Aberdeen Harbour is preparing to welcome 10 cruise calls this summer, with four vessels making their first ever visits to the city. The arrival of Rembrandt van Rijn on May 5, will signal the start of the season. A 168-foot passenger ship, Rembrandt will spend a day berthed at the port, before embar
The AMC Connector, the largest and most advanced cable- and pipe-laying vessel for deep ocean operations has arrived to Stavanger, Norway, to undergo modifications. The vessel will be docked at GMC Yard in Buøy outside Stavanger until March 11th 2012. The 156-meter long multi-purpose vessel, AMC Con
The NYK Group has completed its winter Sail on Safety campaign, which ran from December 1, 2011, through January 31, 2012. NYK carries out the campaign every year as part of its proactive measures to prevent accidents that are more likely to occur due to the turbulent seas that are more common durin
Neptune Marine Services Limited has reported a net profit after tax from operations of $1.3 million for the first half ended 31 December 2011. Highlights: * H1 FY2012 net profit after tax of $1.3 million * Reported EBITDA of $3.7 million * Revenue increased to $60.5 million * Restructuring initiativ
UK’s Centrica plc, has reached an agreement with Total E&P UK Limited to buy its non-operated portfolio of producing oil and gas assets and associated infrastructure in the Central North Sea (CNS) for a total cash consideration of $388 million (£246 million). Around 20% of the consideration is alloc
Swire Pacific Offshore Operations (Pte) Limited (SPO) announced the acquisition of Seabed AS, based in Bergen, Norway. Seabed AS was founded in 2008 by Mr Hans Martin Gravdal, who has more than 30 years of experience within a wide range of subsea operations. Mr Gravdal and his experienced team will
Scorpio Tankers Inc. announced today that it has signed a contract with Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co., Ltd. of South Korea to construct a 52,000 DWT MR product tanker, entered into agreements to sell three of its Handymax vessels, and agreed to time charter-in two MR product tankers. Newbuilding Vessel
Bluefin Robotics, a subsidiary of Battelle, is joining with The Columbia Group to invest in the next generation large submersible vehicle. Bluefin is a leader in design and manufacture of Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) and related technology. Battelle has a long history of meeting the technolog
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is developing a mandatory Polar Code in order to set standards for ship construction and operation in polar waters, according to INTERTANKO’s Technical Director, Dragos Rauta, who was at IMO this week. The Polar Code will be based on an existing set of I
Offshore Ship Designers (OSD), headquartered in The Netherlands has secured ten new design contracts for large diesel-electric Platform Supply Vessels for two major offshore operators building at three shipyards in Brazil, Japan and Spain. Swire Pacific Offshore Operations (Pte) Limited has ordered
In connection with the development of the world’s first seabed gas compression facility on the Åsgard field, Technip Norway has been awarded the contract for the marine operations of the project. The contract is valued at NOK 1,2 billion. Åsgard seabed gas compression is expected to increase recover
Technip has been awarded by Statoil a contract, valued above €150million (198.5 million U.S. dollars), for the major Åsgard Subsea Compression project located in the Norwegian Sea, 40 kilometers East of the Åsgard field, at a water depth of 340 meters. The contract covers the installation of the sub
Professor Lorne Crerar has been appointed by Ministers as Chair of Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE). Lorne is a founding partner and Chairman of Scottish commercial law firm Harper Macleod LLP, which has offices in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Inverness and has held the part-time Chair of Banking La
Last Friday, the first waiting berth for short sea and feeder vessels went into use on the Maasvlakte. It involves the former Tor Line berth, which the Port of Rotterdam Authority has made suitable for small container vessels. The waiting berth was used straight away by the 137-metre “Öland”, owned
