Petrobras received this week, the bid proposals for the hiring of services and chartering of 21 offshore drilling rigs to be built in Brazil. The units will be used in the Company’s exploration and production development activities. Petrobras is currently analyzing the documents submitted by Ocean R
The Dutch Minister for Agriculture and Foreign Trade, Mr Henk Bleker, visited Damen Shipyards Cape Town (DSCT). The visit, organized by a.o. the South African Netherlands Chamber of Commerce (SANEC), the Dutch Embassy and the Netherlands African Business Council, is part of his 3-day mission to Keny
Last wednesday, 20#12000DWT MPC, being built for Danish NORDANA company, came back from sea trial successfully and anchored at No.3 quay at Taizhou Sanfu shipyard. Its LOA is 138.5m, LPP 130.0m, moulded width 21.0m, moulded depth 11.0m with design draft 7.5m. This vessel would be delivered around mi
Highlights of new ship delivery occurred frequently by China Shipping Industry (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. After delivery of bulk carrier “An Hua Shan” for China Shipping Development Co., Ltd. tramp. Co. on Sep. 27, 2011, 1st and 2nd 57000 bulk carrier “Lanhai He Le” and “Lanhai He Mei” for Minsheng Financi
Double namegiving ceremony for the MT Iver Best and the MT Iver Blessing took place yesterday, Wednesday 5 October 2011, at the Hyundai Mipo Dockyard, Ulsan, South Korea. The Iver Best was named by Mrs Daniëlle Zuiderwijk, wife of Mr Johan Zuiderwijk, Mazars Paardekooper Hoffman N.V. The Iver Blessi
Noble Corp inaugurated the Noble Globetrotter I ultra-deepwater drillship at Huisman’s new production hall in Schiedam, the Netherlands, on 1 October. The drillship, which was designed around Huisman’s multipurpose tower (MPT), is on schedule to be delivered later this year. It will then mobilize to
Caterpillar today announced that it has been selected to power 16 offshore supply vessels for use in operation in the Brazilian offshore market. Caterpillar received orders requiring a total of 56 Cat and MaK Diesel Electric Propulsion Engine (DEP) generator sets for offshore supply vessel newbuilds
16th 57300T bulk carrier “AN HUA SHAN” built by China Shipping Industry (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. for China Shipping Development Co., Ltd. tramp. Co. was successfully named and delivered at China Shipping Industry Changxing shipyard. The ceremony was hosted by Chen Junhua, secretary of the Party committee
ADNATCO, which along with NGSCO comprises the shipping arm of the ADNOC Group of Companies, took delivery of its fifteenth new build… (WAM) [mappress] Source: WAM, October 5, 2011
MNP Group’s Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard and Volga-Balt Tanker (a Volga-Fleet Tanker subsidiary, part of UCLH) have signed a new contract for… (PortNews) [mappress] Source: PortNews, October 5, 2011;
COSCO (Zhoushan) Shipyard Co, a subsidiary of the Company’s 51% owned COSCO Shipyard Group Co., Ltd has delivered a bulk carrier of 92500DWT, “POS TANSANIT” to its European buyer. The delivery documents were signed by and between COSCO Zhoushan and the buyer on 28 September 2011. The bulk carrier me
The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia announces that its 80% owned subsidiary company The National Chemical Carriers Ltd. Co. (NCC) received on Wednesday, 15th June 2011 in Korea a new chemical tanker named NCC AMAL with DWT of 45,000 tons from SHINAsb (previously SLS) of South Korea, as par
The Maritime Administration has approved a $346,129,000 Title XI guarantee to Vessel Management Services, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Crowley Holdings, Inc., for the construction of three 330,000 barrel double hull tug/barge units. VT Halter Marine, Inc. in Gulfport, Mississippi is construct
Labuan Shipyard & Engineering Sdn Bhd has won a RM99.5 million deal to build a platform supply vessel for Tanjung Offshore Bhd. LSE’s shipyard is one of the largest and most well-equipped in South-East Asia. It is capable of handling ships up to 16,000 deadweight tons with the capability of further
