A tanker that will be transporting 0.9 million tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per year produced from Inpex’s Ichthys field in Australia, has been named. The naming ceremony took place Tuesday at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ (MHI) Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works in Nagasaki, Japan. The LNG t
Norwegian vessel owner Eidesvik has secured a two-year contract extension in the renewables market for the vessel Acergy Viking. According to the Oslo-listed company, the Acergy Viking is fixed until end-January 2020 as service operation vessel (SOV) for Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy in German sec
With the current orderbook of 90 mega-vessels of more than 14,000 TEU to be delivered in the next three years, the Asia-Europe trade will see 88% of vessels in excess of 14,000 TEU by 2020, according to market intelligence provider in the container shipping industry SeaIntel Maritime Analysis. Asia-
Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) said in its latest release that they have sanctioned $50 million concessionary loan to develop the Velana International Airport in Malé, the Maldives. The project includes the construction of a new 3,400m runway with a breakwater and rehabilitation of the old ru
Nexans has been selected by the EPC contractor Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) as the sole cable supplier for the second package for Nasr Phase II full field development project. The Nasr field is a large oil field located approximately 130 km northwest off the coast of Abu Dhabi in United Arab Emira
The U.S. Navy’s guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) developed a crack in its hull while transiting to Yokosuka aboard the heavy lift transport vessel MV Treasure, a spokesperson for the U.S. Seventh Fleet confirmed to World Maritime News. The warship was moved onto to the heavy-lift
DeepOcean has deployed Coda Octopus’ Echoscope real-time 3D sonar system on DONG Energy’s Race Bank offshore wind farm project in the UK.
Oceana Energy has concluded the first phase of in-river hydrokinetic turbine testing at the Alaska Center for Energy and Power (ACEP).
French cable supplier Nexans has been chosen as the sole cable supplier of Hyundai Heavy Industries, the EPC contractor for the second package of the Nasr Phase II Full Field Development Project off the coast of Abu Dhabi in the Persian Gulf. The Nasr field is a large oil field located approximately
Chrysaor has awarded Stork, a subsidiary of Fluor, a contract that will see Stork continue to deliver an integrated portfolio of specialist asset integrity support services to its North Sea assets. The contract is for one year plus two options of one-year each by Chrysaor. Stork will provide service
GeoSea’s installation vessel Innovation has transported the first set of monopiles for Vattenfall’s 406MW Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm from the Port of Esbjerg in Denmark.
Zamil Offshore Services and UTEC, an Acteon company, have formed a strategic partnership where both companies will work together exclusively to execute offshore survey projects in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. UTEC has up-scaled its operations in the Middle East since establishing a presence in the r
Dubai-based terminal operator DP World Limited saw its volumes rise on the back of a recovery of global trade in 2017. Third quarter growth rates were at 13.5% year-on-year on a reported basis, ahead of second quarter growth and Drewry Maritime’s upgraded industry estimate of 5.5% throughput growth
Following the completion of the works on the expansion at the Port of Esbjerg, the port took over the new harbour area in mid-October.
