South & Central Asia
Cochin Shipyard Starts Building A&N Passenger Ships
India’s state-owned Cochin Shipyard Ltd has started constructing four passenger-cum-cargo vessels for Andaman & Nicobar Administration under the ‘Make in India’ initiative. As per orders placed by the A&N Administration, two of these vessels will have a capacity of 500 persons-cum-150 tonne cargo an
Petronas takes pair of jack-up rigs from UMW
Malaysia’s UMW Oil & Gas has won contracts for two jack-up drilling rigs from Petronas Carigali with a combined value of $34.8 million. The contracts for both firm and optional wells were awarded to UMW Offshore Drilling, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of UMW Malaysian Ventures, which in turn is
Bassoe: Market waiting for the offshore rig recovery, but what will it look like when it gets here?
The word “recovery” dominates most discussions about the offshore oil and gas industry these days – and has done so for over two years. But what does recovery actually mean? By David Carter Shinn There seems to be little doubt that a recovery in the rig market will happen one day, and from the [&h
Report: Authorities Again Raid SHI’s Offices Following Crane Collapse
Police officials have raided five offices of Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) once again, following a crane incident at the shipbuilder’s Geoje yard which caused the deaths of six workers, Yonhap News Agency reported. In the incident which occurred on May 1, a structure fell from one of the cranes kil
Top news of the week May 8-13
Petronas to start-up second FLNG unit in 2020 Malaysian energy giant, Petronas, said its second floating LNG facility is set to be operational in 2020. Shell says Prelude FLNG to start production in 2018 Shell’s giant Prelude FLNG facility will come on stream offshore Western Australia next year, Ch
Readers’ Picks of The Week (May 8-12, 2017)
Readers’ Picks of The Week (May 8-12, 2017)
Highlights of the Week
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (May 8-14, 2017). Caterpillar to Power the World’s Largest Split Hopper Dredger Caterpillar Marine has just announced that the world’s largest split hopper dredger is being built with a complete Cat® engine and pr
Popular news, May 8 – 14, 2017
The most popular articles of the week May 8 – 14, 2017.
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (May 08 – May 14). Gazprom informed that the construction of the TurkStream gas pipeline has started in the Black Sea near the Russian coast. Pipelaying is carried out by the Audacia vessel owned by Al
Top News of the Week, 8 – 14 May 2017
EnBW Reveals Albatros Team Following the announcement that EnBW reached the final investment decision for the 112MW Albatros offshore wind farm, the German energy company said that the supply contracts for all the main infrastructure work on the project are now concluded. Gemini Officially Open (Pho
Top news, May 8 – 14, 2017
Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from May 8 – 14, 2017.
Navig8 Chemical Adds Another Stainless Steel Tanker
Shipping company Navig8 Chemical Tankers had taken delivery of a 25,000 dwt stainless steel chemical tanker, Navig8 Sceptrum. Featuring a length of 159 meters and a width of 25 meters, the vessel was constructed by the Japanese shipbuilder Kitanihon Zosen. The Navig8 Sceptrum is the sixth of six ves