Following an earlier announced Letter of Intent IHC Holland Merwede BV is proud to announce that its subsidiary Merwede Shipyard received the contract for the design and construction of a new Pipe Laying / Offshore Construction vessel for Subsea 7. Merwede Shipyard was granted this repeat order to b
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The three-way partnership will aim to combat a rise in illegal fishing in the region by helping Pacific Islands states monitor and catch unauthorised boats.
For the second day running, maritime rescuers on Russia’s Far-Eastern island of Sakhalin are going out to the Sea of Okhotsk in an effort to rescue three fishermen, who are being carried away into high sea on a breakaway ice-floe.
A High Court judge in London is due to rule on whether a controversial
The State is opposed to the release of 10 suspected Somali pirates on bond. The accused face serious charges and if convicted they could be sent to jail for life, said State counsel Vincent Monda yesterday.
International yacht racing at its highest, most competitive level comes to Miami for the 2006 Rolex TP52 Global Championship. Set for March 7-12 during Acura Miami Race Week
The National Maritime Authority (NMA) has initiated an inter-ministerial forum to develop guidelines for ship waste and shore base management in accordance with International Maritime Organisation Conventions and Protocols.
Keppel FELS Limited has secured a US$177 million contract for the upgrading of a semisubmersible (semi) drilling rig Blackford Dolphin for Blackford Dolphin Pte Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fred. Olsen Energy ASA.
Vietnamese authorities have detaineda cargo ship sailing under the Singaporean flag for being suspected of hitting a local boat, which killed one Vietnamese man,injured eight others and left seven missing, local newspaper Youth reported Thursday.
A U.S. Navy warship helped rescue the six crewmen of an Iranian commercial boat in the Gulf after the small craft had been adrift without power for 10 days, the Navy said on Wednesday.
The Lincoln Electric Company introduces two new UltraCore gas-shielded, flux-cored wires for mild steel welding in the pressure vessel, offshore and shipbuilding, bridge and heavy equipment industries.
TRANSOCEAN, the world’s largest offshore oil and natural gas driller, has been awarded contracts from Chevron Corp. that will lead to construction of a new deep-water rig and generate as much as $1.7 billion in revenue.
The target of reducing operating costs on the Statfjord field in the North Sea by NOK 690 million has been reached, one year ahead of schedule. A total of 220 employees have been redeployed.
