Cargotec has recently won a significant order for two Siwertell ship unloaders to handle coal at Jorf Lasfar, on Morocco’s Atlantic coast. The contract comes from the Jorf Lasfar Energy Company (JLEC) and includes repositioning two existing unloaders as well as installing the two new Siwertell units
Miclyn Express Offshore (“MIO”) announces that two Offshore Support Vessels (“OSVs”), the Miclyn Grace and Miclyn Grand, have been awarded five year contracts to act as Multipurpose Vessels for Saudi Aramco in Saudi Arabia. The vessels are currently serving out their existing charter contracts in Th
Cove Energy plc, the AIM quoted upstream oil and gas company, together with the operator Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, provide an update of the results of the Barquentine-3 appraisal well and consequent gas resource range upgrade in the Rovuma Basin Area 1 block, Offshore Mozambique. Highlights •
Pancontinental, a petroleum (oil and gas / hydrocarbon) exploration company with key assets in Australia, Kenya, Malta and Namibia, says on its website that preparations for drilling on the Mbawa Prospect are proceeding as planned. Pancontinental’s best estimate for the drill date is during or befor
Groningen Shipyard launched successfully the first vessel, mv LADY ANNA. The vessel is engineered in close cooperation with the shipyard. After the design was completed, complete engineering for hull systems and piping was executed by Groot Ship Design enabling the shipyard to build the vessel in a
Miclyn Express Offshore (“MIO”) reports that two Offshore Support Vessels (“OSVs”), the Miclyn Grace and Miclyn Grand, have been awarded five year contracts to act as Multipurpose Vessels for Saudi Aramco in Saudi Arabia. The vessels are currently serving out their existing charter contracts in Thai
STX Marine (STXM) congratulated Eastern Shipbuilding Group on the award by Hornbeck Offshore Services Inc. for the design and construction of eight STXM designed offshore support vessels. The SV300 and SV310 series vessels are derived from well proven designs recently delivered to the US Gulf Coast
BHP Billiton today announced that Alex Vanselow, Group Executive and Chief Financial Officer, will retire from BHP Billiton at the end of February 2012. He will be succeeded by Graham Kerr, recently President of Diamonds and Specialty Products; and Mike Henry, President of Marketing, will join the G
Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world’s biggest shipbuilder, received final test approval from the Korean government for eco-friendly electrolysis HiBallast System on November 27. Ballast water is seawater used to stabilize the ship when loading/unloading cargo and to maintain optimal vessel speed. Th
Brazil’s government has been quick to vilify Chevron Corp for an offshore oil spill, but the biggest victim of the accident could turn out… By Stuart Grudgings and Bob Burgdorfer (Reuters) [mappress] Source: Reuters , November 28, 2011; Image:
STX Marine (STXM) congratulated Eastern Shipbuilding Group on the award by Hornbeck Offshore Services Inc. for the design and construction of eight STXM designed offshore support vessels. The SV300 and SV310 series vessels are derived from well proven designs recently delivered to the US Gulf Coast
The Leif Höegh (UK) Ltd operated LNG Carrier Arctic Princess, a NIS-registered LNG carrier of 121 597 gross tonnes, registered high temperatures in the stern tube bearing shortly after leaving the El Ferrol yard for sea trial on the Atlantic Coast in north-western Spain, on the afternoon of 21 Novem
A full-size prototype of the floating LIDAR offshore resource assessment system, known as FLIDAR™, has been successfully tested 15km off the Belgian coast. It has been located next to a stationary LIDAR (WINDCUBE®v2 LIDAR from Leosphere) on a fixed communication mast for the month of October, in ord
OMNI Group of companies that owns & operates a fleet of 10 vessels announces that it has received two additional offshore support vessels in OMNI’s fleet, Omni Marissa & Omni Stella OMNI MARISSA Omni Marissa is the 11th offshore support vessel of OMNI’s fleet. She is 60m with deck space of 390m2, a
