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Top news, Jan 30 – Feb 5, 2017
Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from January 30 until February 5, 2017.
Keppel Shipyard to Deliver Yinson’s FPSO Soon
Singapore-based Keppel Shipyard is on track to deliver a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel to Yinson Production (West Africa), a subsidiary of Malaysia’s integrated offshore production and support services provider Yinson. The spread-moored FPSO unit was named John Agyekum Kuf
CMA CGM Modifies Asia-West Africa Coverage
French container shipping major CMA CGM plans to reorganize services on the Asia-West Africa route, starting from the first week of March 2017. The firm said it has introduced the changes “in line with the West Africa market trend.” CMA CGM intends to withdraw the WAX 2 service, which was operated w
MMT to Survey Algeria – Spain Subsea Pipeline
Marine survey specialist MMT has entered into a contract with Medgaz in Spain for inspection of the offshore pipeline between Algeria and Spain. The project will be performed within the joint venture agreement between MMT and Reach Subsea utilizing the vessel Edda Fonn. The pipeline transports gas f
GALLERY: John Agyekum Kufuor FPSO named in Singapore
Singapore’s Keppel is working to deliver the John Agyekum Kufuor FPSO unit to Yinson. The naming ceremony for the Ghana-bound floating production storage and offloading unit was held on Friday morning, Singapore time. The FPSO was named by Ghana’s First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, after Ghana’s Presid
MMT set for Medgaz pipeline inspection project
MMT, a Sweden-based marine surveys specialist, has entered into a contract with Medgaz in Spain for inspection of the offshore pipeline between Algeria and Spain. MMT said on Friday that the project would be performed within the joint venture agreement signed by MMT and Reach Subsea in the summer of
New Subsea Player Wins Decom Support Gig in Tunisia
The newly merged Underwater Engineering Services (UES) and Seanic Oceans Systems has secured its first contract in Tunisia. As part of the merger between their parent companies ATR Group and Centurion Group last year, the newly formed business of UES Seanic will support Oceana Subsea on a decommissi
Egypt pens deals to import up to 45 LNG cargoes
The Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company has reportedly secured between 43 and 45 LNG cargoes for delivery from March until the end of the year.
Germany, Namibia Enter Merchant Shipping Deal
Germany and Namibia have initialed a bilateral merchant shipping agreement in Windhoek to further strengthen and develop economic relations between the two countries. Reached on January 31, 2017, the agreement also has an aim to promote Namibia’s transformation into a logistics hub for the Southern
EY: Upstream deal value fell in 2016. No match for Shell-BG merger from 2015
Global oil and gas deal activity in 2016 recovered from a slow start to the year with help from the announcements of midstream and oilfield services (OFS) megadeals. Upstream deal value, however, fell, as no 2016 deal could match Shell’s acquisition of BG in 2015. According to the EY Global oil and