South & Central Asia
MSC to Resume Maple Service on Transpacific Route
Switzerland-based Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) plans to resume its Maple service, which will sail from Yantian, China and include Vancouver, Canada in its full rotation, starting from October 28, 2016. “Maple is an exclusive MSC provision, and since September has omitted three calls during t
Russia, India to study gas pipeline options
Russian gas giant Gazprom on Saturday signed a memorandum of understanding with Engineers India on conducting joint studies for a gas pipeline that would stretch from Russia to India. Alexey Miller of Gazprom and Sanjay Gupta, Chairman and Managing Director of Engineers India signed the agreement in
Trelleborg delivers floatover equipment for Petronas’ field off Malaysia
Trelleborg’s engineered products operation has completed the supply of floatover equipment for Petronas’ NC3 gas field, offshore Malaysia. The NC3 field is located in Block SK316, 200 kilometers North of Bintulu, a Malaysian coastal town on the island of Borneo. Trelleborg said on Monday that the co
PT.OSI Wraps Up Phase 1 of Indonesia Subsea Campaign
PT.OSI (Offshore Services Indonesia) said it has completed phase 1 of a 3-year technical services contract, secured from state oil & gas company Pertamina ONWJ for the provision of a DP II saturation DSV and associated services for subsea inspection, maintenance and repair. First phase of the campai
Maersk Admits to Duplicity in Vessel Recycling
Danish shipping giant Maersk Line has admitted that its own contracts from divestments “have not always guaranteed the intention” of the company’s recycling policy, according to Annette Stube, Head of Maersk Group Sustainability. The company has thus tightened its procedures and contract requirement
InterMoor to Deliver Single Point Mooring for Pertamina’s Refinery in Balongan
InterMoor, an Acteon company, has been awarded a single point mooring (SPM) installation from PT Pertamina in Indonesia. The work is part of a contract for engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning of subsea pipe line (SPL) and single point mooring (SPM) awarded to a con
APM Terminals Expands Partnerships on Vado Terminals
Dutch container terminal operator APM Terminals has partnered up with COSCO Shipping Ports and Qingdao Port International Development to operate the existing Vado Reefer Terminal and the new deep-water container terminal under construction in Vado, Italy, opening in 2018. The terminal operator final
Drewry: Asia-ECSA Spot Rates Coming Down from a High
As the Asia-East Coast South America spot rates are starting to level off after a huge spike induced by big capacity cuts, container carriers will need to squeeze more capacity out of the system if they want to maintain high load factors and prices, according to shipping consultancy Drewry. Carriers
BHIC, Sealink Settle Shipbuilding Dispute
Malaysian Boustead Heavy Industries Corporation Berhad’s (BHIC) subsidiary Boustead Penang Shipyard (BPS) and its compatriot shipowner Sealink International Berhad have settled a four-year dispute over a shipbuilding contract, with Sealink accepting a sum of USD 1.5 million. The arbitration, which s
New Interactive Design Tool for Coastal Interventions from Deltares
Deltares experts have developed a new Augmented Reality (AR) design tool called ‘The Sandbox’ for coastal interventions anywhere in the world. The Sandbox was already on display at the Sand Motor congress in September but the new version can be seen soon at the Flood Risk Conference in Lyon. The San
Another delay for Sevan Developer drilling rig
Sevan Drilling, an Oslo-listed drilling contractor, has decided to delay the delivery of the Sevan Developer drilling rig once again. The handover of the rig, which was originally scheduled for delivery in 2014, has now been postponed to April 15, 2017. This means Sevan Drilling Ltd and China’s rig
Bardot Group to construct OTEC plant in Maldives
Bardot Group, a French company specialised in subsea engineering and equipment manufacturing for offshore energy, has signed a contract to install an ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) system in an eco-resort in the Maldives.