The liquefied natural gas carrier „Al Samriya‟ berthed today, July 27, at Gate terminal, the Netherlands The “Al Samriya” is third LNG carrier that delivers its commissioning cargo for Gate LNG project after the arrival of the „British Trader‟ and the “Arctic Voyager‟. Prior to the start of commerci
NYK conducted an accident-response drill together with the Japan Coast Guard on July 26 based on a mock scenario having NYK LNG carrier Al Khor spill oil in Tokyo Bay followed by NYK’s cooperation with the Japan Coast Guard to address the accident. NYK conducts accident-response drills about 10 time
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. on Monday unveiled plans to develop a car carrier that uses liquefied natural gas as fuel and is expected to cut… Source: Nikkei [mappress] Source: Nikkei, July 26, 2011;
Acta Marine has recently upgraded the functionality of its Ultra Shallow Support Vessel “Coastal Enterprise” with Dynamic Positioning. This system allows the Coastal Enterprise to automatically maintain its position and heading by using only its own propellers and thrusters. Coastal Enterprise is th
INPEX CORPORATION (INPEX) announced today that its affiliate INPEX Masela, Ltd. (INPEX Masela) has signed an agreement with Shell Upstream Overseas Services (I) Limited a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc (“Shell”), to transfer a 30% participating interest in the Masela Block, the Arafura Sea, Ind
Leading international classification society Bureau Veritas has slashed the reporting time for a Condition Assessment Programme report from three months to one month, and at the same time improved the accessibility and usability of the report. The dramatic shortening of time for the CAP programme re
Gazprom Marketing and Trading Singapore (Pte.) Limited (Gazprom Singapore) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) to supply with up to 2.5 million tonnes per annum of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for up to 25 years. The long-term LNG supply agreement is a
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources has decided to establish a task force, headed by the secretary petroleum, in a bid to provid… Source: The Express Tribune [mappress] Source:The Express Tribune , July 20, 2011;
The Board of Directors of Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited (or the “Company”) has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.15 per share of common stock outstanding. The record date is August 4, the payment date is August 10 and the shares will trade ex-dividend on August 2. D. John Stavropoulos stated, “
Subsea 7 S.A. announced today the award of a contract valued at approximately $80 million from Chevron Australia Pty Ltd for the Chevron-operated Gorgon Project, offshore Western Australia. The work involves the transportation and installation of subsea umbilicals and structures from Barrow Island –
I.M. Skaugen SE today announced that the pre-tax result for 2Q was positive USD 0.4 mill compared to negative USD 4.5 mill for 2Q2010. The pre-tax result was a negative USD 4.1 mill for the first half of 2011 (1H11) compared to a negative USD 8.6 mill for the 1H10. The result of the 1H11 […]
Hall Contracting from Buderim ,Australia succesfully re-launched the dredger “Eastern Aurora” on July 13th 2011 in PT Worldwide Equipment Yard in Batam-Indonesia. Build in 1994 by IHC Holland ,as deep suction dredger,together with her sister vessel “Eastern Rainbow” for Formosa Plastics who employed
CIC Boluomiao shipyard with its own technical expertise, not only repairs bulk carrier, oil tankers, container ships, but also repairs the multi-purpose ocean tugs, LPG carriers, chemical tankers, asphalt carrier, ro-ro ships, dredgers and other special ships. She has a good market reputation and th
The shipping arm of ADNOC and its Group of Companies, ADNATCO and NGSCO, on Wednesday announced that one of its UAE national cadets has prog… Source: Khaleej Times [mappress] Source: Khaleej Times, July 14, 2011;
