South & Central Asia
Teekay’s first LNG-powered shuttle tanker launched
Teekay Offshore said its first LNG-powered E-Shuttle tanker was launched from the G3 floating dock at Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in South Korea.
Padma River Dredging Kicks Off
Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) has officially kicked of the Padma River Dredging Program near Rajshahi City, with the main goal to bring back the waterway’s navigability. “We will carry out the dredging works till next mid-June,” commented Golam Sarwar, Superintending Engineer of Dredger
APL to Support The Ocean Cleanup Operations
APL to provide free shipping to The Ocean Cleanup.
Solstad vessel wins Thai job with Ophir
Solstad Offshore has been awarded a contract by Ophir Energy to perform an offshore installation of the Bualuang Charlie wellhead platform structure as part of the Bualuang Phase 4B development project in Thailand.
FSRU Excelerate to reach Bangladesh in late April
Bangladesh’s second floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) is set to arrive in the Bay of Bengal in April 2019.
Ophir Hires Solstad for Gulf of Thailand Job
Solstad Offshore has been awarded a contract by Ophir Thailand to perform the offshore installation of the Bualuang Charlie wellhead platform structure as part of the Bualuang Phase 4B development project. The project is located in the Gulf of Thailand and comprises the installation of a bridged-lin
AG&P tasks Rachelle Goebel with LNG business expansion
Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific (AG&P), the Philippines-based LNG solutions provider, has appointed Rachelle Goebel as senior vice president (SVP) to lead the company’s LNG projects.
CMA CGM Orders Ten Mega Boxships in China
CMA CGM orders ten new 15,000 TEU containerships in China.
Van Oord Announces Recovery of Revenue in 2018
Van Oord today released their 2018 business results, saying that they recorded EUR 1.88 billion in revenue (2017: EUR 1.53 billion) with a net profit of EUR 92 million (2017: EUR 78 million). The increase in revenue was mainly driven by offshore wind activities, which realized EUR 706 million of rev
CNOOC orders mooring system for floating production platform
Chinese oil company CNOOC has ordered the on-vessel mooring system for a deepwater floating production platform to be deployed offshore China. The system will be supplied by Cargotec’s subsidiary MacGregor.
High Bunker Costs Hurt Yang Ming’s Earnings
Yang Ming posts a full-year net loss in 2018 as revenues rise.
Sapura Energy’s 4Q result boosted by OMV deal
Malaysian company Sapura Energy has turned to profit in the fourth quarter ended January 31 (fiscal year 2019), with the result boosted by a recent sale of stake in E&P business to Austrian OMV.