Orbit Technologies Ltd., a mobile SatCom world leader, announces a follow up order for its marine VSAT antenna systems from the Swiss company, NewSat. Total orders for the year are in excess of $2 million dollars. The current order caps four years of Orbit systems sales to NewSat, totaling more than
CPC Corp., Taiwan’s state-run oil company, said the island’s imports of liquefied natural gas may reach a record 10 million metric tons this… [mappress] Source: The China Post, July 8, 2010;
Baker Hughes Incorporated announced that the international rig count for June 2010 was 1,099, up 9 from the 1,090 counted in May 2010, and up 132 from the 967 counted in June 2009. The international offshore rig count for June 2010 was 312, up 14 from the 298 counted in May 2010 and up 45 […]
Cunard’s new cruise liner Queen Elizabeth is nearing completion at an Italian shipyard ahead of its naming ceremony in Southampton in October. Its predecessor Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) ended its life as an ocean liner in November 2008 and was sold to Dubai-based property developers Nakheel.
The rise and fall of the Brazilian shipbuilding market is well-known, having plummeted from the top of the world list in the early 1980s to the bottom by 1999. Today, Brazil is storming back, an amazing revival of the nearly defunct shipbuilding industry driven by the sudden influx of orders from ma
Besenzoni increases the own product range of components and nautical accessories in the area Custom with the Hard Top: the sunroof with different handling options. Like all customized Besenzoni products, the hard top is a modular accessory that can be requested in different dimensions and adapted to
Doug Suttles, Chief Operating Officer of BP Exploration and Production, met with Vessels of Opportunity (VoO) participants to view operations and discuss a number of enhancements made to the VoO program. Through these modifications, the program will more effectively deploy boats to oil recovery acti
Mozambique has approved plans to build a new port expected to be deeper than existing harbours at a cost of $550 million in efforts to decongest the port of Maputo, the state-run Noticias newspaper reports on Thursday.
Norway’s PGS has been confirmed for a contract to carry out a seismic survey across the Irish Atlantic Margin region with the MV Ramform Vanguard. San Leon Energy has selected PGS to acquire up to 300 sq. km of 3D seismic data across the Slyne Basin region off the west coast of Ireland, on acreage [
Italian builder Palumbo has begun construction of a new 60m (197ft) RINA Green Star class yacht — the Columbus 199. The Naples-based yard expects to launch the eco-friendly full-displacement craft in 2012. Italian design firm Hydro Tec has provided the naval architecture and exterior design.
A planned Melford container terminal at the Strait of Canso doesn’t seem to the get the same attention as other developments proposed for Nova Scotia, but it may be about to step out the shadows. The private-sector project, driven by Melford International Terminal Inc., is most often mentioned as an
Following a successful run of deliveries to Bourbon’s Liberty 200 series of AHTS vessels, the offshore services specialist has now placed orders for a further four state-of-the-art MacGregor anchor-handling systems from Cargotec. Cargotec has won a contract to supply four sets of MacGregor anchor-ha
In the Interim Management Statement on 12 May 2010, A.P. Møller – Mærsk A/S announced that a profit for 2010 was expected – an improvement compared to the previous expectations on 4 March 2010 of a modest profit. The improvement of especially the container business has since then been greater than e
ExxonMobil Oil Indonesia has set production target for liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Arun, Aceh, at 38 cargoes or 2.09 million tons in… [mappress] Source: tradingmarkets , July 8, 2010;
