Offshore exploration and appraisal activity rose by 75 per cent in the last quarter, according to the latest oil and gas industry figures released by Deloitte. The business advisory firm’s latest North West Europe Review, which summarises drilling and licensing in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), re
In 2008, Rotterdam was Austria’s most important seaport for the tenth consecutive time, with a throughput of 4.8 million tonnes. This was 6% less than the previous year and represented a market share of almost 27% (*) This was revealed in the “Seehafenbilanz” for 2008, which the Austrian trade magaz
South-East Asia could soon become another playground for cruise yachts like the Mediterranean or the Caribbean if industry players could coordinate their efforts in bringing superyachts traffic into the region, an international yacht conference here was told Tuesday. Singapore Minister of State for
Container carriers with reefer containers generate 27 per cent more emissions of greenhouse gases than specialised reefer carriers, according to a study carried out by the Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit (AERU) of Lincoln University in Christchurch, New Zealand, reports fruitnet.com.
Gulf Marine Services (GMS), Abu Dhabi, has commenced construction of a brand new series of GUSTO MSC designed NX2500 barges. The first two barges in this series – ‘GMS Endurance’ and ‘GMS Endeavour’ – will be delivered in the second and fourth quarters of 2010, and will be capable of operating in wa
Aluminium ship and boat builders Fjellstrand, in Norway, have developed a new design and concept for a support and rescue vessel to service the growing offshore windfarm market. The vessel has been specifically developed for the demanding offshore windfarm installation market.
The port of Antwerp gave a qualified welcome to the Dutch government’s decision to deepen the river Scheldt, the port’s access to the North Sea. The Dutch cabinet agreed Friday to a controversial plan to breach dykes and flood 320 hectares of farmland reclaimed from the sea to allow the deepening of
J Ray McDermott’s (J Ray) Caspian subsidiary has successfully completed installation of offshore facilities at the Yuri Korchagin field for OOO LUKOIL-Nizhnevolzhskneft (LUKOIL), a subsidiary of OAO LUKOIL Oil Company. The Yuri Korchagin field is the first of the North Caspian fields in the Russian
Cruise vessel operators and agents in Singapore are seething over what they view to be an unjustified, unexplained, peremptory increase in docking fees at the nation’s cruise terminals. The scale of the increase is further exacerbating the furore; at ten times the original amount, cruise vessels and
The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) has held what it calls a “Groundbreaking Ceremony” to launch its massive International Cruise Terminal (ICT) project aimed at developing Singapore’s into the hub of regional cruise trade. Held at the Marina South Pier, within close proximity of the future site of th
German shipyard Sietas and VOSTA LMG in The Netherlands are coming together to build two trailing suction hopper dredgers for Josef Möbius Bau-AG. This is the first time that hopper suction dredgers have been built at Sietas’s Neuenfelde shipyard.
Leighton International’s offshore oil and gas division has unveiled a new state-of-the-art pipelay and offshore construction vessel in Batam, Indonesia. Christened Leighton Eclipse, the 130m long vessel was constructed by Leighton International and will initially be deployed in India on its $US750 m
In shipping, maintenance costs represent nearly twenty percent of all operational costs. According to independent sources, expenditure on repairs and maintenance has increased lately across all vessel categories. In respect to repairs and maintenance there are significant variations in the cost move
Solar Solve Marine of South Shields, UK, recently supplied another two shipsets of their SOLASOLV roller sunscreens to the US Military Sealift Command. The screens have been installed in two more of the Lewis and Clark-class underway replenishment ships that are traditionally named to honour legenda
