A Petrobras tender for eight FPSO hulls has caught the attention of five consortia who are bidding for the US$4 billion contract. Last year in September, Petrobras said it would seek ten FPSOs to pull oil from the Santos Basin. Two vessels will be chartered while the other eight would be part of an
Fishermen in Vietnam’s central Quang Ngai Province’s Binh Son Commune are suffering huge losses due to a steep decline in seafood prices, as well as a severe reduction of their fishing grounds. Although most fishermen are losing profit due to buyers offering 30-40 percent lower prices on their seafo
Modern and innovative solutions will be required to win the “Targa Bonetto” to be awarded during SEATEC 2010. The competition open to students from schools and universities of Design and Architecture throughout the world is divided into two sections: Technological Innovation under the title “Medium-
Aker Solutions has signalled its intent to start competing in the Brazilian offshore installation market after winning a deal to lay mooring lines for the StatoilHydro-operated Peregrino development on behalf of Maersk. Aker has clinched a contract with Maersk FPSOs covering installation of an APL s
MSC Chairman Gianluigi Aponte has said that before the end of the year, MSC Cruises would decide whether to proceed with an order with STX France to build two new cruise ships. The order for the two vessels was placed with STX Europe’s St Nazaire yard in France last September. Three months later, MS
The European Commission has launched a US$4.1 million programme to boost seafarer recruitment and increase awareness about the shipping industry to the general public. The programme, which should get underway by the middle of next year, will last three years and involve significant participation by
South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries has developed an eco-friendly LNG passenger ship. According to Samsung, the new vessel reduces air polluting emissions such as sulphur dioxides by over 90 percent through the use of LNG. The energy efficiency of the vessel allows it a 38 percent reduction in op
“2008 was generally still a very good year with impressive 8.4 percent growth,” said Dr Alexander Nürnberg, Chairman of the German Engineering Federation (VDMA) – Marine and Offshore Equipment Industries at the association’s press conference in Hamburg on July 7. “In [the northern] autumn, however,
Team Boskalis (NED) defends the F18 World Title in Knokke/Belgium. Current World Champion Coen de Koning lines up with his new crew Thijs Visser. They will also experience fierce competition from their own team mates Hugh Styles (GBR) and Ferdinand van West (NED). Both crews have scored good results
Grupo Unidos por el Canal, led by Spain’s Sacyr Vallehermoso construction company, became the virtual winner Wednesday of a $3 billion contract for the third set of locks for the Panama Canal. Grupos Unidos, whose other members include Italy’s Impregilo, Belgium’s Jan De Nul Group and Panama’s Const
The companies which make up Trelleborg Offshore, the global leader in polymer and syntactic foam-based products for demanding offshore environments, have been renamed to underline the manufacturing, marketing and product synergies within the group worldwide. The five principal companies will now be
Two offshore oil fields and one incremental oil projects have been approved by the UK government so far this year and three gas fields. Latest figures from the UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change also show two coal bed methane and three coal mine vent projects were given the green light up
A Turkish cargo ship with 23 crew on board has been seized by pirates off the coast of Somalia. Istanbul-based Horizon Shipping said pirates in speed boats had surrounded the Horizon I vessel in the Gulf of Aden at about 0530 GMT. Three attackers managed to board the tanker, which was heading from S
UK-based Solar Solve Marine recently supplied nine Solasafe anti glare roller sunscreens to the UK division of Acergy Chartering, a seabed-to-surface engineering and construction contractor to the offshore oil and gas industry worldwide, for the ‘Acergy Falcon’. The vessel is an offshore constructio
