Work on a 60-metre jack up rig for PetroVietnam began at the PV Shipyard in Vung Tau on June 26. The vessel will be deployed for oil and gas exploration and exploitation.
Maersk Supply Service A/S has taken delivery of Mærsk Transporter, the seventh unit in a series of ten anchor handling supply ships from the Norwegian shipbuilder STX Norway Offshore at Brattvåg. Mærsk Transporter, hull no. 125, and its sister vessels is a renewal of the medium size anchor handlers
Four redundant container ships have been moored in Loch Striven this week because of the fall in world trade. The Danish shipping company Maersk has decided to put the ships into what is called “cold lay-up”. This means they will be moored together on the loch with a skeleton crew for at least six m
A Sussex coastal town has a very strong chance of being chosen as the site of a future off-shore windfarm, according to a local MP. The government announced plans last week to produce an extra 25 GW of electricity by wind power. Lewes MP Norman Baker said he had a very productive talk with Energy [&
Dong Energy has bought the Danish firm A2SEA from Dansk Kapitalanlæg, Lønmodtagernes Dyrtidsfond and Clipper Projects and a series of minor shareholders for approximately DKK700m (£80m). A2SEA is a supplier of vessels used for the construction of offshore wind farms. Dong Energy has been using its v
Greg Combet, the Australian Minister for Defence Science, Personnel and Materiel, yesterday announced that the Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD) Alliance has signed several procurement contracts relating to the combat system of the new Hobart-class AWDs. These procurements for the combat system on the des
The Goan Fishing Community, Goenchea Ramponkarancho Ekvott (GRE) has accused the Goan Fisheries Department of harassing traditional fishermen. Matanhy Saldanha, the General Secretary of GRE, told TNN that fisheries department officials had confiscated fishing gear and equipment on the grounds that t
The UK Government launched its Draft Legislative Programme titled “New Industry, New Jobs” on June 29. The focus of the programme is on improving skills, supporting low-carbon services and industries, the continued openness of the global trading system and ensuring government action across departmen
Several major container shipping lines have taken delivery of additional vessels that will further add capacity to a global fleet that has grown so rapidly that some owners/operators have been forced to lay up ships until demand returns. Japanese shipping company “K” Line, which took delivery of a v
The French Development Agency (AFD) signed an agreement with the Bank of Mozambique in late June to grant US$2.1 million to Mozambique to develop its prawn aquaculture sector. Speaking at the signing ceremony, the Governor of the bank, Ernesto Gove, said that the agreement would encourage the produc
AP Moller-Maersk, Odense Steel Shipyard and the SH Group have formed a new lifeboat system company called Nadiro. The company claims that their product considerably increases safety when a lifeboat is launched. The system draws on existing technology used in windmills and also utilises laser measure
German Tanker Shipping (GTS) has refused to accept the delivery of the 43,550DWT double-hull tanker ‘Seapike’ from Lindenau Shipyard, claiming that the vessel is structurally inadequate. The vessel was scheduled for delivery on June 23.
Northeast China’s Port of Rizhao handled 16.4 million tonnes of cargo in May, up 26.9 percent year-on-year, a record monthly high. The port also posted a record 52.2 percent growth for the 3.29 million tonnes of iron ore that crossed its docks in May.
An Indonesian state fisheries department has detained several fishermen and fishing vessels for operating in Indonesia’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the South China Sea. The Pontianak Fishery and Ocean Resources Monitoring Agency detained 77 fishermen and eight vessels in June.
