The Port of Liverpool’s newest pilot boat today has officially joined the Port’s fleet after a naming ceremony in the city’s Albert Dock. The Skua, which follows the tradition of Liverpool’s pilot craft being named after seabirds, was given a champagne welcome by Mrs Patricia Hodgson, wife of Peel P
NYK and OOCL have entered into an agreement for the charter of four 13,000TEU ships. OOCL has exercised its option to order an additional four 13,000TEU ships on top of its original order of six. Out of the ten ships, four will be chartered to NYK for a period of three years. The first charter [&hel
The significance of North Carolina’s coast goes beyond local areas, and continued federal support is needed to preserve critical inlets and waterways projects by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rep. Mike McIntyre and Sen. Kay Hagan have said. “Our beaches, our inlets and the Intracoastal Waterway
BP has booked Subsea 7 to deliver on a three year life-of-field contract for assets in the the US Gulf of Mexico commencing later this year worth an estimated US $125 million. BP has selected Subsea 7 to supply two support ships under the contract, one on a dedicated full-time basis and the contract
The Dublin-based international shipping company, The d’Amico Group confirmed its intentions to expand its fleet with the delivery of two new handy-size dry-bulk vessels worth around US $60 million from one of the world’s major shipbuilders, Hyundai Mipo, based in Ulsan, Korea. These two latest vesse
Petroceltic International plc announced that well AT-5z has completed drilling at a total depth of 2421 metres along hole, and has a horizontal section in the main Ordovician reservoir of 376.5 metres. Good gas shows have been encountered throughout the reservoir section. The horizontal section will
AP Moller-Maersk has stunned the shipping industry by reporting a first quarter 2011 profit of US$1.2 billion, a massive increase of 82 percent compared to the equivalent period in 2010. Revenue for the period increased by 10 percent to US$14.5 billion (from US$13.2 billion), primarily due to higher
The new 30-year concession contract for the development and operation of Terminal Muelle Norte at the Port of Callao was signed today by Peruvian President Alan Garcia and representatives of APM Terminals and local partner Central Portuária S.A.C. in the Presidential Palace in Peru’s Capital City of
Austal’s largest catamaran built to date, the 113-metre ‘Leonora Christina’ for Denmark’s Bornholmer Færgen, has recently completed sea trials, marking the final stage in the construction of the high-speed vehicle-passenger ferry at Austal’s Henderson, Australia shipyard. Austal was awarded the cont
The offshore wind power industry has some way to go to prove it can take its place as a sustainable part of the energy mix, according to Offshore Proof… (bymnews) [mappress] Source: bymnews, May 13, 2011
GeoSea provided the Goliath for the Wind Turbine installation of Alpha Ventus. The Goliath is the largest jumbo jack-up platform of its type ever built, with a load capacity of 2000 tonnes and colossal legs almost 80 meters long. Four HRP thrusters driven by Caterpillar engines have being installed
The new 30-year concession contract for the development and operation of Terminal Muelle Norte at the Port of Callao was signed today by Peruvian President Alan Garcia and representatives of APM Terminals and local partner Central Portuária S.A.C. in the Presidential Palace in Peru’s Capital City of
The Virginia Chamber of Commerce has announced the names of the companies who made the sixteenth annual “Fantastic 50” list of 50 of the fastest growing companies in the state. The winning companies were saluted at the annual awards banquet held April 28 at the Westfields Marriott in Chantilly. VSD,
Scorpio Tankers Inc. announced yesterday that it has commenced a public offering of 5,500,000 shares of its common stock. The proceeds of the offering are expected to be used, after assessing any working capital and other general corporate expense needs, to pursue vessel acquisitions consistent with
