Wärtsilä Corporation, Trade & Technical Press Release, 20 March 2008 Wärtsilä and Jiangsu Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group Co Ltd (RSHI) have jointly signed a licence agreement for the manufacture and sale of Wärtsilä low-speed marine diesel engines by RSHI in China. RSHI plans to build a new factor
Total announces that its wholly owned subsidiary Total E&P USA, Inc. has acquired a 30% working interest from Chevron in several onshore Alaskan exploration blocks known as White Hills. Chevron is the operator with a 70% interest. Located onshore in Alaska, 40 kilometres Southwest of Prudhoe Bay, th
Rotterdam, 20 maart 2008 – Van Oord awarded a contract for laying a 150 KV cable. The cable will be situated between Ellewoutsdijk and Terneuzen. The contract value amounts to EUR 23 million. The project will be executed in joint venture with Visser & Smit Hanab. Van Oord’ s share in the joint ventu
CMA CGM Group is pleased to announce the launch of a new loop on its SIRIUS service linking the East Coast of Latin America, East Mediterranean and North Africa. The SIRIUS service will now operate two complementary loops deploying six 3100-Teu and six 2800-Teu vessels respectively.
In 2007, Royal Boskalis Westminster realized a net profit of euro 204.4 million, up 75% on 2006. Turnover rose 38% compared to 2006 to euro 1,869 million. Growth was geographically widespread and across all market segments. Thanks to its selective contracting policy, Boskalis mainly worked on high-q
Wärtsilä Corporation, Trade & Technical Press release, 18 March 2008 at 11 am EET Wärtsilä has signed a global service agreement with the leading screw pump manufacturer IMO AB of Sweden to establish a stronger after-sales network for IMO’s complete product range. The cooperation agreement signed in
The focus on serving a wide customer base with a global network of container terminals creates a sound foundation for further growth. The Hague, The Netherlands‐ APM Terminals, one of the leading global developers ‐ and operators of container terminals, recorded another year of strong revenue and vo
A European shipping company has agreed to bring more containerized cargo to the Port of New Orleans, a move observers said proves that New Orleans can compete with other Gulf Coast ports.
Van Oord has been awarded a contract for maintenance dredging of the access channel and bassin in the harbour of Moa, Cuba. The contract value amounts to some EUR 2 million. Client is Moa Nicel SA. Execution of the project start mid March and is scheduled for completion in April 2008. Van Oord will
A Greek boat carrying 280 passengers, mostly tourists, has run aground on a reef north of the Saronic Gulf island of Poros near Athens, officials say. The boat is taking on water, but a helicopter and three coastguard vessels are on their way to evacuate those on board, all of whom are said to be [&
A P&O cruise liner damaged in stormy weather on its way from Southampton to the Caribbean has left port after being fully repaired. Artemis, carrying 1,188 passengers, made an unscheduled call at Falmouth, Cornwall, for the work on Wednesday.
With the start of the 24th edition of the Rolex China Sea Race just a week away, a competitive group of yachts is ready for the tactical challenges that this 565-nautical mile Asian offshore classic offers up every other year.
Singapore-based ASL Marine Holdings won three new shipbuilding contracts worth S$126 million (US$91 million) from repeat customers based in Europe.
COAST guard search and rescue teams were searching for 23 missing Chinese sailors aboard a Panamanian-registered cargo ship that sank off eastern China today, state press reported.
