France yesterday tried to pour oil on troubled waters saying it was ready to take back hazardous substances recovered after dismantling its old warship at a shipyard in Gujarat even as the Supreme Court verdict on the issue is awaited on February 13.
Russia’s Navy is planning to order some 40 corvettes, ten for each fleet. The first vessel of this class will make the maiden voyage as early as this May, senior officials at the Severnaya Verf shipyard in St.Petersburg told Itar-Tass on Wednesday.
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Siemens Cranes has received major new orders from ZPMC in Shanghai, China to supply the electrical installations for eight Ship-To-Shore (STS) and 18 Rail Mounted Gantry (RMG) cranes for DPA in Dubai, United Arabic Emirates.
A giant container ship remains stuck on the sand in Ensenada, where it landed on Christmas Day. Helicopters are lifting containers off the ship to lighten her load and hopefully float her again.
Statoil has shut down production on the Kvitebj
The Kongsberg Maritime engine room simulator upgrade at Istanbul Technical University has been successfully installed. The Site Acceptance Test for the new Mimic of the Sulzer 12RTA84 engine
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Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) had successfully delivered the first three sets of 5H17/28 diesel generating sets last December which had been ordered from Kaptanoglu group in Turkey.
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A 93,000-ton cargo ship blocked the Suez Canal on Wednesday, stopping all transit of the waterway between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, a Suez Canal Authority official said.
According to initial weather routing being done by team navigators, The Volvo Ocean Race fleet looks set for a rocket ride to Wellington next week, riding a 40-knot front all the way from the Bass Strait, across the Tasman Sea to the Cook Strait between New Zealand
Dredging contractor Royal Boskalis Westminster nv announces that it has acquired the dredging fleet from Finnish company Wasa Dredging Oy. In addition, the Wasa staff of some 30 employees will join Terramare Oy, the Finnish home market organization of Boskalis.
Aker Kvaerner has been awarded a contract with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd in South Korea for delivery of mooring equipment. The total contract value for Aker Kvaerner is approximately NOK 60 million.
