Ballast Nedam’s heavy lift vessel Svanen left the port of Rotterdam last weekend. The Svanen has been commissioned by Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors to drive 56 steel piles for the foundations of the Belwind offshore wind farm off the coast of Zeebrugge (Belgium). This is the first phase o
EUROPE’s shiprepair community is looking to secure European Union research and development funds to help clean up its business. As yards continue to face economic challenges, they also face demands to improve their environmental performance
SBM Offshore, The Netherlands, and Noble Energy, USA, have signed a Letter of Agreement (LOA) for the provision, lease and operation of an FPSO for the development of the Aseng field located in approximately 1,000 metres of water in Block I, offshore Equatorial Guinea.
Concordia Maritime, Sweden, has sold its holding of 1.5 million shares in the US shipping company General Maritime. The sale has generated a cash infusion of US$11.5 million.
Surging international demand for sand is leading to excessive dredging in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, damaging the terrain and the environment, officials said on Monday.
The UAE has pumped 23 billion dollars (Dh84.5bn) to develop its seaports in an effort to take advantage of the growth in business it expects from high oil exports and swelling imports. The capital accounts for nearly 60 per cent of the total investments of around $38.2bn injected in port projects by
Eight men accused of hijacking the Arctic Sea cargo ship have been charged with hijacking and piracy, Russian prosecutors have said. The men are suspected of seizing the ship and its 15-man Russian crew after raiding it disguised as police. The ship vanished last month days after leaving Finland wit
The first commercial ship has docked at a new harbour development which is still under construction in Norfolk. The Toisa Polaris docked at Great Yarmouth’s new outer harbour. Eddie Freeman, Eastport UK’s chief executive, said: “Prior to development of the outer harbour, the Toisa Polaris would have
Unions are to launch a consultative ballot of thousands of North Sea offshore workers over possible industrial action on pay. The GMB and Unite unions said the move followed a pay freeze offer. GMB national secretary Keith Hazlewood said: “We are consulting with our members to test the strength of f
On 25 August 2009, the City of Rotterdam and the Port of Rotterdam Authority laid an information against former CEO W.K. Scholten and J.A.J. van den Nieuwenhuijzen. The suspicion is that Scholten, as an official, was bribed by Van den Nieuwenhuijzen. On 25 January 2005, the City of Rotterdam and the
Maersk Line would like to announce a general rate increase effective 1 October 2009 in the Mediterranean and North African to US and Canada trades. The trading conditions for the carriers operating in these markets are still subject to unacceptable rate levels and the situation is unsustainable in t
Cosalt Offshore, a provider of lifting, tooling and marine services to the oil and gas industry, has secured work with BP worth up to £25million over five years to supply all lifting equipment requirements in both the UK and Norwegian sectors of the North Sea. The deal is for a minimum of three year
IHC Merwede is proud to announce that the launching of the Heavy Lift Vessel for Seaway Heavy Lifting took place on Saturday 22 August 2009, at the IHC Merwede Offshore & Marine facility in Krimpen aan den IJssel, the Netherlands With its 5,000MT crane capacity the vessel is the largest mono hull he
On Thursday the 8th of October the trade fair and seminar Offshore Energy will take place. This business-to-business exhibition is fully focused on offshore energy, related products and services. Offshore Energy was created by market demand. The Netherlands are a reasonable player in the internation
