Saudi Arabia’s dredging operator, Huta Marine recently awarded Dutch system integrator Bakker Sliedrecht with a lifetime extension project for the electrical installation of the CSD Huta 4. According to Bakker Sliedrecht, the aim of the project is to extend the lifetime of the 36-year-old cutter suc
The charter market has found a new lease of life in the recent weeks driven in part by carriers’ poor network planning ahead of the new alliances, according to shipping consultancy Drewry. In recent weeks time charter rates for some of the biggest available ships doubled since the start of the year.
Gulf Marine Services (GMS), a provider of self-propelled self-elevating support vessels (SESVs) serving the offshore oil, gas and renewable energy sectors, has been awarded a contract in the Middle East. According to the company’s statement on Monday, the short-term contract for one of its small cla
Global testing company Exova has been awarded a contract with McDermott to deliver a range of testing services for offshore oil & gas fabrication projects. Exova said on Thursday that it would be working from its Abu Dhabi laboratory, with support from Al Futtaim Exova Metallurgy in Dubai. The compa
The containership UMM Salal which ran aground off Malaysian Port Klang on April 6 was successfully refloated on April 7, United Arab Shipping Company (UASC), the vessel’s owner, told World Maritime News in a statement. The grounding occurred while the 13,500 TEU boxship was sailing from Port Klang t
Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from April 3 – 9, 2017.
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (April 3-9, 2017). Kingston Harbor Dredging Project Half Way Done The Kingston Harbor dredging scheme, undertaken by concessionaire Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited (KFTL), is now 50% complete, according to the
Amec Foster Wheeler has been awarded a global framework contract by BP to provide engineering, procurement support and project management services for pre-FEED (front end engineering and design) and FEED work across a range of projects. The award will allow Amec Foster Wheeler to deliver large, comp
The marine energy industry has a role to play in the EU electricity supply by 2050. This requires advancement in the certification and verification of technologies in order to access commercial funding.
CMA CGM, COSCO Container Lines, Evergreen Line and Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) launched the forty new services through the OCEAN Alliance on Saturday, April 1. The OCEAN Alliance comprises a total of 323 ships with an estimated total carrying capacity of over 3 million TEUs, and will run f
2017 should be a year of small profits for most container carriers but there will be very little room for error, according to shipping consultancy Drewry. The short-term outlook for the container shipping lines looks good as the worst seems to have passed, Drewry said. Drewry initially expected indu
Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from March 27 until April 2, 2017.
Our new Dredging Vessels Directory was introduced today at the International Association of Dredging Companies’ (IADC) International Seminar on Dredging and Reclamation in Abu Dhabi. The new directory, which will provide the dredging industry with a compact useful overview of operating cutter suctio
Van Oord’s new trailing suction hopper dredger, the Vox Amalia, has been successfully launched at the LaNaval shipyard in Bilbao, Spain. This vessel is the first of two new midsize hopper dredgers being built for the Dutch company. According to Gerard Alkema, Project Manager Plant Design & Construct
