Viking Supply Ships Ltd has entered into a contract with German oil giant RWE Dea for the PSV “SBS Typhoon”. The terms of the contract are 3 wells firm + 3 x 1 well option, firm period is estimated to 260 days with commencement mid-January 2012. SBS Typhoon was delivered to SBS Marine from Aker [&he
The new cruise ship for the U.S. cruise company Disney Cruise Line (Orlando), the Disney Fantasy, will leave MEYER WERFT’s covered building dock on Sunday, 8 January 2012. Around 11 a.m. the new ship will slowly be floated out of the covered hall, followed by a couple of tests and trials to be perf
IFS, the global enterprise applications company, announced that Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) has chosen IFS Applications as its new Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. With IFS Applications, SMD will integrate the project-centric business’s processes across a number of locations, delivering be
Sandy Harper has recently joined the National Hyperbaric Centre’s as their new Diving System Technology & Consulting Manager. Sandy, who has an extensive background in diving system auditing and assurance as well as consulting, has joined the NHC to focus on expanding the Consulting & Auditing servi
Lundin Petroleum AB announced that as at 31 December 2011 its net proven and probable working interest reserves are 210.7 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMboe) which equates to a 21 percent increase to reserves and a reserve replacement ratio of 264 percent, when compared to 31 December 2010. Th
Moran Towing of Texas, Inc., has changed its name to Moran Port Arthur/Beaumont. The new name aligns the identity of the division with that of Moran’s 15 other port divisions, each of which is named for the port it serves. The Port Arthur/Beaumont division continues to serve the ports of Port Arthur
DONG Energy performed detailed geophysical surveys of the seabed in the Anholt offshore wind farm area. In connection with the surveys, a few objects with magnetic signs, indicating that it might be old bombs, were located. Further surveys confirmed the presumptions; the find turned out to be two ol
The shipping unit of Chinese steelmaker, Jiangsu Shagang Group, is the latest among a considerable number of Chinese maritime firms that have postponed payments to foreign shipowners in the past year, Reuters reports. Shagang Shipping has for months delayed payments for the use of a large iron ore c
The Netherlands Maritime Institute of Technology (NMIT) in Educity in Iskandar Malaysia, Johor is well-placed to produce competent home-grown personnel for the maritime industry, Bernama reports. The institute began operations in May 2011 and will initially deliver diploma courses in Maritime Transp
Aker Solutions has signed a contract with Marathon Oil Norge AS to supply a subsea production system for the operator’s Bøyla project on the Norwegian continental shelf. Contract value is approximately NOK 210 million. Scope of work includes engineering, procurement, construction and delivery of fou
Aker Solutions has signed a contract with Marathon Oil Norge AS to supply a subsea production system for the operator’s Bøyla project on the Norwegian continental shelf. Contract value is approximately NOK 210 million. Scope of work includes engineering, procurement, construction and delivery of fou
A new 56,000 dwt vessel from the Korean Hyundai Mipo shipyard has been delivered to ESL Shipping Ltd, part of the Aspo Group, Reuters reprts. M/s Arkadia owned by ESL Shipping is the first of two dry cargo vessels to be built in Vietnam. The first 1A ice-strengthened dry cargo vessel in its class is
Western Baltija Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of BLRT Grupp, and the Danish company Gitte Henning A/S signed a contract for the construction of a fishing vessel Gitte Henning. This will be the first “turn-key” fishing vessel to be built at Western Baltija Shipbuilding, i.e. fully equipped and ready for
DP World Vancouver and the Nanaimo Port Authority have signed a three year agreement that awards DP World Vancouver the right to operate the Port of Nanaimo’s facilities, including the general cargo Duke Point facility and Assembly Wharf. The two parties are looking at diversifying and pursuing comm
