WILLEMSTAD–An explosion on board the vessel Seamec II in the Curaçao ship repair company CDM killed five local workers Thursday morning. The youngest victim was twenty, but they were all experienced workers and some of them had been with the company for more than twenty years.
Linde has formed a Global Alliance with Single Buoying Mooring Inc. (“SBM”) to develop and market Floating Production, Storage and Offloading units (“FPSO”) for the growing Liquid Natural Gas (“LNG”) industry, based on Linde’s proprietary natural gas liquefaction technology. SBM is a public listed C
A tropical disturbance in the eastern Gulf of Mexico on Friday led several oil companies to evacuate staff from offshore rigs and reduce production of crude and natural gas.
The Nam Trieu Shipbuilding Industry Corporation on September 20 launched the construction of a cargo vessel of 56,200 tonnes. The vessel is 190 metres long, 32.26 metres wide and 18.1 metres high.
Thousands thronged Inverclyde’s waterfront yesterday to say a fond farewell to an icon of the Clyde. The QE2 set sail at 6pm to the sound of cheering crowds. As she left, well-wishers from all over the world joined the people of Inverclyde to give three cheers for a unique vessel.
British Columbia’s newest gateway for Pacific trade is open for business, and lots of it. The $170-million Fairview container terminal, a major expansion for the north coast port of Prince Rupert, was officially opened last week by a host of dignitaries from Canada, the United States and Asia.
On the 6th of September 2007 a contract was signed between Hyundai Heavy Industries in Korea and GlobalSantaFe in Houston for the turnkey supply of a ‘GustoMSC P10,000 Next Generation’ drill ship. The unit will be delivered by the yard in the third quarter of 2010.
Guangzhou has received the go-ahead to begin construction on a big ship-production base that could help advance the southern metropolis’ status as a major Chinese ship producer. The first phase of Longxue Ship Production Base, formally approved by the National Development and Reform Commission early
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has awarded a contract to a joint venture comprising Penta Ocean Construction Co Ltd, Koon Construction & Transport Co Pte Ltd, Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co Ltd and Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors, to develop 16 new container berth
Technip has been awarded by Murphy West Africa, Ltd. a contract, worth approximately USD 110 million, for the Azurite field development. The Azurite field is located 80 nautical miles offshore the Republic of the Congo, in block “Mer Profonde Sud”, at a water depth of 1,400 meters.
Shell Oil Company announced today final investment decision to begin construction on a 325,000 barrel-per-day (b/d) capacity expansion project at its joint venture Motiva’s refinery in Port Arthur, Texas. The expansion project will increase the refinery’s crude oil throughput capacity to 600,000 b/d
Some of the biggest names in the luxury yacht industry showed their wares as perfect weather fell on perfect tans in Newport Beach for the 2007 Lido Yacht Expo earlier this month. Helium Report was there to get the latest scoop for consumers.
Always more beautiful, always more expensive and always longer, yachts on display at this week’s Monaco Yacht Show (MYS), the biggest mega-yacht show in Europe, are a perfect illustration of the increasingly lavish demands of billionaires.
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) is supplying the bridge electronics for a new luxury mega yacht being built at a shipyard in Turkey. The equipment is being supplied by Northrop Grumman’s Sperry Marine business unit, and installed by STT Deniz Ticaret ve Servis Ltd, Sperry Marine’s sales and
