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  • 21 December 2015
    Business & Finance

    The UK-based marine services contractor, Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), has signed a contract with the French geophysical company CGG to provide offshore agency support services for a new oil and gas exploration project in the Barreirinhas Basin, off Brazil.  Inchcape will be providing a range of services for the Barreirinhas project in the equatorial margin of […]

  • 1 April 2010

    Louisiana-based industries supporting the petroleum industry stand to gain under President Barack Obama’s plan to expand offshore drilling. Shipbuilders, offshore structure fabrication companies and offshore transport companies eventually could see increased demand for their supplies and products, said Louisiana State University economist Loren Scott.

  • 5 December 2016
    Business & Finance

    The Australian Maritime Safety Authority’s decision to detain a Hong Kong-flagged container ship which dumped food waste near the Fraser Island in May 2016 was affirmed by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) at a hearing on November 25, 2016. AMSA detained the 4,578 TEU vessel OOCL Le Havre in Brisbane after a Port State Control inspection on […]

  • 29 December 2016
    Business & Finance

    Dubai-headquartered port and terminal operator DP World has increased its stake in Pusan Newport Company Limited (PNC) as it purchased an additional 23.94% stake in the South Korean firm. The share, which was acquired from Samsung Corporation & Subsidiaries, increases DP World’s holding in PNC to 66.03%. The parties did not disclose the terms of the […]

  • 20 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    Supporters of the Alexander Spirit crew have hit the streets again today with a crowd of a couple of hundred strong protesting outside the Caltex-run Kurnell refinery, condemning the company’s treatment of the fuel tanker’s crew and the wider working public, the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) said. In addition to Maritime Union of Australia members, the group […]

  • 10 April 2015

    As the older offshore oil and gas production fields are approaching the end of their useful life, the industry is moving to deeper waters to find replacement fields. Significant ultradeepwater fields in water depth greater than 1,500 metres have been found off the coasts of Brazil, the Gulf of Mexico and West Africa. These fields are […]

  • 17 June 2013

    Turbine Transfers announced that its most advanced vessel, the BMT Nigel Gee (BMT) designed 26m XSS Cymyran Bay will be on display at Seawork later this month. This is another example of Turbine Transfers’ ongoing investment and commitment to maintaining its position as the premier Windfarm Support Vessel operator, with a broad range of state […]

  • 24 February 2016
    Business & Finance

    The President and CEO Anil Sharma of GMS, a cash buyer of ships for recycling, has called on owners and brokers to support sustainable recycling practices and voiced support for the increased and significant investment in South-East Asian yards. Sharma also criticised proponents of total bans on beaching, saying: “It is just as possible to have environmentally […]

  • 19 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Annual Tripartite meeting between shipowners, shipbuilders and classification societies was held in Tokyo on 17 and 18 October 2013. The meeting unanimously welcomed the IMO theme for 2013 of ‘a sustainable maritime transport system’ and its recognition of the three pillars of sustainability; environmental, social and economic. Furthermore, the Tripartite meeting emphasised that safety […]

  • 5 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    Paramarine software has been selected by Mojo Maritime Ltd. to support the design of a new dynamic positioning (DP) offshore construction vessel, the HF4, which will have applications for the tidal energy industry. Mojo Maritime Ltd specialise in marine operations, technical consultancy and project management for the offshore renewable energy sector. The purpose of the […]

  • 8 October 2013

    Following its strongest performance to date in its 16-­year history, Seawork International, the commercial marine exhibition and conference, will encompass more stands, more facilities and more opportunities than ever before, when it opens for its three-­day run on Tuesday 10 June, 2014. With year-­on-­year reservations showing positive growth, exhibition organisers Mercator Media, have taken the […]

  • 2 October 2013

    Oceaneering International, Inc. has commissioned the construction of a subsea support vessel from BAE Systems. Expected delivery of this vessel is by the end of the first quarter of 2016. This vessel will be U.S. flagged and documented with a coastwise endorsement by the U.S. Coast Guard. It will have an overall length of 353 […]

  • 19 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    Huntington Ingalls Industries announced yesterday that its AMSEC LLC subsidiary has been awarded a contract to provide enterprise business process information systems that support the Department of the Navy. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed-price contract contains a one-year base period with two one-year option periods which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of the contract to […]

  • 14 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    International classification society RINA Group has been chosen as the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) partner to support the development of Tasneef, a new classification society for the United Arab Emirates. Emirates Classification – Tasneef has been established in Abu Dhabi and plans to expand with future worldwide offices. Working in partnership with RINA, […]

  • 3 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    Austal Limited has been awarded an engineering services contract to support survivability testing on the U.S. Navy’s Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship. The U.S. Navy awarded Austal USA a USD 6,7 million contract modification for the fabrication and assembly of a live fire test module. The contract is in support of the U.S. Navy’s Independence-variant LCS […]

  • 18 December 2013
    Business & Finance

    Mermaid Maritime Public Company Limited announced that its subsidiary Mermaid Offshore Services Ltd. has been awarded a subsea construction support services contract with a major engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning contractor in Thailand serving a major international upstream oil and gas operator. The contract award has an estimated value of USD 32 million and […]

  • 28 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    The European Union will co-finance with a little over €1 million from the TEN-T Programme a series of studies to help make the liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply for ships a reality on the Spanish Mediterranean coast. The studies, which were selected for funding under the 2012 TEN-T Annual Programme’s priority on new technologies for […]

  • 19 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    The European Union is funding a €1.2 million grant contract, signed between IMO and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) to support training and capacity-building activities aimed at enhancing flag State implementation and port State control in Western and Central Africa, with a view to upgrading the region’s maritime administrations and preparing […]

  • 20 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    Fairmount Marine’s multipurpose support vessel Fairmount Fuji has supported Angolan maritime service provider Octomar Serviços Maritimos in underwater maintenance of the drilling rig Transocean Rather. The Fairmount Fuji hosted and assisted a diving team of Octomar during the six weeks job offshore Angola. The Fairmount Fuji is a multipurpose support vessel with a spacious aft […]

  • 26 December 2012

    Huntington Ingalls Inc., Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Va., is being awarded a $33,734,943 cost-plus-fixed fee contract modification to previously awarded contract (N62793-07-C-0001) for continuation of fiscal year 2013 advance planning efforts to prepare and make ready for the defueling and inactivation of the USS Enterprise (CVN 65). This effort will provide for advanced planning, […]

  • 31 October 2012
    Business & Finance

      The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has been outlining its support for the shipping industry, which is estimated to be worth £5 billion to the UK economy. Sir Alan Massey, Chief Executive of the MCA, has been setting out how the Agency is striving to become the best maritime safety organisation in the world, […]

  • 12 December 2012

    Two years after the co-operation agreement between Wuhan University of Technology (WHUT) and SENER for the use of FORAN, the System is actively and successfully used . Thanks to the agreement, a FORAN Technical Support Center was set up at this university, in October 2010. SENER provided FORAN licenses for educational and research purposes. A […]

  • 8 July 2015

    Queensland stands to benefit from the development of a gas action plan that encourages new exploration and development for the domestic and export markets.

  • 23 February 2015

    The Canadian Gas Association said it supports the Government of Canada intentions to establish new Capital Cost Allowance rates to help support investment in liquefied natural gas facilities in Canada.

  • 14 May 2015

    The Federal Budget has missed the opportunity to support the development of a LNG highway, despite an outstanding election commitment to do so, Gas Energy Australia said.