissioned by the Canadian company Nautilus Minerals Inc. to take part in the world’s first deep-sea mineral resource project, the company announced in Hanover. The undertaking will see natural resources e
Prospector Offshore Drilling S.A. last week received a Letter of Award from Total E&P UK for a drilling contract in the U.K. North Sea for its first jack-up rig, “Prospector Rig 1”. The Award is subject to execution of a mutually-agreed drilling contract , which is expected to be completed later in
St. Petersburg-based Baltic Fuel Company LLC (BFC) has delivered the first bunker fuel shipment under a contract with cruise operator Carnival Cruise Lines. The BFC’s bunkering tanker Kapitan Shiryaev supplied today, May 4, 2012, 600 tons of heavy fuel oil and 80 tons of diesel fuel to the cruise sh
SCOD Presents the US Coast Guard Sea Eagle, the Ultra Green Homeland Security vessel that’s tough on the bad guys, but kind to the Ecology. The first Coast Guard Cutter to provide extensive surveillance, on, above and below the ocean. The E Class Search and Rescue Sea Eagle with Helipad and underwat
