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  • Russian Icebreaker Murmansk Hits the Water

    25 March 2015
    Business & Finance

    The 16 MW icebreaker, being built for the Russian Ministry of Transport, was launched at Arctech Helsinki Shipyard on March 25th, 2015. Before floating the vessel, she was given the name Murmansk by breaking of a champagne bottle on the bow of the vessel. The vessel belongs to the series of three new buildings ordered […]

  • Vessel Owners Warned of Dangers of Shipping Indonesian Coal

    28 April 2016
    Business & Finance

    Following a number of recent incidents the mutual insurance company The London P&I Club has issued a warning related to the carriage of Indonesian thermal or ‘steam’ coal. Indonesian coal has a propensity to self-heat and/or emit methane, and if uncontrolled, self-heating can lead to cargo fires, and an accumulation of methane can explode. Cases recently reported to […]

  • VSD LLC awarded $15,050,000 contract

    26 January 2011

    VSD, LLC (VSD) has been awarded a contract from Naval Air Warfare Center, Training Systems Division, Orlando, Fla., to provide the design, fabrication, installation, and testing of the Iraqi navy training systems and the training development and delivery for the 60-Meter Offshore Support Vessel (OSV). Total contract value is $15,050,000 and work is anticipated to […]

  • Sonardyne, MARSS to Showcase NIDAR at Security Essen, Germany

    25 September 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    This year at the 20th annual Security Essen, Sonardyne International Ltd and its subsidiary company Marine and Remote Sensing Solutions (MARSS) Ltd. will be displaying their automated surface and underwater security system in Hall 8 on the European Commission stand. Held in Essen, Germany, the event is the leading world forum for security and fire […]

  • Saudi Ports Authority Takes Delivery of Three RAmparts 3200-W Tugs

    14 August 2012

    Zamil Offshore Services have recently completed the construction of a series of three Robert Allan Ltd. designed RAmparts 3200-W tugs. The RAmparts 3200-W class are powerful ship-handling/terminal support tugs designed act as harbour, escort, pollution control and fire-fighting tugs, and will assist in mooring, unmooring and all maintenance requirements in the ports of the Kingdom […]

  • Finland: Arctech Helsinki Shipyard Splashes Arctic Offshore Vessel NB-506

    2 July 2012

    Arctic offshore vessel NB-506 was launched at Helsinki Shipyard on Saturday 30 June 2012. The hull assembly of sister vessel will start in the beginning of July, after the launch. Arctech is building the vessels for Russian shipping corporation Sovcomflot and they will supply the Arkutun-Dagi oil and gas field in Sakhalin area, in Far […]

  • Steel Cut for SCF’s Icebreaking Supply Vessel

    26 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    The steel for Sovcomflot’s icebreaking multipurpose supply vessel has been cut today, 26th of November 2014 at Vyborg Shipyard. The design, hull assembly, outfitting and commissioning of the vessel will be done by Arctech Helsinki Shipyard. The production start was attended by representatives from Sovcomflot, United Shipbuilding Corporation, Russian Maritime Register of Shipping, Vyborg Shipyard […]

  • USA: Kvichak Marine Delivers Two Anchor Handling Utility Vessels

    21 August 2012

    Kvichak Marine Industries recently delivered two (2) 38’ Anchor Handling utility vessels to Superior Energy Services out of Houston, TX. The all-aluminum vessels are hard-chined monohulls designed by Kvichak in conjunction with Superior and fitted with a forward skeg along with forward and aft push knees, heated decks and windows, then rounded out with subsea […]

  • Wartsila Wins Gas Power Plant Order in Indonesia

    8 March 2012

    Wärtsilä, a leading global supplier of flexible and efficient power plant solutions, said it has been awarded the contract to supply a new, gas-fuelled power plant to Indonesia. When operational, it will serve the regional electricity grid, and will be the first ever gas-fired combustion engine based peaking power plant in Indonesia. The plant is […]

  • New MPMAV Jaya Privilege Secures Long-Term Contract

    14 August 2013

    Leading offshore energy services provider, Jaya Holdings Limited, today announced the long term charter of its first high-specification Multi-Purpose Maintenance and Accommodation Vessel (MPMAV) “Jaya Privilege”. This vessel is one in a range of sophisticated service vessels that Jaya is designing and building for its target markets. Jaya Privilege is expected to be delivered in […]

  • Sempra Q1 Earnings at USD 178 Million (USA)

    2 May 2013

    Sempra Energy reported first-quarter 2013 earnings of $178 million, or $0.72 per diluted share, compared with $236 million, or $0.97 per diluted share, in the first quarter 2012. First-quarter 2013 earnings included a one-time charge for income tax expense of $63 million related to a reorganization in connection with the initial public offering of Sempra […]

