Vancouver Fraser Port Authority has selected a joint venture between APM Terminals North America and SNC‐Lavalin (APM Terminals/SNC‐Lavalin), as the preferred proponent for the Terminal 2 Project and will negotiate a business agreement as the next step in the partner selection process. The process o
A modified route for the onshore section of the Corrib gas pipeline has been announced today. The route, proposed by RPS consultants, the company contracted by the Corrib Gas partners to identify an alternative route in the vicinity of Rossport, is twice as far away from occupied housing compared to
Imtech announces that it has been commissioned to provide solutions for platform automation, propulsion & drive, energy distribution, innovative automated bridge systems and navigation & communication on board various high-tech offshore construction vessels to be used in the exploration and exploita
Aker Solutions has signed an exclusive alliance partner contract with Shell Deutschland Oil GmbH (SDO) for the provision of engineering services (EPCm) for the SDO refineries in Germany. The contract duration is five years, with the option to extend by two additional two year periods. The refineries
The hull substructure for the world’s most advanced drilling rig Aker H-6e has started on its 50 days journey from Dubai to Stord in Norway. Weighing 16 000 tonnes, equalling 16 000 cars, this is one of the largest drilling rigs to be towed. The hull is constructed by Aker Solutions at Drydocks Worl
Euroseas Ltd., an owner and operator of drybulk carriers, container ships and multipurpose vessels and provider of seaborne transportation for dry bulk and containerized cargoes, announced today that a subsidiary of the Company has entered into a one year time charter period agreement for one of its
Workers who provide safe passage for ships on the River Clyde have started two days of strike action. The Pilots Group, which is represented by the Unite union, is in dispute with the river authority, Clydeport, over new working conditions.
It’s bad luck if the bubbly doesn’t break when christening a ship, so P&O recruited the Royal Marines to launch supersize liner Ventura. What are other tricks of the trade? It is traditional when launching a ship for VIP to swing a champagne bottle at the bows.
Startek Shipyards Pvt. Ltd. has unveiled two unique inland dredgers with hi-end technology at Royapuram Fishing harbour. Crawl-Cat 400 is an amphibious cutter suction dredger, while C90 Conver is a bucket/grab dredger. They will be flagged off to Dredging and Desalination Pvt. Ltd, Kolkata, and Andh
Witnesses have told an inquest how they tried to warn three people not to sail into heavy seas, moments before their boat capsized. Two brothers and a woman, all from Middlesbrough, died after their 24ft cabin cruiser overturned near Whitby Harbour in North Yorkshire in November.
An extra ship is having to be laid on to transfer gigs to the Isles of Scilly for the World Pilot Gig Championships. The move was necessary after the islands’ freight ship failed a maintenance inspection. The Gry Maritha could be out of action for six weeks after being deemed unfit to sail because o
Noil Energy ASA, operator of production licence 001 B, has concluded drilling of wildcat well 16/1-9. The well is located about 20 km north-east of the 15/3-1 S Gudrun discovery in the North Sea. The primary exploration target for the well was to prove petroleum in the Middle Jurassic and Upper Tria
Dame Helen Mirren has named a new £300m cruise ship at Southampton – with the help of the Royal Marines. The Oscar-winning actress declared: ‘I wish the ship luck and love and calm seas on her voyages,’ to mark Ventura’s official entry into service.
The Daily News reports that the Columbia River dredging project is approaching two-thirds completion, and supporters of the project are waiting to see if the final US$36 million appropriation from Congress is passed, so the job can be finished in 2009.
