Bandar Abbas, Iran (AHN)- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad inaugurated Wednesday a new container handing facility, the Shahid Rajaie Container Terminal (SRCT), in the southern province Bandar Abbas. The new container terminal is the first phase of a port development plan that would expand capacity to 1
Mariner Energy, Inc. announces that its Bass Lite deepwater Gulf of Mexico project commenced production on February 15, 2008. The two-well project, located in a water depth of approximately 6750 feet in Atwater Valley Block 426, is connected by a 56-mile subsea tie back to the Devil’s Tower spar. Th
The new workshop and branch office, the only such facility for the marine and power plant industries in Namibia, will provide propeller repair and general maintenance services to the area, with typical customers coming from the local fishing industry, local ship repair yards and the offshore industr
Aker Yards has been awarded a contract by Royal Arctic Line A/S in Nuuk (Greenland / Denmark) to build two ice-going container ships for arctic operation. The contract confirms Aker Yards’ position as the global leader within specialized container ships and of vessels designed to operate in the grow
Transocean Inc. today issued an interim fleet status report that has been updated for nine new contract signings and the reclassification of assets held for sale for its 139-unit offshore drilling fleet. The company expects to provide a fully updated Fleet Status Report in early March 2008.
StatoilHydro Petroleum AS, as the operator of production licence 169, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 25/11-25 S. The well is located just to the southwest of the Grane field in the North Sea.
Hiab, the business area providing load handling solutions within Cargotec has signed an agreement to acquire 70 percent of the operations of an Australian company O’Leary’s Material Handling Services.
The first phase of the Shahid Rajaii Port Container Terminal will be inaugurated on February 22, Ports and Shipping Organization Deputy Director Ali-Reza Sateii said on Tuesday.
Dredging Corp of India (DCI) is in talks with Belgium-based Dredging International for a joint venture, a company source said. This joint venture will be used initially to source vessels for the dredging work at Paradip port, as that has an immediate requirement, the source added.
Ten French sailors plucked to safety from their capsized yacht off the Otago coast yesterday will be back on the water tonight as they begin a mission to recover their vessel.
Nord Stream AG (Zug) and EUPEC PipeCoatings S.A. (Dunkerque) will sign a Letter of Intent by the end of February 2008 for the supply of concrete weight coating and logistics services to implement the Nord Stream pipeline project. EUPEC will undertake the concrete weight coating for both Nord Stream
SEACOR Marine LLC christened its first CrewZer Class vessel, the SEACOR CHEETAH, in Galveston, Texas on Tuesday. Joyce McCall, wife of nearly fifty years to offshore industry pioneer Norman McCall, acted as the vessel’s sponsor in recognition of her life-long contribution to the McCall legacy. The S
Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited (Keppel O&M), received US$40,000 from Awilco Offshore ASA (Awilco) for the early delivery of jackup drilling rig. Built to Keppel’s proprietary KFELS B Class design, the rig was delivered 10 days ahead o
Hellenic Carriers Limited, an international provider of marine transportation services for dry bulk cargoes, today announces that it has entered into an agreement with an unaffiliated third party to acquire the 1997-built 74,000 dwt Panamax bulk carrier built in Tsuneishi, Japan, M/V Orchid Star, ch