  • TransCanada to Build Gas Pipeline in Mexico

    5 November 2012

    TransCanada Corporation said that its Mexican subsidiary, Transportadora de Gas Natural del Noroeste, has been awarded the contract to build, own and operate the El Encino-to-Topolobampo Pipeline (Topolobampo Pipeline) in Mexico by the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE), Mexico’s federal power company. TransCanada expects to invest approximately US$1 billion in the Topolobampo Pipeline project, which […]

  • Scafi Back at Damen for a 32m ASD Tug

    25 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    Damen is to construct a new ASD 3212 tug for Scafi, the Italian shipping group that includes a number of international towing companies. The contract cements their already strong business relationship that goes back 20 years and represents the first Damen ASD 3212 for Italian waters. This is the fifteenth contract between Scafi and Damen. […]

  • Petrofac Selects Ulstein Design for Its New OCV

    20 January 2014

    Sharjah based Petrofac is to build the Petrofac JSD 6000 deepwater derrick lay vessel, a customised ULSTEIN SOC 5000 developed by Dutch design company Ulstein Sea of Solutions. The vessel will be constructed at the ZPMC yard in China and be available for construction and installation activities in early 2017. The dynamically-positioned Petrofac JSD 6000 […]

  • Australia: Origin Energy Starts Production from Otway Gas Project

    29 July 2013

    Origin Energy announced the commencement of production from Otway Gas Project’s newly developed Geographe gas field in Bass Strait following commissioning and testing. Otway Gas Project consists of two offshore gas fields, Geographe and Thylacine, and an onshore gas processing facility near Port Campbell in south-west Victoria. Development of the Geographe gas field, which commenced […]

  • Rolls-Royce tech ordered for German LNG-powered multi-purpose vessels

    31 March 2020
    Vessels

    Rolls-Royce has been contracted to supply the gas-shielded propulsion system for two new LNG-powered multi-purpose vessels being built for the German Federal Waterway and Shipping Administration by Abeking & Rasmussen. 

  • The Netherlands: Naming Ceremony for ‘Offshore Wenduine’ Held in Rotterdam

    3 June 2013
    Operations & Maintenance

    Following alterations to the bow and accommodation at the  Den Breejen shipyard in Hardinxveld-Giessendam, the re-vamped Crew Transfer Vessel “Offshore Wenduine” was renamed at a ceremony at the Koninklijke Roei en Zeilvereeniging “De Maas” in Rotterdam on Wednesday.  Related: The Netherlands: Offshore Wenduine Converts into Multi-Purpose Catamaran Work Boat The Champagne bottle was released onto […]

  • ADB loans $400 million for Tangguh LNG expansion

    19 December 2016

    The Asian Development Bank has agreed to provide a US$400 million loan to support the expansion of Indonesia’s Tangguh LNG production facility.

  • IEA says gas to overtake coal in energy mix by 2030

    13 November 2018

    The Paris-based International Energy Agency (IEA) said natural gas is set to overtake coal as the second-largest fuel in the global energy mix by 2030. 

  • Brazil’s Largest FPU Classed by Bureau Veritas

    22 October 2013

    Petrobras’ P-55 Floating Production Unit (FPU), the largest and the first of this kind entirely built in Brazil, is on its way to the Roncador Field, Campos Basin, where it will be installed in a water depth of 1,790 metres. The unit is classed by Bureau Veritas. BV group companies also provided a wide range […]

  • Research and Markets Releases United Kingdom Power Report

    3 August 2012

    In Britain, the power clock is ticking. Key decisions must be made and new policies implemented. Nuclear is to be a key plank of electricity supply strategy, but does not have public support. Investment in renewables has been rising fast, with wind power the chosen option. Proposed changes to planning rules may help accelerate the […]

  • Shelf Drilling nets new Vietnam contract and Gulf of Suez extension

    7 August 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    UAE-based Shelf Drilling has won a short-term contract for one vessel from its fleet and secured an extension for another one.

  • Sea Shepherd Takes Japanese Whalers to Court

    28 May 2015

    A US-based marine conservation organization Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has filed claims against Japan’s Institute for Cetacean Research (ICR) in the US District Court for the Western District of Washington, seeking a declaration that ICR’s whaling in the Southern Ocean near Antarctica is illegal under international law. Sea Shepherd asked the Court to prohibit future […]

  • Renewable Energy Costs Falling, Report Says

    31 August 2015

    The cost of producing electricity from renewable sources like wind and solar has been falling for several years. The report, Projected Costs of Generating Electricity: 2015 Edition, a joint project by the International Energy Agency and the Nuclear Energy Agency, calculates the cost of producing electricity from different types of new power plants. Compared with […]

  • Statoil hires VIKING for safety equipment maintenance

    28 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Although its safety management offering, called the VIKING Offshore Safety Agreement, was released only last year, marine and fire safety equipment leader VIKING Life-Saving Equipment has already had a number of significant wins. Among these is a newly inked, multi-year servicing contract signed with Norwegian-based oil and gas giant Statoil for the maintenance of marine […]