Dredging Today Conference (DTC) proudly confirms Maurice De Kok, Business Development Manager at Van Oord, as speaker during the event. Mr. De Kok will take part in the session named ‘Which current trends are your best friends?’. DTC, set to take place on 9 and 10 October 2017 at Amsterdam RAI, will
The shipping fleet trading in chemical and vegoil markets is set to accelerate at a much faster pace than demand, weakening earning prospects, shipping consultancy Drewry said. Tonne-mile demand is expected to grow at 2.9% in 2017, and the fleet trading in chemicals/vegoils will expand by 9.5% by th
The continuing delivery of containerships could affect the competitive dynamics, forcing some carriers to pursue increased market share, SeaIntel Maritime Analysis informed. The delivery of ultra-large tonnage will force especially COSCO and Evergreen to attempt to grow their market share significan
A 25-year-old crewman has been evacuated after he fell on board the cargo ship New Taizhou which was anchored some nine nautical miles off St Helena Bay, South Africa. The incident occurred on August 3, according to a report issued by the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI). The crew member, a Chin
The international offshore rig count for July 2017 dropped by 22 units year-over-year, Baker Hughes, a GE company, said in its monthly report on Monday. Namely, according to Baker Hughes’ report, the international offshore rig count for July 2017 was 204, up 7 from the 197 counted in June 2017, and
Now that half the year has passed, a review of offshore project sanctioning might be timely.
“There’s an enormous potential, the dredging sector promises to be very busy in the near future,” says Richard Brakenhoff of Rabobank. The Sector Specialist is responsible for the financial institute’s Dredging Outlook and spoke to us about the ahead of his presentation at the Dredging Today Confere
Norway’s Norsafe has secured a contract with Eni of Italy to supply life-saving appliances for the Coral South floating LNG facility to be located in Area 4, some 50 kilometres of the coast of Mozambique.
Norwegian provider of lifesaving systems Norsafe has secured its largest ever offshore contract to supply lifesaving appliances to Eni’s Coral South floating LNG (FLNG) facility, off Mozambique. The unit will be located in Area 4, approximately 50 km from the Mozambique coast. Norsafe said that the
Resolute Marine and the Cape Verde National Institute for Fisheries (INDP) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) regarding site characterization and resource assessment studies to take place at Praia Grande on the island of Sao Vicente. The Praia Grande site has been targeted as an ideal locati
Swiss trading company Gunvor has shown interest in financing the Fortuna FLNG project as it looks to secure supply from the Equatorial Guinea’s floating liquefied natural gas plant.
London-listed Cairn Energy has found oil and gas in the SNE North-1 exploration well off Senegal. With this well finished, Cairn has completed its exploration drilling campaign for the year. The company announced the results of the SNE North-1 exploration well on Monday, saying that the well encount
