Weeks Marine Inc. (WMI), an ENR top 100 construction contractor with extensive dredging and coastal restoration experience in the Gulf of Mexico will christen a new $41 million ocean-going hydraulic cutter suction dredge, the CR McCaskill, on July 16, 2012 at the company’s Houma Marine Yard, 1135 Lo
Boluda Towage and Salvage, the division of harbor trailer, off shore and maritime rescue, has subscribed an agreement of contribution with the Australian company of trailer services PB Towage Australia that will permit to present jointly offerings for the contracts of trailer in port of the LNG term
To meet goals set out in the Twelfth Five-Year plan, China should build up to 60 new LNG carriers worth $12 billion between now and 2020, according to SinoShip News. Beside Hudong-Zhonghua, China will select a minimum of four shipyards to build these LNG carriers. As SinoShip News says that the numb
The Visayan Daily Star reports that Gov. Alfredo Marañon Jr. yesterday assured the mayors of Negros Occidental that the provincial government will buy another dredger to step up efforts to prevent floods. “The $1 million state-of-the-art dredger that was purchased by the provincial government is pre
Dragflow, a worldwide player in solid pumping solutions, has announced the installation of two new dredgers, one in Northern Europe (Estonia) and the second in Southern Europe (Italy). Two projects that shows Dragflow’s ability to adapt easily to the different contexts and applications in which the
Shanghai-based Wison Offshore & Marine Ltd., a subsidiary of the Wison Group, announced yesterday the signature of an agreement in principle to supply a newbuild floating LNG regasification unit (FRU) to VGS Group of New Jersey, USA, for installation offshore India. The FRU, which will be owned by V
Multi Maritime has, in close cooperation with the ferry operator Fjord1, launched a new green ferry concept. The ferry is a “plug-in” LNG hybrid, which incorporates several features to reduce the ferry’s environmental footprint. The concept has been developed as a part of Fjord1’s bid for operating
The Great Eastern Shipping Company Ltd. (G E Shipping) delivered its 1991 built Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) carrier “Jag Viraj” (about 17,500 dwt) to the buyers. With the delivery of this vessel, the Company’s current fleet stands at 32 vessels, comprising 22 tankers (9 crude carriers, 13 product
The Great Eastern Shipping Company Limited (G E Shipping) has signed contract to buy a Very Large Gas Carrier (VLGC) of about 49,700 dwt (75,000 cbm). The 1990 built vessel is expected to join the Company’s fleet during Q2FY2013. The Company’s current fleet stands at 32 vessels, comprising 22 tanker
Laser technology specialist Measurement Devices US, LLC (MDL) has introduced the industry’s first custom designed land and marine survey vessel. Following the success of their Dynascan mobile mapping system and the increasing market demand for a combined multi-beam sonar and LiDAR data collection sy
Ellicott Dredge Enterprises (EDE) has announced that its subsidiary Rohr International Dredge Holdings, Inc. acquired the principle business assets of IDRECO GmbH , including its current backlog, inventory and all associated intellectual property (IPR), on June 29, 2012. IDRECO, which is based in He
LNG carrier “Koto”, which belongs to BW Fleet Management AS with a overall length 281meters, breadth 44 meters, DWT of 70833 tons, and gas storage capacity of 125000 cubic meters, berthed at Xinrong Shipyard for repairs recently. “Koto” had an accident in Malaysia waters two years ago, which caused
Yesterday, IHC Merwede has successfully named and launched the self-propelled cutter suction dredger, ARTEMIS, at its shipyard in Sliedrecht, The Netherlands. The ARTEMIS, which is being manufactured for Van Oord, is one of the largest cutter suction dredgers ever built in The Netherlands for a Dutc
Last month, Dexter Sand & Gravel of Missouri took delivery of their new 10-inch Wolverine dredge. The company purchased the hydraulic dredge to reach sand deposits below the ground water level. Dexter Sand & Gravel, a subsidiary of Delta Companies, Inc., purchased the dredge for use at a new 100-acr
