ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd (ABPmer) has appointed David Finch, a coastal and estuarine dynamics specialist, to extend its support to the coastal management and waterside development sectors. David has over 26 years’ experience in the construction, calibration and application of hydrodynam
Italian shipbuilding conglomerate Fincantieri has signed a number of framework agreements with Iranian counterparts during an official visit of an Iranian delegation to Italy. Fincantieri said that these were preliminary understandings pending reaching of several contracts worth hundred million euro
Western Dredging Association (WEDA) is gearing up for the 21st World Dredging Congress and Exposition (WODCON XXI) that will take place in Miami this June. Considered the most important and anticipated event for dredging professionals worldwide, WODCON is the only global event dedicated exclusively
Lamprell Energy Limited has signed an MOU with the national oil company of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Saudi Aramco, the National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) and Hyundai Heavy Industries to form a partnership collaboration on establishing a maritime complex in Saudi Arabia. The intended
LNG Floating Storage and Regasification unit (FSRU) BW Singapore has carried out more than ten ship-to-ship (STS) operations and has sent out between 500-600 mmscf/d of natural gas on a daily basis since October 2015. The FSRU, operated by maritime transportation company BW Group, was hired by the E
Lamprell has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Saudi Aramco, the national oil company of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) and Hyundai Heavy Industries in connection with a potential partnership collaboration on establishing a maritime c
Following the sanctions lifting against Iran on Friday, Japan plans to extend its deal on crude oil purchase from Iran until April 2017, National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) said. Japan also intends to increase the amount of crude oil from the current level of 110,000 barrels per day, however the exa
The lower fuel price may not be such a blessing for containership owners after all, especially with relation to slow-steaming which was originally introduced as a way to deploy more ships without increasing capacity on the strings. Nevertheless, despite lower bunker costs that have been warmly welco
Damen Shipyards Sharjah (DSS) has celebrated its anniversary with a total of 13 vessels being dry-docked simultaneously. The yard, officially opened in January 2014, in 2015 DSS delivered eight newbuilds, carried out two complex conversions and dry-docked 165 vessels from all the major operators in
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (January 18-24). Maryport’s Harbor Dredging Project Starts Next Month Van Oord, a Dutch dredging company, has won the Maryport’s harbor dredging contract. Chinese Duo Wins Major Port Deal in Algeria Two Chinese
Iranian crude oil transporter the National Iranian Tanker Co (NITC) is planning to publicly list the company’s shares in an effort to raise cash to ready for a comeback to the global market following sanctions lifting. The information was disclosed to Reuters by Nasrollah Sardashti, NITC’s commercia
This year’s global containership capacity is expected to grow at a pace of only 4.6%, the lowest ever recorded for the global containership fleet, according to Alphaliner. Falling below the previously smallest year-on-year increase of 5.5%, recorded in 2009, this year will register well below the av
Global shipping giant Maersk Line and Middle Eastern petrochemical company Borouge have signed a Carbon Pact in an effort to further reduce the carbon footprint. The deal, inked as part of the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, will also enable the Middle Eastern plastics producer to deliver its product
Global port operator DP World and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) have launched a new joint venture company targeting ports, transportation and logistics infrastructure in Russia. The two parties signed a document determining the key terms and principles of the joint venture in which DP Wo
