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  • Additional Projects to Protect Lake Michigan Shoreline

    6 December 2019
    Business & Finance

    The Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) and Chicago Park District are working on additional lakefront stabilization projects, planned in coordination with the Army Corp, that will protect Chicago’s shoreline from Lake Michigan water levels. The joint project will protect Juneway Beach, Rogers Beach and Howard Beach on the far North Side from erosion. It will […]

  • Ontonagon Harbor Dredging Contract Awarded to King Company

    19 December 2018
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, has awarded a contract for maintenance dredging of the Ontonagon Harbor. King Company, Inc. from Holland, Michigan, was awarded a more than $1.1 million contract to dredge the federal channel in the Ontonagon Harbor in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The contractor will remove approximately 132,300 cubic […]

  • Norway: Apply to Deliver Gina Krog Living Quarters

    19 March 2013

    Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) in Korea has awarded the contract for delivery of the Gina Krog (previously Dagny) Living Quarters to Apply. DSME is the topside contractor to Statoil for their Gina Krog field development. The contract includes delivery of a new 6 floor Living Quarters module with an area of 3600 m2, […]

  • Russia: Icebreaking Tug Dobrynya Set into Operation

    19 November 2012

    The leading icebreaking berthing tug Dobrynya, of the TG04M project, build on the FSUE “Rosmorport” order at the Nijegorodskiy Teplohod, OJSC shipbuilding plant, set in operation on November, 15. The project was developed taking into account the enterprise’s requirements and the experience of operating similar tug in difficult conditions of polar regions. Dobrynya – is […]

  • ExxonMobil sees profit rise in second quarter

    27 July 2018
    Business & Finance

    U.S. oil major ExxonMobil on Friday posted its second quarter 2018 earnings of $4 billion compared with $3.4 billion a year earlier.

  • USCG Icebreakers Free Ships as Lake Erie Freezes

    4 January 2018

    USCG cutters freed multiple vessels beset by ice in western Lake Erie and the St. Clair River, on January 3 and 4.

  • Vestas Appoints New Head of Offshore Business, Could Supply Wind Turbines for Kentish Flats (UK)

    20 January 2012

    Danish wind turbine giant has appointed Hans Jörn Rieks as the head of the offshore business, reports Windpower Monthly. Rieks, who had worked for Vestas for 18 years as the president of Vestas Central Europe, will replace Anders Søe Jensen, who lost his job due to the recent company restructuring. Vestas has also been recognized […]

  • First Turbine Up at Kentish Flats Extension

    19 June 2015

    Vattenfall today completed the installation of the first of 15 MHI Vestas V112 3.3MW wind turbines at its extension to Kentish Flats offshore wind farm, 7km off Whitstable and Herne Bay off the Kent Coast. Matthew Green, Vattenfall’s Project Director for the construction of the 49.5MW scheme said: “One up, 14 to go. Vattenfall is […]

  • VULKAN Couplings at MARINTEC 2013

    28 November 2013

    VULKAN Couplings’ focus at the product and service presentation at MARINTEC 2013 in Shanghai shall be on specially integrated drive solutions for suction dredgers and offshore ships. The couplings manufacturer, which has its head office in Herne, Germany, has been supplying drive components for many years, primarily to the high-growth markets in Brazil and China. […]

  • Apply to Deliver Gina Krog Living Quarters (Norway)

    20 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) in Korea has awarded the contract for delivery of the Gina Krog (previously Dagny) Living Quarters to Apply. DSME is the topside contractor to Statoil for their Gina Krog field development. The contract includes delivery of a new 6 floor Living Quarters module with an area of 3600 m2, […]

  • Singapore: Cleanup of Oil Spill after Ships Collide Progresses

    2 July 2013

    Considerable progress has been achieved in containing and cleaning up the oil spill caused by the collision, which happened this morning between ships Oriental Pioneer and Atlantic Hero off Singapore’s Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) informed in an update. MPA further reported that there has been no additional […]

  • Bulgaria: Floating – Museum Vessel Radetzky Arrives at Rousse Shipyard for Repairs

    25 March 2012

    The unique for the Balkans floating – museum “Radetzky” is an exact replica of the Austrian original of the legendary ship with which in the turbulent revolutionary year 1876 arrived the detachment of the Bulgarian revolutionary hero Christo Botev. The Bulgarian replica has been built in 1966 at the Shipyard of Rousse, after a major […]

  • WWII Destroyer USS Strong Wreck Found

    1 March 2019

    Wreckage of World War II destroyer USS Strong (DD 467) was recently discovered resting 300 meters below the surface of Kula Gulf, north of the island of New Georgia, in the Solomon Islands. The expedition crew of Paul G. Allen’s research vessel (R/V) Petrel reported the the discovery of Strong who sunk on July 5, 1943 […]

  • Petrobras books offshore accommodation unit for four-year job

    20 July 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Brazilian energy giant Petrobras has awarded a four-year contract in Brazil to an offshore accommodation unit.

