Today Meyer Werft in Papenburg started the construction of the fourth club ship for the German cruise operator. Michael Ungerer, Member of the Board of AIDA Cruises (Rostock), pushed the button of the computer-controlled plasma torch to start the production of the first steel plate for the new ship.
ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Norway AS has exercised a two year option in their term contract with Aker Kvaerner in Stavanger, Norway. The contract covers all ExxonMobil operated assets in the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
Golden Ocean Group Limited is pleased to advise that the Company has fixed out on time charter the Panamax vessel Golden Lyderhorn. The vessel presently traded in the spot market will be delivered to the Charterer by the end of April 2008 and will be on time charter for a period of 30 to 36 [&hellip
Sasol Ltd. has awarded a contract to SPD to plan and manage drilling operations offshore Mozambique. The multi-million dollar contract has a minimum duration of three years, and includes a drilling program of two firm, and four optional wells. The first well is due to spud in 4Q 2008.
A 669-foot tank ship carrying orange juice collided with a smaller dredging ship in Newark Bay on Thursday, forcing the Coast Guard to close a waterway that leads to some of the largest shipping terminals on the East Coast for about five hours. No one was injured in the collision, but the smaller sh
General Electric plans to dredge about one-third less of the PCB-tainted soil in the Hudson River than previously planned, according to a decision announced at a citizens’ advisory group meeting Thursday. Instead, GE will focus on a hotspot near Troy and expects to remove more of the contaminant as
Further to a meeting held today (22nd January 2008) in London between senior stewards of the UK shipyards and the national officers of the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions (CSEU). Recent concerns following speculation with regards to the building of the future aircraft carriers (
South Korea took the No. 1 ranking in the global shipbuilding industry in terms of new orders, order backlogs and the volume of vessels built in 2007, a London-based market researcher said Wednesday. According to Clarkson Plc., the nation’s shipbuilders such as Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. won a com
Northrop Grumman Corp., whose Newport News shipyard is Virginia’s largest industrial employer, projects a stable year ahead for its shipbuilding business and expects to continue hiring workers. “Shipbuilding is moving in the right direction,” said Ron Sugar, chairman and chief executive of the Los A
VT Group, the defence and support services company, said it has taken a step towards finalising its shipbuilding joint venture with BAE Systems PLC as it reported an in-line performance in the six months to the end of December. VT said it has received a commitment from the UK government on the propo
In January 2008 the new association ‘Scheepsbouw Nederland’ (Holland Shipbuilding Association) has seen daylight. HME (Holland Marine Equipment Association) and VNSI (Netherlands’ Shipbuilding Industry Association) combined their representative activities. The new combination is established at FME i
Seoul: Kumho-Asiana Group, South Korea’s seventh-largest conglomerate, said Friday it has signed a preliminary agreement to take over Korea Express Co., the nation’s top logistics company.
The playground legal principle “Finders keepers, losers weepers” is being put to the test in an international dispute over what could be the richest sunken treasure yet found: 17 tons of silver coins brought up from an old shipwreck. A Florida treasure-hunting company, Odyssey Marine Exploration, fo
Aries Maritime Transport Limited today announced the Ostria, a 2000-built products tanker, has returned to service effective January 13, 2008 following the completion of previously announced repairs and preventative maintenance works. The vessel is currently deployed in the spot market as the Compan
