Golden Gate ferry passengers rode a new ferry Monday that actually is more than 10 years old… By Mark Prado(marinij) [mappress] Source: marinij, May 17, 2011
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (NYSE:DO) today announced that a subsidiary of the Company has entered into two term drilling contracts with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation. The contracts, which will utilize Diamond Offshore’s two new-build drillships now on order, are expected to generate combined m
The Gazprom Board of Directors reviewed the performance of the Company’s subsidiary companies and organizations over the autumn/winter period (between October and March) 2010–2011 and the information about the measures required to ensure uninterrupted gas supply to consumers in the autumn/winter per
Russia will prepare a law to support shipbuilding industry in Far East by next week, Vice Prime Minister Sergey Ivanov said Sunday while inspecting the construction of maritime terminal on Kunashir Island. According to the RIA Novosti report, the document will include a number of measures aimed at e
Although the project had faced a critical preparation and mobilisation schedule on Wednesday 20 April 2011, the newly built 5000 mT Heavy Lift Vessel (HLV) Oleg Strashnov sailed on schedule for its maiden trip to the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm location. The vessel was loaded with 4 220 Ton,
Japan’s Inpex Corp. said Tuesday that it welcomes the Northern Territory government’s environmental clearance for the proposed Ichthys lique… (tradingcharts) [mappress] Source: tradingcharts, May 17, 2011;
Nearly 1,200 guests attended the christening of Anchorage (LPD 23), the seventh ship in the USS San Antonio class of ships being built by… (sunherald) [mappress] Source: sunherald, May 17, 2011
On May 11, with the interest in possible cooperation, Takashi Osanai, Ambassador of Japan in Latvia, and Kanji Goto, Third Secretary of the Embassy of Japan in Latvia, visited the Freeport of Riga Authority. The main matter in discussions, joined by Leonīds Loginovs, CEO of the Freeport of Riga, and
Although the project had faced a critical preparation and mobilisation schedule on Wednesday 20 April 2011, the newly built 5000 mT Heavy Lift Vessel (HLV) Oleg Strashnov sailed on schedule for its maiden trip to the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm location. The vessel was loaded with 4 220 Ton,
Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine (N-KOM) has received the first Qatargas-chartered vessel ‘Al Wakrah’ to dry dock at the Erhama Bin Jaber Al Jalahma Shipyard, Qatar’s new, world-class offshore and marine hub at the Port of Ras Laffan. ‘Al Wakrah’, which is owned by Mitsui O S K Lines, Ltd (MOL) and
Russian naval dockyard workers are demanding that negligence charges be dropped against the captain of a Russian nuclear submarine in …. By Alexei Korolyov, Howard Gethin(en.rian.ru) [mappress] Source: en.rian.ru , May 17, 2011;
His Highness Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, on Monday launched the RAK Maritime City, RAK’s fifth port facility and the UAE’s newest maritime free zone, at a function held at the Al Hamra Convention Centre here. The launch event also had the prese
The first underground gas storage facility in the Middle East has started its trial operation in Serajeh in the central province of Qom, Managing director of the Natural Gas Storage Company (NGSC), Mr. Samivand announced here. According to the report of the public relations of the NIGC, he said that
India is expected to invest nearly $50 billion to strengthen its naval forces over the next 20 years, adding 101 new warships, ranging from destroyers to… Jason Overdorf (globalpost) [mappress] Source: globalpost, May 17, 2011