StatoilHydro will implement 26 turnarounds on installations in the North Sea and Norwegian Sea in 2008. The upgrading is in keeping with the company’s focus on maintenance and modifications aimed at increased robustness of the facilities and improved oil and gas recovery on the Norwegian continental
The Pula based shipyard Avangard Yachts (formerly Heli Yachts) launched the 50m Avangard II at the end of March. Her exterior lines come from the drawing board of Frank Mulder, while the interior is designed by the Rome based design studio Lazzarini & Pickering.
The owner of harbour-side land is being threatened with a compulsory purchase order to allow a port to expand. Great Yarmouth Port Company told the borough council it needed the areas known as the Tank and Tent sites for the East Port outer harbour project.
Qatargas, Shell and PetroChina today signed binding sales and purchase agreements that will lead to the long-term supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) originating from The State of Qatar to the rapidly growing Chinese market. The agreements were signed in Beijing by His Excellency Abdullah bin Hama
Cargotec’s MacGREGOR business area providing marine cargo handling and offshore load handling solutions has signed an agreement to acquire US based Platform Crane Services International Inc (PCS). The sales of the company in 2007 were approximately USD 16 million and the company employs 105 persons.
Wärtsilä inaugurated yesterday a new workshop in Manaus, Brazil, to serve the growing number of customers in the Amazon region of Brazil. At present there are 17 power plants designed and installed by Wärtsilä in Brazil. They have a combined generating capacity of more than 780 MWe. The largest of t
Technip has been awarded by Husky Oil Operations Limited, a subsidiary of Husky Energy, a major engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning (EPIC) contract for the development of the White Rose oil field’s North Amethyst Satellite. The contract is worth approximately €190 million.
Dockwise Ltd. reports that within its shipping division the conversion of 4 Suezmax tankers into modern semi-submersible cargo vessels is well on track to meet the estimated delivery dates later in 2008. Such is the conclusion of the site visit report of Rob Strijland, the recently appointed COO of
RICKMERS Maritime has finally secured debt financing, via two separate facilities, for just under half of its $1.3bn newbuilding programme. Rickmers Maritime, a Singapore-listed shipping trust, has secured $627m in credit facilities amidst what it described as a ‘demanding credit environment’.
Rolls-Royce has been selected to design a research vessel to carry out significant environmental research at both the North and South Poles. The vessel will be outfitted to cover a wide range of marine research operations, such as monitoring fishing stocks, metreological studies, sea floor sampling
SOUTHAMPTON docks has won business worth an estimated £1m a year from south coast rivals Ports-mouth in a move that could have far-reaching political consequences. Channel Island freight service Heulin Renouf (HR) is to move its container ferry link between Jersey and Guernsey down the coast to Sout
It is reported that the Chennai port handled an all time high of 57.15 million tonnes of cargo during 2007/08, surpassing the Shipping Ministry’s target of 55.86 million tonnes and registering a 7% increase over the previous year’s handling of 53.41 million tonnes.
The classic New Zealand racing yacht Tawhiri is returning home to Nelson, following an announcement that wealthy businessman Tom Sturgess has bought the historic yacht and plans to lease it for $1 each year to a trust so young people can take part in sailing.
The only two yacht anchorages in the Broadwater on the Gold Coast – the pejoratively titles Bum’s Bay and Wavebreak Island – are under consideration for a Superyacht Marina and a Cruise Ship Terminal respectively.
