Aker Kvaerner has been awarded a contract with Neptune Marine & Drilling Pte Ltd in Singapore for delivery of a drilling equipment to the Neptune Explorer drillship. The total contract value for Aker Kvaerner is approximately USD 23 million. “This contract which consists of derrick drill floor equip
The Kenya Ferry Services (KFS) may resort to the quotation system for the purchase of two new ferries estimated to cost Ksh1 billion ($13.9 million). The ferry services provider for the Likoni channel has been in a dilemma for the last two years after a loser in the initial tender went to the procur
Two employees of Northrop Grumman Ship Systems were killed in separate cases at the company’s New Orleans-area yard, authorities said. About 1 p.m. Monday, a piece of equipment fell on an employee, crushing him to death, said Col. John Fortunato, a spokesman for the Jefferson Parish sheriff. The man
EXACTLY a fortnight after running aground on the East London harbour wall, all of the deck container cargo aboard the stricken Safmarine Agulhas had been brought ashore by last night. National Ports Authority (NPA) spokesperson Terry Taylor yesterday said salvors had also been successful in discharg
The three port authorities in Greater Vancouver have begun talks to consider the possibility of integrating their operations to create the second-largest port in North America. In a meeting last week with federal Transportation Minister Lawrence Cannon, the chief executive officers of Vancouver Port
Dubai World, the newly-established holding company, will invest close to Dh32 billion (50 billion Egyptian pounds, $8.7 billion) in Egypt to develop a seaport and some other industrial projects, company officials said on Monday as quoted by Gulf News daily. It also includes the development of a cont
Kalmar, the business area providing container handling solutions within Cargotec, has signed a five-year service contract for 29 rubber-tired gantry cranes (RTGs) with Mumbai-based terminal operator Gateway Terminals India Pvt Ltd (GTI). The service contract covers maintenance, engineering support,
The leaking container ship (Safmarine Agulhas) grounded off the East London harbour is being watched carefully for any signs of pollution, the salvors said on Monday. “The structural integrity of the vessel continues to be monitored and internal assessments are continuously being undertaken,” said S
Electric Boat said yesterday that it issued layoff notices to 440 employees as part of a previously announced work force cutback. Most were at the shipyard in Groton, Conn., where 368 hourly production and production-support workers and 48 salaried employees were laid off, a company spokesman said.
On the 8th of July, two vessels were launched from No.2 dock. The first vessel was H.N.2309, a 38K CBM LPGC for Bergesen LPG, and the second one launched during the 128th batch launching was an 8,400 TEU Containership for MSC bearing our H.N. 4110. The percentage of production progress for the H.N.2
With the exception of Durban and Cardiff, who are aiming to skim the southern tip of it, the whole fleet is now passing over the Grand Banks just south of Newfoundland. This area of relatively shallow (50 to 100m, as opposed to the 3000m plus of the surrounding ocean) is an area of converging curren
Todd Shipyards Corp. said it’s received a $5.2 million contract to repair and renovate a U.S. Navy dry dock in Bremerton. The work will be done by Seattle-based Todd’s (NYSE: TOD) Pacific Shipyards Corp. subsidiary. Work on the project, at Caisson No. 4 at Drydock No. 2 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
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PENSACOLA, Fla. – One year after Hurricane Dennis hit Navarre Beach, a project to fortify the beach against future storms resumed Monday after work was temporarily halted because of sea turtle deaths from the sand dredging equipment. “This is a big break for us, it’s a one-year anniversary present,
