Marsol International Ltd, a Dubai-based marine solutions provider focused on the offshore oil terminal market and related infrastructure, has announced the registration of its new subsidiary, Marsol Oil & Gas Services LLC. The subsidiary will be operated from a new office facility in the Port of Fuj
Dutch-headquartered container terminal operator APM Terminals, part of Maersk Group, opened a new terminal facility at Port of Rotterdam’s Maasvlakte II, hailed as world’s first fully-automated, zero emissions container terminal. The 86 hectare (212 acre) deep-water terminal features 1,000 meters of
BIRD Energy has issued a new call for proposals for collaborative US – Israel renewable energy and energy efficiency projects. To be considered, a project proposal must include R&D cooperation between two companies or cooperation between a company and a university/research institution (one from the
National Drilling Company (NDC), Abu Dhabi, has exercised one of its existing options and awarded a contract to Lamprell for the construction and delivery of a high specification jack-up drilling rig. Lamprell has previously been awarded contracts by NDC for a series of eight rigs and this ninth rig
Saudi Global Ports (SGP), a joint venture company formed between Public Investment Fund (PIF) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and PSA International, started earlier this month its commercial operations at the container terminal in the King Abdul Aziz Port in Dammam. On 23 April 2015, SGP handled the
Saudi Global Ports (SGP), a joint-venture company formed between the Public Investment Fund (PIF) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Singapore-based port and terminal operator PSA International (PSA), started its commercial operations this month at the second container terminal in the King Abdul Azi
The Hong Kong-headquartered COSCO Pacific handled 16.5 million TEUs throughout its container terminals in the first quarter of 2015, a 6.6% increase compared to 15.5 million TEUs the ports and terminals arm of the COSCO Group handled in the first three months of 2014. The improved throughput transla
Qatar Navigation (Milaha) Q.S.C. is off to a strong start based on its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2015. Milaha’s operating revenues reached QR 786 million against QR 699 million for the same period in 2014, an increase of 12% quarter over quarter. The company’s operating
Malaysia’s Carimin Engineering has entered into collaboration agreements (COA) with Makamin Offshore Saudi Ltd. (MOS) and Petro Allied International (PAI). Carimin Engineering has experience and expertise on Hook-up and commissioning (HUC), topside major maintenance (TMM), subsea services, marine ve
Dubai-headquartered terminal owner and operator DP World Limited handled 15 million TEUs throughout its container terminals in the first quarter of 2015, with gross container volumes growing by 4.4% compared to the same period in 2014. The consolidated terminals, those where DP World has control as
Some shippers want faster services but they would probably be better served demanding better reliability first as carriers are too far down the slow streaming road to change course now and would require heavy persuasion even to consider introducing faster options, according to the UK-based Drewry Sh
Carimin Petroleum Berhad’s subsidiary, Carimin Engineering, has on April 24, 2015 entered into collaboration agreements with Makamin Offshore Saudi Ltd. Company (MOS) and Petro Allied International (PAI). The companies entered the collaboration agreement in order to combine their resources and exper
Video: NASSCO Launches World’s First LNG-Powered Container Ship The US shipbuilder General Dynamics NASSCO christened and launched the world’s first container ship powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) at its shipyard…. Read more Susan Maersk Runs Aground in Suez Canal Danish-flagged containership
This week’s Highlights bring you very interesting stories from Van Oord, DEME, Liebherr and Croatian shipbuilder Uljanik, news stories that were the most read on Dredging Today this week. Without further ado, here are the news that marked this week in dredging industry: Exceptional Year for Va
