Navios Maritime Holdings Inc., a large, global, vertically integrated seaborne shipping and logistics company, announced today that it has acquired the Navios Serenity, a 2011-built Handysize vessel of 34,718 DWT, for $26.0 million. The vessel was previously part of Navios Holdings’ long-term charte
Allseas Marine SA announced that its Bulk Carrier, MV Kind Seas, has been certified from Germanischer Lloyd on behalf of Marshall Islands as meeting the new ILO MLC 2006 Convention requirements. The Maritime Labour Convention 2006 provides protection at work for the world’s seafarers. It sets out se
Huisman, the Netherlands-based specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, has secured a new contract from Allseas for the design and manufacturing of an 850mt Offshore Mast Crane. The crane will replace the current 300mt Offshore Mast Crane onboard Allseas’ pipelayer “Solitaire”, the larg
Hamworthy Oil & Gas Systems has secured a contract to supply its innovative LNG regasification technology for the third Höegh LNG Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) under construction at Hyundai Heavy Industries. Working together with Sinopacific Offshore and Engineering (SOE) Wärtsilä
OceanSaver has secured a contract to supply two Mark II ballast water treatment systems for two chemical tankers owned by CMM, a Greek-owned tanker company. The vessels will be constructed in South Korea at one of the major South Korean shipyards. The agreement with CMM represents OceanSaver’s first
ANCAP, Uruguay’s state-owned petroleum company, has revealed the British companies BP and BG, the French company Total and the Irish company Tullow Oil as the winners of the Ronda Uruguay II licensing round
Clipper, one of the world’s leading cargo carriers, took delivery of VLCC ‘Sea Splendor’ from Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co. Ltd, China on Friday March 30th 2012. ‘Sea Splendor’ is flying Hongkong flag. The vessel is the last VLCC out of four ordered vessels. ‘Sea Splendor’ is employed on a long t
Keppel AmFELS LLC, a US wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), has won a contract from Mexico’s Perforadora Central SA de CV (Perforadora Central) to build a repeat jackup rig worth US$205 million. Slated for delivery in 1Q 2014, this latest high specification unit wil
Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum) announces that the Gaupe field, located in the Southern North Sea, offshore Norway, commenced production on 31 March 2012. The Gaupe field is located in PL292 and is adjacent to the Norway – United Kingdom (UK) border, some 225 km from the Norwegian mainland. T
SBM Offshore N.V. announced that contracts for the twenty year charter and operation of FPSO Cidade de Ilhabela for the north part of Sapinhoá field (former Guara Area) development in the pre-salt area, offshore Brazil, have been executed with GUARA BV and with BM-S-9 Consortium. The consortium is e
Keppel AmFELS LLC, a US wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), has won a contract from Mexico’s Perforadora Central SA de CV (Perforadora Central) to build a repeat jackup rig worth US$205 million. Slated for delivery in 1Q 2014, this latest high specification unit wil
Hamburg Süd celebrated the christening of the container ship “Santa Teresa” at the Cruise Terminal in Rotterdam (Netherlands). Sponsor of the “Santa Teresa” was Dr Angela Stieglitz, BASF SE. The “Santa Teresa” is the seventh newbuilding of a series of ten identical container vessels which feature a
Until now the licensees have referred to the field as Hild. Located in the northern part of the North Sea, the field is about 150 kilometres west of Kollsnes. Total investments in the development amount to about NOK 26 billion (US$4.2 billion)
The Galoc Production Company (GPC), operator of the Galoc oil field offshore Palawan in the Philippines, advises that production has restarted from the Galoc field on 2 April 2012 following a planned shutdown for refurbishment of the Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel (FPSO). During t
