The construction of the world’s largest ferries will commence. Wadan Shipyards has received federal guarantees and has signed a new agreement with Swedish Stena. “We are delighted that the project now can get back on track”, says Joakim Kenndal, Head of Corporate Communications at Stena Line. Negoti
Maersk Kendal, a 57,600 DWT large container ship belonging to AP Moller Maersk’s UK subsidiary, the Maersk Company Ltd, is aground near Singapore. No one is hurt, and there are no reports of spillage of oil from the ship. The almost 300 meter long container ship Maersk Kendal, which has space for 6,
This cruise season, Port Everglades will host naming ceremonies for the world’s largest and most revolutionary cruise ship, Royal Caribbean International’s 5,400-guest Oasis of the Seas, and one of the world’s most luxurious cruise ships, Silversea Cruises’ new flagship, the 540-guest Silver Spirit.
Wärtsilä, a leading supplier of flexible power plants for the decentralized power generation market, has been contracted to supply a barge-mounted power plant to serve a mining operation in Papua New Guinea. The contract, signed in August, is valued at approximately EUR 57 million. The customer is L
Port of Tanjung Pelepas, PTP deploy suite of ARL tools for RTG & yard block management; the RTG Deployer, the RTG Dispatcher and the Yard Clash Predictor. The RTG Deployer calculates the amount of RTGs needed on the yard for the next shifts based on the terminals set target productivity taking the p
In today’s extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of Fugro, the appointment of Mr. J. Rüegg as a member of the Board of Management was approved. Mr. Rüegg, who has Swiss nationality and was born in 1944, has joined Fugro in 1994. He has managed the Offshore Survey activities since 1999 and ha
Brunswick Marine Parts & Accessories (Land ‘N’ Sea Distributing, Kellogg Marine Supply, and Diversified Marine Products) and Furrion LLC have teamed up for 2010 to present a new, innovative line of shore power products. Furrion’s modern, stylish products – cordsets, cables, adapters, plugs and inlet
Russia says it has finished looking into the case of a cargo ship allegedly hijacked in the Baltic Sea in July. They say they are preparing to hand the MV Arctic Sea to authorities in Malta, where it is registered. But critics of the Russian government say the investigation has been a cover-up, and
A US oil firm has announced the discovery of a deepwater oil well off the coast of Sierra Leone. Anadarko Petroleum Corporation said it confirmed the existence of an “active petroleum system” in the Sierra Leone-Liberian basin. Two years ago, oil was discovered off Ghana by the same drillers. Sierra
The former Swan Hunter shipyard on Tyneside has been sold in an undisclosed deal. North Tyneside Council and regional development agency One North East have purchased the 60-acre site in Wallsend from owner Jaap Kroese. They plan to make the site a key part of redevelopment proposals for a 600-acre
A pilots’ union is calling for a ministerial summit to discuss the possible dangers faced by its members in the North Sea oil and gas industry. The British Airline Pilots’ Association (Balpa) has tabled a motion at the TUC conference asking politicians to meet a wide range of interested parties. A t
Nexans has won a contract worth approximately Euros 39 million to supply the subsea power export cables for Phase I of the Belgian Belwind Offshore Windfarm project, located on the Bligh Bank, 46km off the coast of Zeebrugge. Belwind NV is owned by Colruyt, Rabobank Project Equity, SHV, Meewind and
StatoilHydro relied on a military crew to get its newbuild semi-submersible hull destined for the Norwegian Gjøa development through the pirate-prone waters of the Gulf of Aden. The hull was being carried on the Dockwise transport ship Mighty Servant when it was escorted through the waterway. “This
2009 has been one of the most difficult years the cruise industry has ever seen, according to David Dingle, CEO of Carnival UK and chairman of the European Cruise Counsel, who spoke at a press briefing in Hamburg today. Still, he said, “the European industry is in good health, pointing to what he ca
