Rolls-Royce, a world-leading provider of power systems and services for use on land, at sea and in the air, is the driving force behind a new submarines era which began today with the launch of HMS Astute, the first new Royal Navy submarine to feature the Rolls-Royce long-life nuclear core.
Subsea 7’s newbuild deepwater pipelay, the Seven Seas, was launched successfully at Merwede shipyard, nr Rotterdam, The Netherlands, on Friday the 1st of June. The Seven Seas will have the ability to perform a wide variety of offshore and subsea operations in addition to its main pipelay role.
The Spanish research vessel ‘Miguel Oliver’ has just been commissioned and was delivered to the customer during the first week of May. Built by Asilleros M. Cies in Vigo for Secretaria General Pesca Maritima, the vessel will belong to the Spanish Fishery Ministry.
The acceptance certificate of the third tanker for the shipping company Pietro Barbaro S.A. (Italy) was signed at Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard, MNP Group. The contract for construction of two tankers was concluded in August, 2005. Recently the yard has signed the contract with Pietro Barbaro S.A. for c
Sky Petroleum, Inc. (OTCBB:SKPI), an oil and gas exploration company, is pleased to announce that Crescent Petroleum Company International Limited (“Crescent”), the operator of the Mubarak Field, has informed the company that mobilization of the Rani Woro drilling rig to the platform has been comple
On the 11th of May 2007, THT-Powertium and Damen Shipyards Gorinchem signed a contract for the construction and delivery of two Damen Fast Crew Suppliers, FCS 3307.
On the 31st of May 2007, Smit and Damen Shipyards Gorinchem signed a contract for four Damen ASD Tugs 3213, a new type of offshore terminal tug, recently developed by Damen. The delivery of the first two vessels is scheduled for mid July 2009 and the remaining two will follow in December of the same
Cargotec’s MacGREGOR business area providing marine cargo handling solutions has received an order for 8 heavy-lift ship cranes and 8 standard ship cranes from Chinese shipyard COSCO Dalian. In addition, MacGREGOR will deliver design and key components for folding and lift-away hatch covers ordered
The world’s first turbine to create commercial amounts of electricity from tidal energy is to be installed in Northern Ireland. Marine Current Turbines (MCT) said the installation of its SeaGen commercial energy system at the mouth of Strangford Lough would begin in August.
Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has got a letter of intent (LoI) from ENOC Processing Company (EPCL), Dubai, UAE, for the mechanical erection work of the new process plants of their naphtha hydro-treated reformer project. The estimated value of the contract is $51 million.
The Norfolk-based amphibious ship Carter Hall fired on pirates off the coast of Somalia as they overtook a Danish cargo ship, a Navy official said Wednesday. The Carter Hall fired several warning shots over the Danish vessel Danica White on Saturday and then destroyed three skiffs used by the pirate
First order received from Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri S.p.A. Gouda, The Netherlands – Imtech (technical services provider in Europe) announces that it has recently been commissioned by ship owners and shipyards in amongst others, The Netherlands, Germany, Italy and China to provide luxury yacht
Frontline Ltd. (the ‘Company’ or ‘Frontline’) has on June 6, 2007 sold its entire holding of 25,500,000 shares in Sea Production Ltd. (‘Sea Production’) for a net price of NOK 15.75 per share, equal to approximately $67 million. The sale of the shares is in line with Frontlines strategy to remain a
Scotland’s fishing leaders will hold their first formal talks with the new fisheries minister, Richard Lochhead. Fishermen welcomed moves to involve them more closely with government.
