Imtech (technical services provider in Europe) announces that it has won in competition a five-year technological maintenance contract worth about 300 million euro for the locations Shell Pernis and Shell Moerdijk. Pernis, near Rotterdam in the Netherlands, is the location of Shell Nederland Raffina
Yardnumber 9364 arrived mid-November 2006 by means of a tug trip of 30 hours in Dunkerque and is taken into service. Because the
General Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly-owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), today held a keel-laying ceremony for the fifth ship in the U.S. Navy
Transocean Inc. (NYSE:RIG) today announced that a subsidiary of Woodside of Australia (ASE:WPL) has awarded the semisubmersible rig Sedco 703 a one-year contract for drilling operations offshore Australia, where the rig is currently operating. The contract is expected to commence in August 2007, fol
The moving of the Hull FB239, 60m, Xanadu, took place in Livorno on December 12, 2006, and corresponded to a significant moment of Benetti Livorno facility: the full capacity of the fitting activity with 9 yachts in progress in the sheds. The ceremony gathered the owner and his friends, the Benetti
After a record showing at its second biennial edition this week, Seatrade Middle East Maritime (SMEM) – the region
A low-cost wave energy technology is being developed that uses the unique hydrodynamics of waves and will be able to survive even the most hostile of ocean conditions. The system is also claimed to be far more efficient than other, similar systems in converting waves into electricity.
The long-term federal dredging and disposal project on the city’s northwest side shouldn’t make residents any sicker, according to a recent study.
South Korea’s top three shipyards won stronger-than-expected shipbuilding orders worth over US$30 billion in the first 11 months of the year on strong contracts, industry sources said Sunday.
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) two contracts worth a total of $254 million for the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS). The contracts cover work on the Joint STARS Total System Support Responsibility (TSSR) sustainment and Joint ST
American International Group Inc., the world’s largest insurer, agreed to buy DP World’s six U.S. port terminals after the Dubai-owned container port operator was forced to sell under pressure from U.S. lawmakers.
Jamaica’s multimillion-dollar five-year cruise deal with Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines could amount to nothing if port facilities, especially in Ocho Rios, are not upgraded, local tourism interests say.
SHE’S a quarter the size of the average cruise ship but her prices are four times as big. Meet True North — at 50m she’s the only passenger liner that can grace the Gold Coast, but what she lacks in size she makes up for in class. While her big sisters of the sea measure […]
Calls have been made to improve safety measures at Kilkeel harbour after fishing boats had to spend the night at sea because of bad weather. The severe storm conditions meant 10 trawlers were unable to return to the County Down port until the early hours of Thursday morning.
