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  • Pirates Attack Maersk Vessel in Gulf of Oman

    24 May 2012

      According to Reuters, the Maersk Texas, a U.S.-flagged cargo ship was attacked by Pirates in the Gulf of Oman on Wednesday. The onboard guards managed to fend off the attack, Maersk Line Ltd, a unit of Danish shipping and oil group A.P. Moller-Maersk, said. A 19,592 deadweight tonnes (dwt) vessel which is 148 metres […]

  • Prometheus signs LNG deal with Massachusetts Institution

    3 February 2015
    Project & Tenders

    As temperatures plunge across the US and the hearty residents of the Northeast weather another polar vortex filled winter, Prometheus Energy Group said it is helping energy users fight back with an unlikely solution.

  • Grande America Leaks Plugged 4,600 Meters Below Surface

    23 April 2019
    Rules & Regulation

    The fire-stricken ship was observed sitting upright on its stern.

  • K Line welcomes new LNG-fueled 7,000 CEU car carrier

    17 October 2024
    Vessels

    Japanese shipping company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has taken delivery of a new car carrier powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) and with a capacity of 7,000 CEU.

  • India: Cochin Launches Two UT 755 CD PSV Vessels

    9 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    Cochin Shipyard, the largest green field Ship building and Ship repair yard in India, recently launched two Platform Supply Vessels for Shipping Corporation of India. Both the vessels, BY-85 anf BY-86, are UT 755 CD type Platform Supply Vessel, designed by Rolls-Royce Marine AS, Norway and are dual classed under the Rules and Regulations of […]

  • MOL’s Istra Ace Suspected of Oil Spill in LA

    14 March 2016
    Business & Finance

    A large car carrier owned by the Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) is linked to an oil spill in the Port of Los Angeles. Namely, an unknown quantity of oil was reported on Sunday to be coming from the Bahamas-flagged car carrier identified as Istra Ace in the Cerritos channel near berth 212 and […]

  • Phoenix Petroleum, CNOOC picked for $2 bln Philippine LNG project

    11 January 2019

    Philippine independent oil company Phoenix Petroleum has been given the green light to process with the construction of the $2 billion LNG project. 

  • Carnival cruise director’s blog details ship crisis

    15 November 2010

    Carnival Cruise Lines says it has no further explanation for why a fire disabled its ship off the coast of Mexico last week, but the cruise director is providing a dramatic insider’s account of when the Carnival Splendor was “dead in the water.”

  • Pentagon chief launches broadside at shipbuilders

    4 May 2010

    Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates fired a warning shot at the US Navy and its shipbuilding contractors earlier today, telling an industry group that if they cannot control the ballooning costs of warships and submarines the Pentagon will have little choice but to slash the size of the fleet.

  • IMB: 87 Maritime Piracy Incidents in 1H, 2017

    4 July 2017

    The first half of 2017 saw a total of 87 incidents reported to the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre compared with 97 for the same period last year, indicating a continuing decline in the number of reported incidents of maritime piracy and armed robbery against ships.  Recording some of the lowest figures seen in the last […]

  • DQS Delivers Vietsovpetro’s VSP01 (Vietnam)

    6 September 2012
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    After 3 months of repairing, on 15th August 2012, Dung Quat Shipyard (DQS) delivered the VSP01 (FSO) for the ship owner Vietsovpetro. This is one of the largest oil storage vessels in Vietnam. The VSP-01 is built in 2000 in Japan, the largest length: Lmax = 262.40 m. The widest Bmax = 46.0 m. Depth […]

  • PSA looks into barrier management on Ivar Aasen

    8 July 2015

    From June 9-11 2015, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of Det norske’s barrier management in the Ivar Aasen development project, located in the Norwegian North Sea. According to the PSA, the objective of the audit was to monitor Det norske’s establishment and implementation of a management system for ensuring compliance […]

  • Yuexin Shipyard Floats Out Two 58.7m AHTS Vessels (China)

    29 June 2012

    On 23rd June 2012, two launching ceremonies of 58.7m AHTS Vessel YX3156 and YX3158 were held at Yuexin shipyard drydock No.2 at the same time. YX3156 is built for a Norwegian ship owner, while YX3158 is built for Martens Marine Private Limited. Both of the two vessels apply the design from KHIAM CHUAN MARINE (KCM). […]

  • Port of Rotterdam: Industrial sector further cuts carbon footprint

    14 April 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Transition, Vision

    The Port of Rotterdam is another step closer to becoming a carbon-neutral port in the future.

