KBR announced the executive appointments of Roy Oelking, Dennis Calton and John Rose within its leadership organization. Roy Oelking has been appointed Group President, KBR Hydrocarbons responsible for the company’s four hydrocarbon business units: Downstream, Gas Monetization, Oil & Gas, and Techno
A fire in a generator knocked out power to a cruise ship sailing off the Mexican coast over the weekend, forcing the evacuation of nearly 750 passengers and crew. The Associated Press reports 522 passengers and 226 crew members aboard the Ocean Star Pacific on Saturday were evacuated by catamaran to
The governments of Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Botswana signed a memorandum of understanding to develop the construction project of a deepwater port in the Techobanine region, in the Matutuíne district of Mozambique’s Maputo province, as well as an interconnecting railway, Mozambican newspaper Notícias
IHC Merwede will be showcasing a range of its innovative vessels, advanced equipment and life-cycle support on stand number 2625 at the forthcoming OTC 2011 on 2-5 May 2011 in Houston. As a reliable supplier of custom-built ships and equipment for offshore construction, IHC Merwede is renowned for f
In a fleet wide deal the 23 vessels with SEVSAT already installed has been signed for another three years along with the four new buildings scheduled to be launched in 2011 and 2012. “We are very satisfied with the overall performance of the SEVSAT system from Ship Equip” says Technical Director Esp
Nine international companies are vying for a contract to import up to 800 million cubic feet of liquified natural gas (LNG) per day to Bahra… (arabianbusiness) [mappress] Source: arabianbusiness, April 18, 2011;
Wago has introduced an Ethernet 2.0 media redundancy controller that is suitable for applications requiring high network and system … (engineeringtalk) [mappress] Source: engineeringtalk, April 18, 2011;
Singapore’s Senior Minister, Mr Goh Chok Tong today graced the groundbreaking ceremony of Keppel’s Seasons City in the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City (Tianjin Eco-City) and witnessed the signing of a joint venture agreement between Keppel Integrated Engineering Limited (KIE) and Tianjin Eco-City In
SMM India successfully established Some 3,000 delegates and visitors at the second SMM India shipbuilding, machinery & marine technology international trade fair india with conference in Mumbai on 7 to 9 April 2011
The International Chamber of Shipping, ITF, Indian National Shipowners’ Association, NUSI, MUI, IMEC, InterManager, Intertanko and BIMCO deplore the latest development in the Indian Ocean piracy crisis as some Indian crew members of a released merchant ship are retained ashore in Somalia.
Macduff Shipyards has secured an order to build a 26.75-metre general purpose workboat for Inverlussa Marine Services, based at Loch Spelvie on the Isle of Mull, Scotland. In addition to a mussel farm, Inverlussa also operates other vessels. The company intends to operate the vessel for coastal carg
Sri Lanka government sources say that a cabinet paper will be brought soon to establish a new corporation to streamline the conservation… (colombopage) [mappress] Source: colombopage, April 18, 2011
Catalist-listed ES Group Limited announced the successful delivery of an offshore barge by its wholly-owned subsidiary, Eng Soon Investment Pte Ltd, to the global seabed-to-surface engineering, construction and services company, Subsea 7 S.A. on 16 April 2011. This is the Group’s first direct order
Twenty-five years ago IBM scientists, J. Georg Bednorz and K. Alex Müller altered the landscape of physics when they observed superconductivity in an oxide material at a temperature 50 percent higher, (-238 deg C, -397 deg F) than what was previously known. This discovery opened an entirely new chap
