PD Ports has won a top award for its plans for a £300m deep sea container terminal on Teesside, which could create up to 5,500 jobs. The Middlesbrough-based group took the prestigious Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport award in the category of Transport, Policy and Planning.
The first mega container carrier that Iran has ordered will join the country’s container fleet in five months, says a shipping official. ‘The first container carrier will enter the fleet of the Islamic Republic of Iran with a stowage capacity of 6,500 TEU containers in the next five months,’
The ‘Yantar’ shipyard in Kaliningrad has completed the construction of the ‘Sprut’ specialized coast guard vessel. The ship, which is to help monitor environmental legislation at sea, will serve in the waters outside Murmansk.
Bharati Shipyard on Tuesday said it has signed an agreement with Kolkata-based Apeejay Shipping to form a joint venture for setting up a ship building yard along the eastern coast of the country.
Technip has awarded STX Heavy Industries (Korea) a contract for the construction of its new pipelay vessel. This 194m-long vessel will have twin 2,800 ton reels. She will have a top tension capacity of 450 tons for laying rigid steel pipes and flexible products up to 18″ in diameter through a dedica
Q – the first StatoilHydro-operated deepwater field in the US Gulf of Mexico – started producing on 11 October. Q is located in Mississippi Canyon block 961. The natural gas field is developed as a subsea tieback to the Anadarko-operated Independence Hub facility in the eastern US Gulf of Mexico. St
Oceanaut, Inc. announced yesterday that it has entered into definitive agreements pursuant to which it has agreed to purchase, for an aggregate purchase price of $700 million in cash, nine dry bulk carriers including five newbuildings, from companies associated with members of the Restis family.
South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries said Tuesday it had won a 1.4 billion dollar order to build eight container vessels for an Israeli buyer. The 12,000-TEU (Twenty-Feet Equivalent Unit) ships will be delivered to Israel’s Zim Line by July 2012, the South Korean shipyard said in a statement.
China Shipping Container Lines Co aims to list in Shanghai by the end of this year to fund its purchase of container assets from its parent and to expand its fleet by 44 percent over the next few years, sending its shares to a record high.
Singapore Petroleum Company Limited (SPC) has according to the requirements of the Australian Corporations Act 2001, notified the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) that SPC has increased its shareholding in Cue Energy Resources Limited (Cue Energy) to approximately 9.50%. This follows SPC’s earli
F-Diamond is the official after-party venue for the China Cup International Regatta 2007. Fashion TV announced today that their F-Diamond megayacht (452.8ft) will be the venue of the official China Cup International Regatta After-Party, scheduled for Sunday 21 October in Shenzhen, the first F-Diamon
ENSCO International Incorporated (NYSE: ESV) announced today that its Contract Status of Offshore Rig Fleet Report has been updated as of October 15, 2007. The Report is available on the Company’s website at https://www.enscous.com and can be accessed from the home page by clicking on “Rig Contract
LR-Fairplay’s Daily Newbuilding News reports that Nantong Gangzha shipyard in China has been awarded a contract for two 3,500m3 dredgers from Shanghai Port Bureau.
Todd Shipyards Corporation announced today that the U.S. Coast Guard has awarded to its wholly owned subsidiary, Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation, a $3,443,681 modification to previously awarded contract HSCG85-05-C-625306 in support of repairs and alterations performed during the dockside availab
