The General Dynamics Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) team has applied its proven open architecture and open business model approach to provide the U.S. Navy with the most capable, most affordable, best-of-industry, non-proprietary solutions for Independence, the first General Dynamics ship, now under con
On the morning of May 24th, 2006, Mr.Wu Bangguo, Chairman of the Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC), who was on an official visit to Greece, paid a special visit to COSCO Vessel M.V. YUE HE and met the crews on board at the Port of Piraeus. Mr.Zhang Fusheng, Executive Vic
China’s major ports handled 26.94 mln twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of containers in the first four months of 2006, up 22.1 pct year-on-year, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Communications. Cargo turnover rose 16.4 pct year-on-year to 1.41 bln tons during the January-April
Two Dutch sailors, foundering for three days in the storm-churned North Atlantic with torn sails, a failing engine and a sinking boat, were rescued by the cruiser Vella Gulf 1,300 miles due east of Boston, the Navy said Tuesday. The Navy coxswain operating Vella Gulf
Aker Kvaerner has signed a contract with Jurong Shipyard Pte. Ltd in Singapore for delivery of a drilling system for an ultra deepwater drilling semi-submersible platform. The total contract value for Aker Kvaerner is approximately USD 160 million. The contract is undertaken by the Aker Kvaerner sub
Murphy Oil Corp. (MUR) signed an agreement with Petronas Carigali Sdn. Bhd. for the sale of two blocks of gas offshore Sarawak, Malaysia, at an initial rate of 250 million to 300 million cubic feet a day for up to 15 years. Financial terms weren’t disclosed. El Dorado, Ark.-based Murphy Oil has an 8
On Thursday May 18, 2006 the naming ceremony of two Damen ASD Tugs 3110 ‘Smit Owena’ and ‘Smit Diare’ has taken place on the Bonny Island LNG export terminal in Nigeria. Ladies Sponsors were Mrs. De Diare, chairman of Smit Nigeria Ltd and Mrs. Nneka Isilebo, wife of the NLNG Operations Manager. With
China’s top deepwater offshore oil rig maker Yantai Raffles Shipyard Co. Ltd. plans to seek a mainboard listing on the Oslo or Singapore stock exchange in 2007, its CEO said on Wednesday. He also said that Yantai — which is headquartered in Singapore and which listed on Norway’s over-the-counter boa
A fire aboard a destroyer being built at a Mississippi shipyard could further delay completion of the ship, which was damaged last August by Hurricane Katrina. The fire broke out on the morning of May 20 aboard the destroyer Truxtun at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems
SINGAPORE, Singapore’s Pan-United Marine Ltd. shipbuilder has booked a $49.5 million contract to build an offshore diving support vessel. The vessel, which is the fourth such contract from PUM’s unnamed customer, will be built in a Batam, Indonesia, shipyard, and delivered in the third quarter of 20
Hans Horrevoets was just one minute away from fitting his harness and life jacket when he was tragically washed overboard, the crew of ABN AMRO TWO explained this morning. Speaking for the first time since the Dutch sailor died in the accident last week the team, who will make a decision on their co
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Statoil and Schlumberger Information Solutions (SIS) have entered into a three-year technology collaboration agreement. Worth about NOK 100 million, the agreement entails developing new production optimisation technologies to extend the life of oil and gas fields. In addition, the agreement covers s
The body of the woman listed missing after a Dutch cargo boat capsized at Antwerp last week was recovered in Hoboken on Tuesday afternoon. The woman has been identified as the wife of the boat’s captain. The body of the woman’s brother was found at the same place the body of her brother was found [&
