The Fleming Award is presented by the British Geotechnical Association for excellence in geotechnical design and construction. This year’s award went to the parties responsible for the new foundations beneath Amsterdam Central Station. Van Oord Nederland is involved in constructing Amsterdam’s new N
An oil spill collection vessel arrived on Statfjord in the North Sea this afternoon, 12 December, and a second is due to be in place on the field before midnight. This mobilisation follows the discharge of about 25,000 barrels (4,000 standard cubic metres) of crude to the sea while oil was being loa
The skipper of UK maxi City Index Leopard arrived in Sydney from London this morning and immediately declared the sturdy, purpose-built yacht a certain line honours chance in this year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart.
ATP Oil & Gas Corporation today announced the successful completion and testing of the Kilmar K3 well in Block 43/22a of the Southern Gas Basin of the U.K. North Sea. The well tested at a restricted rate of 45 MMcf per day from Carboniferous sandstones below 11,000′ MD and should soon expand product
Fugro has signed a contract with BMV (Bergen Yards) in Norway for building two new vessels. The contract consists of building one seismic vessel and one ROV offshore construction support vessel with a combined value of around EUR 150 million.
Clough announced today that its Thailand operation has been awarded a US$22m contract for the transportation, installation and commissioning of two 26km subsea piplines in the Ca Ngu Vang (CNV) Field, located in Block 9-2, approximately 130km south of east of Vung Tau, southern Vietnam.
The number of containers moving through the Port of Halifax will drop below 500,000 for 2007, after staying above the half-million mark for seven years, according to unofficial year-end figures soon to be released.
The 2007-turnover of National Container Company can gain 1.5mln TEU, the company informed. By 2019 NKK intends to invest $1.7bn in the infrastructure. The turnover is expected to reach 3.3mln TEU in 2007 and 10.5mln TEU in 2019 through the Russian ports.
Boustead Yachts (BY) Langkawi, Malaysia, a member of the Boustead Heavy Industries Corporation (BHIC) group of companies, has teamed up with Monaco Yachting Technologies (MYT) to build an initial two 74-metre Super Yachts.
Danaos Corporation Orders with Hyundai Three 10,100 TEU Post Panamax Containerships and Agrees to 12 Year Charters for All. Also Takes Delivery of One 4,253TEU New Building Expanding Current Fleet to 37 Containerships Danaos Corporation announced yesterday that it has ordered three 10,100 TEU contai
Third-Generation Brasil Maru Joins Fleet. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL, President: Akimitsu Ashida) today announced the launch of one of the world’s largest iron ore carrier, the Brasil Maru (327,180 MT DWT). Naming and delivery ceremonies were held at the Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Lt
Cargotec’s MacGREGOR business area providing marine cargo handling and offshore solutions, has during November received hatch cover orders from various Korean shipyards. The equipment will be delivered for 31 shipsets during 2008–2010 and the value of the orders is close to EUR 40 million.
Chevron Corp. today announced that the investors in the Angola liquefied natural gas (LNG) project have agreed to move the project forward to the construction phase. Cabinda Gulf Oil Company Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Chevron, has a 36.4 percent interest in Angola LNG Limited, which has e
Two bidders have emerged as the favourites to provide essential maintenance to the Royal Navy in a deal worth millions of pounds. Tyneside A&P and the Northwestern Shiprepairers and Shipbuilders of Birkenhead, Merseyside, have been named as the final two contenders.
