Wärtsilä and Emerson Process Management today announce expansion of their powerful global offshore alliance. Under this expansion, they can now deliver integrated energy and automation systems for Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessels and semi submersible oil and gas drilling rigs. The
Oman has awarded Daewoo Shipbuilding and local firm Galfar GECS.OM a construction contract worth 170.2 million rials ($442.2 million) at Duqm port, a Galfar official said on Tuesday.
A French yacht. A Japanese tanker. A Spanish fishing boat. After several years of decline, pirates are striking with increasing frequency on the high seas.Attacks in the first three months of this year were up 20 percent compared with the same period in 2007, analysts say. Last year saw more pirate
Shipwrecks, gold bullion, and a chance of a share in buried treasure… no, it’s not the Caribbean, but Lough Swilly in County Donegal. The owners of a ship which sank in the lough in 1917 are to sell shares in the 20 gold bars which it is believed are still in the wreck.
Dockwise Ltd. announces that five contracts have been awarded to their subsidiary Dockwise Shipping for the transportation of three drilling rigs and two voyages with dredging equipment. Dockwise Shipping will transport miscellaneous dredging equipment for Van Oord Dredging & Marine Contractors and
Austal has successfully launched its landmark 127 metre Littoral Combat Ship INDEPENDENCE (LCS 2) in what proved a momentous occasion for the company as it celebrates its 20th year. Since its keel laying in January 2006, INDEPENDENCE has steadily progressed within Austal USA’s purpose built construc
An air-sea search has resumed for a fisherman feared missing from a boat reported to be going round in circles off the coast of Gwynedd. A four-hour search with two lifeboats and the rescue helicopter from RAF Valley was launched on Monday after a member of the public raised the alert.
There are currently 23 rigs on the Norwegian shelf, of which 16 operate for StatoilHydro. Several newcomers to the Norwegian shelf are also searching for new resources, including the Swedish Lundin company and the British company BG. While drilling activities were previously dominated by the major p
Total E&P Congo announces today that the deep offshore Moho-Bilondo field has been brought on stream in the Republic of the Congo, nearly a month ahead of schedule. Discovered in 1995, the field is located nearly 80 kilometres offshore in water depths ranging from 540 to 730 metres and contains esti
Cargotec’s MacGREGOR business area providing marine cargo handling and offshore load handling solutions has received significant hatch cover orders for bulk carriers. Altogether 79 shipsets of hatch covers will be delivered during 2009 – 2010 and the value of the orders is more than EUR 40 million.
The largest marine-salvage company Smit Internationale NV may soon consider the takeover offer which was rejected two months earlier by the company CEO Ben Vree. Royal Boskalis offered $300 million for Smit Terminals, oil-tanker towing unit of Smit Internationale.
Extra fuel supplies have started arriving in Scotland, to make up for possible shortages caused by the Grangemouth strike. Hundreds of staff at Scotland’s only oil refinery are beginning the second day of a two-day strike over pensions.
Subsea 7 Inc, one of the world’s leading subsea engineering and construction companies, announced today that it has signed a contract for the construction of a new-build pipelay and construction vessel. The overall project cost is in the region of USD 190 million and is based on fixed prices from th
Frontline Ltd. has entered into a contract with Zhoushan Jinhaiwan Shipyard Co.,Ltd. in China for delivery of four 320,000 dwt VLCC newbuildings. The vessels will be delivered from June 2011 until December 2011. Frontline has also secured options for further two similar VLCC newbuildings at a fixed