  • Finland: Wartsila Wins Pumping Equipment Contract for New FSU

    11 March 2013

    Wartsila’s unmatched ability to supply a complete portfolio of solutions for the marine and offshore industry is again demonstrated with this latest order for a series of pumping systems for Statoil. Wartsila has won a valuable order to supply a series of pumps to be installed on a new floating storage unit (FSU). The FSU […]

  • Death Toll from Tianjin Blasts Reaches 158

    1 September 2015

    The death toll from the Tianjin port explosions has risen to 158 people, with 15 people still unaccounted for, the Associated Press reported citing local authorities. According to Tianjin’s government officials, the casualties were predominantly firefighters, a total of 94, who were rushed to the scene to contain the fires following the blasts, 11 policemen and 53 […]

  • VIDEO: Sea Trials of Tugboat “MB-92” Completed

    29 August 2013

    The yard sea trials of tugboat “MB-92” (building No 503, project PE-65) the first tugboat from the series of four tugboats of project PE -65, built for the Russian Navy has successfully completed. Assignment: towing of vessels and floating objects in harbor areas and open seas performing of escort operations at the speed of 10 […]

  • Death Toll from Tianjin Blasts Reaches 158

    1 September 2015

    The death toll from the Tianjin port explosions has risen to 158 people, with 15 people still unaccounted for, the Associated Press reported citing local authorities. According to Tianjin’s government officials, the casualties were predominantly firefighters, a total of 94, who were rushed to the scene to contain the fires following the blasts, 11 policemen and 53 […]

  • Oil rig sinks in Gulf of Mexico after explosion

    23 April 2010

    An oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico that caught fire after an explosion on Tuesday night has now sunk, the US Coast Guard has said. A search is continuing for 11 missing workers after the blast at the Deepwater Horizon rig. The other workers on the rig, off Louisiana, were evacuated to the US.

  • CHEC Bags Two Indonesian Deals

    13 January 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    CHEC has recently signed two projects in Indonesia consecutively: alumina terminal EPC contract of Well Harvest Winning Alumina Refinery and marine engineering of the coal terminal project of the 1×670MW supercritical coal-fired power station in Bantam. With a contract value of over 50 million US dollars and a construction period of 18 months, the alumina […]

  • Highlights of the Week

    13 December 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (December 7-13).   Mteck Delivers Electric Dredge Crane for Van Oord Mteck BV, a Dutch based builder of custom cranes for dredging and stevedoring industries, has just delivered an electric dredge crane for Paans Van Oord.   PHOTO: Heron Lays […]

  • Chevron Completes Drilling of Relief Well Offshore Nigeria

    19 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    Chevron has sealed and abandoned the shallow water Funiwa 1A natural gas well after completing the drilling of a relief well. The relief well was drilled by the Transocean Baltic rig. Production at the North Apoi field, which had been shut in as a precaution, has also been restored and the field is now producing […]

  • Cochin Shipyard delivers PSV to Liberian client

    10 February 2014

    India’s Cochin Shipyard Limited has delivered a platform supply vessel “Sea Tortuga” to M/s. PSV Holding Inc. Liberia. “Sea Tortuga” is third in a series of four vessels that are being built for the same client. The vessels are of the PSV 05L CD type, and were designed by Vard Group AS, Norway. This is Cochin’s […]

  • Readers’ Picks of the Week (20-24 of Jul)

    26 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    Fire aboard Freedom of the Seas A fire broke out in a mechanical space on board Royal Caribbean’s cruise ship Freedom of the Seas on Wednesday, as it was about to enter Falmouth, Jamaica…. Read more Egypt on High Alert ahead of Suez Canal Inauguration Egyptian authorities have raised the alert level to the maximum […]

  • Scarabeo 5 upgrades DP system

    18 January 2006

    Scarabeo 5 is a semi-submersible rig built by Fincantierri in 1990. The ‘Hot Upgrade’, carried out while Scarabeo 5 was in operation consist of a triple redundant dynamic positioning system and a position mooring system with fire backup (Class 3).