Japan Drilling has found work for another jack-up rig with the North Oil Company on the giant Al Shaheen oil field offshore Qatar. This will be a second rig deal awarded to Japan Drilling on the Al Shaheen field after the Hakuryu 12 jack-up was awarded a two-year firm deal with the NOC in early June
Bahri Data, one of the six business units within Bahri, has signed a contract with classification society DNV GL to co-develop and jointly leverage their Big Data capabilities for safety, quality and compliance innovation. As part of the partnership, data scientists from Bahri Data and Veracity, DNV
The day one of our first Dredging Today Conference, taking place at Amsterdam RAI Convention Center under the theme ‘Changing Climate, Resilient Business’, is now behind us. The two-day event, opened by Femke Perlot-Hoogeveen, the Conference Manager, has gathered expert speakers and panelists to dis
Oman Shipping Company (OSC) intends to increase share in the transport market for aggregates and acquire up to ten bulk carriers for that purpose, Tarik Mohammed Al Junaidi, CEO of Oman Shipping Company was cited by the Times of Oman as saying. As explained, the move comes due to a significant growt
Our first Dredging Today Conference (DTC) is starting today at Amsterdam RAI Convention Center, under the theme ‘Changing Climate, Resilient Business’. The two-day event, collocated with the Offshore Energy and Exhibition Conference (OEEC), will gather expert conference speakers and panelists to dis
Browsing through the latest global dredging news has just become a whole lot easier. From today the new mobile version of DredgingToday.com is live. Anne Visser, Business Unit Manager at Navingo, comments: “The use of mobile devices to access DredgingToday.com is increasing, therefore we are pleased
National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) and the Dutch firm Koninklijke Bunge B.V. (Bunge) have launched its joint venture BahriBunge Dry Bulk Ltd. with the inauguration of the JV’s offices in Dubai, UAE. The move comes on the back of a joint venture agreement signed between Bunge and Bahri
Gazprom’s subsidiary, Gazprom Neft has signed a memorandum of cooperation with Saudi Aramco, the national oil company of Saudi Arabia, to extend their partnership in oil and gas industry. Gazprom said on Thursday that the cooperation between the two companies envisaged collaboration in various areas
Port developer and operator Abu Dhabi Ports ordered three new tugboats during the Seatrade Offshore Marine & Workboats Middle East 2017 (SOMWE) held in Abu Dhabi from September 25 to 27. The new tugs are said to be equipped with “the latest technology with a bollard pull power of 30 tons”. They will
International Energy Agency (IEA) has released its medium-term renewables market report which predicts 43% increase in renewable energy capacity in the next five years.
Our first Dredging Today Conference (DTC) is set to take place next week, on October 9-10th at Amsterdam RAI Convention Center, under the theme ‘Changing Climate, Resilient Business’. There’s still time to register for the conference and join representatives from companies like; Jan De Nul | Myanmar
UAE’s Drydocks World has signed an agreement for two new projects with Bluewater Energy Services and end client Hurricane Energy. The ship repair and construction company said on Wednesday that the yard would undertake a repair, life extension, and upgrade project on floating production storage and
Maqta Gateway, Abu Dhabi Ports’ digital platform which aims to digitalize trade and streamline the exchange of information, was officially inaugurated in Abu Dhabi on October 3. The platform offers ports, exporters, importers, shipping lines, customs and government agencies a single point of contact
Damen Shipyards Group has delivered a Multi Cat 1908 to Murjan Al-Sharq Marine Services. Adding shallow-water dredging capacity to the abilities of this already multi-faceted platform, Damen has fitted the vessel out with a Damen DOP Submersible Dredge Pump 250. Murjan Al-Sharq Marine Services is ba
