Swiber Clinches maiden contract in the Gulf of Thailand worth US$25 million. Swiber Holdings Limited , is moving full speed ahead in its offshore drilling operations. The integrated offshore EPCIC contractor and provider of marine support vessels today announced that it’s newly incorporated deepwate
SeaDream Yacht Club’s SeaDream I and SeaDream II have again shared top score in the cruise industry bible, Berlitz Complete Guide to Ocean Cruising and Cruise Ships, beating a dozen other contenders in the Five Star Club rating and earning the additional honour ‘Exclusive… and above luxury.’
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co, the world’s third-largest shipbuilder by sales, said Tuesday it has secured an order worth 604 million US dollars to build four very large crude carriers for a Middle Eastern client.
Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSE: DSX), a global shipping company specializing in the transportation of dry bulk cargoes, today announced that it has entered into a time charter contract with Jiangsu Shagang Group Co., Ltd, People’s Republic of China, for one of its Panamax dry bulk carriers, the Dione, at
The delivery of Shell Marine Fuel Oil (MFO) 180 at the Port of Shanghai to its customer Wan Hai, is the result of a Marine Fuels Supply Agreement signed between China Marine Bunker PetroChina Co. Ltd (Chimbusco) and Shell Marine Products Limited (Shell). The two companies have cooperated extensively
Following last year’s introduction of COSMOS, a comprehensive service and monitoring system for compressors and generators, Atlas Copco is now taking it to the next level…satellite; making it eminently suited for offshore and remote locations.
Ameet Desai, Executive Director at Mundra Port & SEZ said, the encouraging response received from investors was attributable to a clear affirmation that the infrastructure sector in India was on a growth curve. He added that the Port-SEZ logistics story that the company was offering was also very co
Rescuers are searching for eight sailors reported missing after a powerful storm hit the Sea of Azov and parts of the Black Sea on Sunday. Russian officials say four ships have sunk, including an oil tanker, and four others are in danger of breaking up.
Keppel AmFELS Inc., the US wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited (Keppel O&M), has delivered its second jackup drilling rig for Scorpion Offshore (Scorpion) on time and within budget. The delivery of Offshore Defender comes just five months after Keppel AmFELS completed its fir
The merger between the oil and gas activities in Norsk Hydro ASA (Hydro) and Statoil ASA was effective on 1 October under the name StatoilHydro ASA (OSE: STL, NYSE: STO). On 29 October, StatoilHydro presented its 3rd quarter 2007 results, excluding the oil and gas activities from Hydro.
The entire crew of the cargo ship that sideswiped a bridge, causing San Francisco Bay’s worst oil spill in nearly two decades, were being held for questioning as part of a criminal investigation, a Coast Guard official said Sunday.
Cargotec’s MacGREGOR business area providing marine cargo handling and offshore solutions, has received significant ship crane orders in October and November from shipyards in Korea and China. 179 ship cranes will be delivered for shipyards during 2009–2011 and the value of the orders is approximate
Based on developments so far in 2007, the Board of Management of dredging company Royal Boskalis Westminster nv expects an increase in the net profit, including the extraordinary items in the first half year of approximately € 20 million, of at least 65% (net profit 2006: € 116.6 million). In August
Scientists are growing increasingly concerned the oil spill in San Francisco Bay could significantly impact wildlife and plants in the region. While the current focus on the oil spill has remained on cleaning up the fuel that spilled from the container ship Cosco Busan, scientists have said the ulti
