THE Spanish-led consortium awarded the contract to design and build a new set of locks in Panama Canal has delivered the $450m performance bond required to proceed with the landmark project… More: LLoyd’s List
PT Hess Indonesia said it believed it has found a huge gas reserve in the Semai V field in the Arafuru sea off Papua. The Semai V field may hold gas reserve as big as that of Tangguh, Hess operation superintendent Joseph Witjaksono said. The Tagguh gas field in the Bintuni Bay of Papua has […
The Swedish Coast Guard has again filmed the Norwegian coaster Langeland, lying at a depth of about 100 metres in the Koster Fjord on the Swedish west coast. The film footage shows that hatch cover sections are missing and that the hatch cover was not entirely secured. In addition, the stone cargo h
A cargo ship may have travelled through the English Channel after being hijacked by pirates, coastguards say. A search has begun to find the 15 Russian crew of the Maltese-flagged Arctic Sea, which reports say was boarded by hijackers in the Baltic sea.
Hamburg-based Fairplay Towage has taken delivery of the third newbuilding out of a series of four units from Spanish shipyard, Astilleros Armon. ‘Fairplay X’ has an overall length of 25 metres, a beam of 11.2 metres and is driven by two eight-cylinder ABC 8MDZC four-stroke engines each rated at 1,85
Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M), Singapore, has secured US$58.7 million worth of contracts including its third floating storage and re-gasification unit (FSRU) conversion job for Golar LNG. Keppel Shipyard clinched two contracts from repeat customers for an FSRU conversion, and the refurbishme
Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd, India’s largest private port and special economic zone, on Monday announced that a consortium led by it has won the bid for the development of coal handling terminal at port of Mormugao, Goa on a design, build, finance, operate and transfer basis… More: www
NASSAU, Bahamas – Health, safety and protection of the environment “are of primary concern,” during the Nassau Harbor and Arawak Cay port projects, Project Manager with Boskalis International BV Frans Thomassen assured Government officials. “It is the responsibility of everyone on the site,” he sa
Despite the cost benefits, from the 1990s onwards, river maintenance was not a priority — dredging and preparing the Nile for navigation halted almost altogether… More: www.businesstodayegypt.com
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev accused Ukraine on Tuesday of seeking to disrupt economic ties with Russia – and putting at risk the safety of gas supplies to Europe, according to news agency reports on Tuesday.
Hutton’s, the well known supplier to the marine industry, has been chosen to supply the fleet of Solstad Offshore AS throughout the UK.
Binnenlandse Container Terminals Nederland (BCTN) plans to almost triple its throughput to over one million TEU. See table below. Owner and managing director Willem van den Heuvel is less focussed on the crisis and more on the structural factors. He is supported and motivated by the BCTN figures in
The Saudi Sea Ports Authority recently signed a contract with Zamil Offshore Services Company to build a new shipyard on a large reclaimed area inside King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam. The new US$133 million facility will extend Zamil Offshore’s capacity in shipbuilding and ship and rig repair.
SEOUL, Aug 11, 2009 (AsiaPulse via COMTEX) — DWOSF | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating — Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (KSE:042660), the world’s third-largest shipbuilder, said Tuesday it has taken over a U.S. wind power company for US$50 million as part of efforts to diversify its r
