Aker Kvaerner in joint venture (50/50) with Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries (IHI) was awarded a contract for the engineering, procurement and construction of the Ingleside Energy Center regasification terminal in Ingleside, Texas, USA. The contract value to the Aker Kvaerner and IHI joint ventu
A cruise ship listed sharply off Port Canaveral, Florida, injuring at least 93 passengers, 16 of them seriously, according to the Cape Canaveral Fire Department. Two victims were airlifted to local hospitals, according to paramedics that the Coast Guard transported to the ship as it returned to port
The new ships for Celebrity Cruises will be 315 m long and 36,8 m wide. Each ship will have a size of 118,000 gt. 2,850 passengers will be accommodated in 1,425 cabins. The vessels continue Celebrity
As part of the new Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park, which opened June 28, they help recreate the nation’s first black shipyard, complete with a marine railway like those that once pulled ships from the harbor for repair in the days before modern drydocks. Baltimore was home to one of th
Northrop Grumman Corp. said today its unit in Bethpage has been awarded a contract to study ways the United Kingdom could develop aircraft systems to patrol the vast seas surrounding the country. No dollar amount was given for the study contract. In an announcement before markets opened, the Los Ang
Statoil plans to use seabed compression in order to produce more gas from the
The Commission on Marine Resources Tuesday gave Gulf LNG the go-ahead to dredge 61.3 acres of Bayou Casotte and fill in more than 15 acres near the site of the company’s proposed liquefied natural gas facility. The commissioners also approved a second wetlands permit application that will allow the
No pollution has been reported to be emanating from the grounded container ship
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Samsung Heavy Industries(SHI) received the Chang Young Sil IR52 Award for building a large passenger ship on July 19. This ship was highly praised for applying the integrated fire safety system for the first time in the world. The passenger ship will run through the Dover Strait between the UK and F
INCAT announced that it has been selected by Heesen Yachts to implement and deploy CATIA
J. Ray McDermott Eastern Hemisphere Ltd. (J. Ray), a subsidiary of J. Ray McDermott, S.A., was awarded a contract by ExxonMobil Middle East Gas Marketing Ltd. to provide engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) services for two wellhead platforms and pipelines, as part of the A
Modec, Inc. has signed a contract with Japan Vietnam Petroleum Co., Ltd. for the supply and operation of a Floating Storage and Offloading (FSO) vessel for JVPC
Qatar Shipping Company (Q Ship), which owns over 90% of the country