  • Wallenius Wilhelmsen elects new CEO

    29 November 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Human Capital, Outlook & Strategy

    Oslo-headquartered shipping company Wallenius Wilhelmsen has named Lasse Kristoffersen as the new chief executive officer (CEO).

  • Petrobras awards five-year deal to OOS flotel

    23 April 2019
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Dutch offshore services provider OOS International has been awarded a five-year contract for the flotel OOS Tiradentes by Petrobras. The new contract will start in 3Q/4Q of 2019, OOS International said on Tuesday. OOS Tiradentes, named after a national Brazilian hero who fought for independence, has been working in Brazil for Petrobras since its delivery […]

  • UK: Unstable Wind Turbines in Need of Repair

    27 March 2012

    Vattenfall, Swedish wind farm operator, admitted the wind turbines at the Kentish flats wind farm are unstable and need welding work, reported This is Kent. Workers will need to ship a total of 180 steel brackets to the wind farm site, where they will need to weld six plates to the base of each wind […]

  • Singapore: Epic Shipping Announces New CEO

    23 May 2013
    Business & Finance

    Epic Pantheon International Gas Shipping Ltd. announced today that shipping industry veteran Lars Vang Christensen has been appointed Chief Executive Officer. “Lars Christensen is a proven leader in the shipping industry and brings over 30 years of commercial and technical expertise to Epic,” stated Seth Wilson, the Chairman of Epic’s Board of Directors and a […]

  • Everfuel makes new appointment to execute green hydrogen growth strategy

    2 December 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Human Capital, Outlook & Strategy

    Danish green hydrogen provider Everfuel has appointed new deputy chief executive officer (CEO) to expand the management team and drive the execution of the growth strategy. Martin Skov Hansen will assume the new role starting from 1 January 2023 with a special focus on organisation development, HR and maturing key business and internal processes. Jacob Krogsgaard, […]

  • Samsung Orders Martin Linge LQ from Apply AS

    5 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) in Korea has signed a Letter Of Intent with Apply for delivery of the Martin Linge Living Quarters. SHI and Technip consortium is the topside contractor to Total E&P Norge for their Martin Linge field development, located approximately 180 kilometers west of Bergen, Norway, in a water depth of 115 meters. […]

  • USGS Takes Delivery of RV ARCTICUS

    23 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    The oceanographic research and fisheries assessment vessel ARCTICUS, designed by JMS Naval Architects (JMS), has completed its sea trials and was delivered to the U.S. Geological Survey’s Great Lakes Science Center. The ARCTICUS replaces the R/V GRAYLING and becomes the newest member of a 5-vessel fleet owned and operated by the Great Lakes Science Center […]

  • R/V SPENCER F. BAIRD Hauled Out for Repairs

    5 September 2013

    Great Lakes Shipyard has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, an agency of the Department of the Interior, for the five-year drydocking and inspection of the R/V SPENCER F. BAIRD. The Shipyard hauled out the R/V SPENCER F. BAIRD using the 770-ton Marine Travelift. Work includes drydocking, a complete exterior […]

  • Another Drug Bust for HMAS Darwin

    23 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    HMAS Darwin has again intercepted a suspected drug smuggling vessel operating in international waters, seizing 786 kilograms of narcotics with an estimated street value of $30 million. Darwin’s boarding parties boarded the suspicious dhow in the Arabian Sea and spent approximately 23 hours searching for and uncovering the drugs. Darwin’s Commanding Officer, Commander Terry Morrison, […]

  • Vard Snags $133m Contract

    4 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    Vard Holdings Limited (VARD) has secured a contract for the design and construction of one Offshore Construction and Anchor Handling Vessel for Rem Offshore. The vessel will be of VARD 2 06 design, recently developed by Vard Design in Alesund, Norway. Delivery is scheduled from Vard Brattvaag in Norway in 1Q 2016. The hull of […]

  • Pscholka Introduces Bill to Improve Local Harbors (USA)

    7 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    State Rep. Al Pscholka introduced legislation to cut red tape and help local governments fund needed harbor improvements. House Bill 4179 would add dredging to the list of acceptable infrastructure improvements for Tax Increment Finance Authorities (TIFAs). “Outdated government regulations are costing our community jobs and making life more difficult for the people of Southwest […]