Stolt Tankers has cancelled a contract with SLS Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., South Korea, for the construction of a 44,000 DWT coated parcel tanker, hull no. 474, the second in a series of four ships, due to delivery delays. In a statement, the company says: “On March 30, 2009, Stolt Tankers entered into
The Swedish Coast Guard has ordered five new surveillance vessels from Estonian Baltic Workboats. The vessels are of the KBV 312 type and will replace older vessels in the Coast Guard fleet. The first vessel will be delivered in 2011.
Somali pirates have released a Belgian dredging ship and its crew two months after they were captured, the Belgian prime minister has said. “We were… informed that the entire crew is in good health,” Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy said in a statement. Officials say a ransom was paid for the releas
The Waverley paddle steamer has been taken out of service after striking Dunoon Pier on the Clyde. Clyde Coastguard said both the steamer and the pier were damaged in the incident on Friday. The vessel is understood to have had about 700 passengers on board at the time, most of whom were elderly.
It was an historic moment tonight in St Petersburg, Russia, when as the White Night turned to dawn the Volvo Ocean Race fleet, led by Telefónica Black in a thrilling climax, crossed the tenth and final finish line of this nine-month, 37,000 nm race around the world. Spanish skipper, Fernando Echávar
The much-awaited seawater desalination plant, the largest in the country with a capacity of 100 MLD (million litres per day), coming up near Minjur about 35 km north of Chennai, has run literally into rough weather, after cyclone Nisha battered coastal Tamil Nadu in November last year. The damage ca
Associated British Ports’ (ABP) has won a contract to import and store more than 100 wind turbines for Dong Energy at the port of Barrow. The agreement gives Dong Energy access to 7.2ha of land for the 102 wind turbines that will form Walney Offshore Windfarm off the Cumbrian Coast. Nick Ridehalgh,
Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) announced today that its subsidiary Chevron Brasil Upstream Frade Ltda. has commenced crude oil production from the Frade Field, the company’s first operated deepwater development in Brazil. The estimated $3 billion project, with continuing development drilling, is exp
BP has announced that it has agreed the sale of BP West Java Limited (BPWJ), its wholly owned subsidiary, to Indonesian state-owned oil-and-gas company PT Pertamina (Persero). BPWJ holds a 46 per cent interest in and is the operator of the Offshore North West Java production sharing contract (ONWJ P
DB Schenker has won a five-year contract to provide logistics services for ship spares to Wilhelmsen Ship Management. The contract covers global warehousing, handling and transportation of the spares to vessels under Wilhelmsen Ship Management. A direct IT integration between WSM’s procurement syste
After a strategic review of our Nordic road business Norfolkline decided to sell the activities trading from Norway and Sweden to Germany, Switzerland and France to DSV with effect from 1st July 2009. Commenting on the sale Norfolkline Logistics Managing Director Eddie Green said “The activity is a
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has been awarded the contract for the protection of a 7 kilometer stretch of coastline in Cotonou, Benin in Western Africa. The contract was awarded by the Ministry of housing, environment and coastal protection of the Republic of Benin and has a value of more than €
Specialty chemicals giant Ashland has signed an agreement to sell its global marine services business, Drew Marine, to private equity firm JF Lehman in a transaction valued around $120m (£74m). Based in Boonton, New Jersey, with regional offices in other locations such as Singapore and Rotterdam, Dr
Shortsea and feeder operator BG Freight Line has launched a twice-weekly service between Teesport, Antwerp and Rotterdam with two rotations. One calls at Antwerp, Rotterdam, Teesport, Grangemouth and Antwerp, and the second loop will be a pendulum service between Teesport and Rotterdam.
