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  • Development of Mongla Port Underway (Bangladesh)

    21 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The Mongla Port Authority has adopted a master plan for the development of the country’s second largest port that will be implemented within the 2021 strategy, according to the government’s announcement. The officials said that the authorities have already undertaken a scheme to rebuild No-2 and No-4 jetties of Mongla Port which have been lying incomplete […]

  • ABPmer rolls out NW Europe tide and surge database

    17 March 2017
    Business & Finance, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    ABPmer has developed tide and surge model, and related database, for the North West Europe.

  • UK: ABPmer to Present Its Paper at All-Energy

    13 March 2013

    ABPmer will be presenting a paper at All-Energy, titled “Enhancing the Atlas of UK Marine Renewable Energy Resources”. The government sponsored UK Marine Renewables Atlas, first published in 2004 and updated in 2007, remains the most recognised and widely used source of resource information for the marine renewable community in the UK, averaging 125 separate […]

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Update: Alu Marine’s New Futuristic Passenger Boat Delivered

    5 June 2013

    Alu Marine shipyard recently launched a new futuristic passenger boat for the city of Calais. The 20 meters long and 6 meters wide shuttle boat arrived at the city of Calais in North of France by exceptional convoy on May 29th. This new futuristic vessel with design inspired by the most advanced tramway projects, was designed […]

  • 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 […]

  • New Investments in Bayfield Harbor

    17 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    Ben Lobb, Member of Parliament for Huron-Bruce, announced yesterday that the Government of Canada will invest in a harbor improvement project at Bayfield Harbor, a development scheme that will provide a safer and more efficient working environment for local fishermen and harbor users. At the Bayfield Harbor this year, work will include the rehabilitation of the […]

  • Public Consultation on Wind Turbine Factory in Hull Starts Today (UK)

    12 January 2012

    Public consultation on the proposed Hull wind turbine factory started today, BBC reports. Future factory could provide around 700 working places. The Green Port Hull facility will be sited in the Alexandra Dock area of the city, with Siemens investing £80m and ABP £130m in the port infrastructure. German engineering conglomerate Siemens has selected the […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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).

  • Thailand Joins Container Monitoring Programme

    21 January 2015

    Thailand became the first country in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to formally join the UNODC-WCO Container Control Programme.  The Global Container Control Programme is a joint initiative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the World Customs Organisation (WCO). Launched in 2004 in response to the organised crime […]

  • Apply Building LQs for Gina Krog Field (Norway)

    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 in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. The contract includes delivery of a new 6 floor Living […]

  • Keel laying ceremony held for Teekay’s east Canada-bound shuttle tanker

    24 February 2017

    Teekay, a marine energy transportation, storage, and production company, held a keel laying ceremony for its first shuttle tanker newbuild bound for the East Canada Coast. Teekay said on Thursday that the ceremony was held on February 15 at the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in South Korea. This milestone marks the end of the block building […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]