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APM Terminals: Investments in Algeciras and Apapa
APM Terminals has placed an order for 16 new advanced Rubber-Tire Gantry cranes (RTGs) as part of an ongoing program of upgrading and expanding container handling capabilities and capacities throughout the APM Terminals Global Terminal Network. Twelve of the high-performance RTGs are scheduled for d
APM Terminals Adds Lifting Power to Algeciras and Apapa
APM Terminals, part of Maersk Group, has placed an order for 12 Rubber-Tire Gantry cranes (RTGs) for APM Terminals Algeciras, Spain, and four RTGs for APM Terminals Apapa, Nigeria, with delivery in one year. The new 16-wheeled RTGs, to be manufactured by Konecranes, will offer a lifting capacity of
Top news of the week January 5–10, 2015
Second vessel prepares to load at QCLNG BG Group’s Queensland Curtis LNG project is ready to load the second shipment of liquefied natural gas. Wind-LNG to power future freighters To make ships more eco-efficient, engineers have been working with alternative fuels. A Norwegian engineer is currently
Popular news, January 5 – 11, 2015
Dear readers, in today’s list of the most read articles of this past week is an article of the arrival of the Pieter Schelte vessel to Rotterdam. To call it just a ‘vessel’ is an understatement. A platform installation / decommissioning and pipelaying vessel in one, it has been described as a twin-h
Readers’ Picks of the Week (5-9 of Jan)
DSME Christens World’s Biggest Containership Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) has named the MSC Oscar, which with the nominal capacity of 19,224 TEU has claimed the title of the world’s biggest containership.…Read more VIDEO: Pieter Schelte Reaches Rotterdam The w
Highlights of the Week – Readers’ Choice
Van Oord Orders Two Dredgers Van Oord has ordered two trailing suction hopper dredgers with a hopper volume of approximately 17,000 m3. Photo Update: Dredging at New Suez Canal Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority Mohab Mamish said recently that the digging rate was beyond expectations due […
Italdraghe Weed Harvester for Kenya
Although best-known as a dredger manufacturer, Italdraghe SpA, also has considerable experience in designing and building weed harvesters. In fact, one of the vessels currently under construction in its shipyard near Italy’s Adriatic Sea, is a purpose-designed harvester for the Kenyan Government. Th
Damen – CSD and Tug Delivered to Nigeria
Two more vessels have been sold to a long term Nigerian customer. A tug, type STU2208, and a cutter suction dredger, type CSD500, have arrived at their up-river operating point. The Nigerian customer has well chosen the vessels names : “PASAM” for the tug meaning “Daddy Sam”, and “DASERAH” for the C
Teekay confirms Magellan Spirit LNG carrier aground off Bonny
Teekay’s fully loaded, 165,600 cbm LNG carrier, Magellan Spirit has run aground off Nigeria.
December: Offshore rig count down by 3
Baker Hughes Incorporated has posted today an international rig count report for December 2014 on its Investor Relations website according to which the international offshore rig count is down by three rigs from last month’s count. The international rig count for December 2014 was 1,313, down 11 fro
Wood Mackenzie: Ups and Downs of LNG Industry in 2014
The LNG industry celebrated its 50th birthday in 2014, but while the industry may have matured, Wood Mackenzie finds in its annual review that it’s still not short of surprises. Andrew Buckland, Principal Analyst – LNG Shipping for Wood Mackenzie says that a record number of new ship orders were pla
Photo Update: Dredging Work on New Suez Canal
The New Suez Canal dredging scheme is moving forward. This capital project, estimated to be worth over $2.1 billion, was inaugurated by the Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority Mohab Mamish in the presence of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on August 5th 2014. Some of the world’s top dredgin