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Delegates from 13 Caribbean countries and the United Kingdom convened yesterday for a week-long seminar and workshop to discuss implementation of safety measures for fishing vessel personnel. The workshop is the last of nine organised by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) as it seeks to g
Olli Isotalo (47) has been appointed President of Cargotec
SINGAPORE: ExxonMobil has awarded four engineering design contracts for a possible second world-scale steam-cracking complex in Singapore. The complex is to be located at the company’s existing refining and chemical site at Jurong Island. All the four contracts concern the design of different stages
Statoil has taken charge of the first commissioned system for the Hammerfest LNG plant at Melk
Ahead of this years Posidonia 2006 event in Athens, Greece, Transas Ltd – the world
Mitsubishi Motors and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have agreed on a joint development project for a new generation diesel engine to be used in cars exported to Europe. After the agreement is finalized, development will begin in earnest with a target of beginning mass production in 2010. Demand for di
The Valencia Louis Vuitton Act 12 begins on Thursday and this is the final competition for the year. It will also be the final time Alinghi will compete against the challengers in a match race before the America
THE system that has set prices in the world’s shipping markets for more than 150 years faces a serious blow as Japan’s competition watchdog plans to ask for shipping lines to lose their exemption from some anti-cartel rules. If Japan’s Transport Ministry approves the request from the Japan Fair Trad
SOCO is an international oil and gas exploration and production company, headquartered in London traded on the London Stock Exchange and a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. The Company has interests in Vietnam, Yemen, Thailand and the Republic of Congo with production operations in Yemen. SOCO anno
ABG Shipyard (Q, N,C,F)* has received an order for construction of 1 No. Anchor Handling tug – 80 ton Bollard Pull for offshore applications, at a price of USD 10.55 million from Lamnalco, Cyprus, with delivery by August 17, 2008. In INR, this amounts to approximately 480 million. The aggregate of t
Iranian shipbuilder Sadra said on Sunday it would build 10 ships for Belgium’s Exmar to export Iranian liquefied natural gas (LNG) although Iran’s efforts to produce the fuel are deadlocked. Exmar was not immediately available to comment on its investment. There was also no mention of what contingen
The inventory of Pakistan Navy is being strengthened to give it
Officials Sunday said that hot weather caused the 10,500 ton Sun Island ship to get hung up during its launch at the Bach Dang shipyard in northern Hai Phong city. The freighter, which is 110m long and 18.8m wide, was designed by Japanese Wada Bussan Company and built under a contract inked with Jap
