On 24 October, Qatargas delivered the first cargo of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) to China National Offshore Oil Corporation’s (CNOOC) Zhuhai LNG terminal located in the Guangdong province. The cargo arrived aboard the Q-Flex LNG vessel Al-Gattara and will be used to commission the latest addition to
Port of Salalah responded to a fire onboard a fishing vessel BAEK YUNG 29 that occurred at approximately 0300 on 28 October, 2013 while berthed at the port. The port authority has responded with all possible assistance in firefighting on both land and sea, via fire trucks and specialized firefightin
DP World Limited handled 14.2 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) across its global portfolio of container terminals in the third quarter of 2013, with gross container volumes growing by 2.4% on a like-for-like (1) basis. This was driven largely by an improved performance from its Asia Pacifi
The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) announced that it has received on Tuesday, October 29 a new vessel specialized in general cargo with a size of 26,000 DWT. The ship was named Bahri Jazan and it was built by Hyundai MIPO in South Korea. This is the fourth vessel delivered from th
On the 23rd of October, 2013 the ‘Sea Hotel’ was named by sponsor lady Mrs. Marieke Regoor. This Name giving Ceremony took place at the Dubai Festival City Marina in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. Seacontractors and Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld look back on a festive event of this new Shoalbuster t
The Dubai Maritime City Authority (DMCA) has hosted a coordinative and consultative meeting among concerned government departments, officials of the Cruise Ship Emergency Response Task Force Team, representatives of cruise organizers and cruise lines, and various other private and public sector mari
Drydocks World & Maritime World, the well-established international service provider to the maritime, oil & gas and offshore energy sector, announced yesterday that Chairman His Excellency Khamis Juma Buamim has accepted an invitation to chair the DNV Offshore Technical Committee. H.E Buamim met Mr.
Subsea 7 Wins Two Contracts from Petrobras Offshore Brazil Subsea 7 S.A. announced the award of two contracts with a combined value (at the time of contract signature) in excess of US$600 million from Petrobras. DeepOcean Charters New Build SURF Installation Vessel DeepOcean AS, a subsidiary of Deep
ASL Shipyard Launches Dredger “Cassiopeia V” (Singapore) On Monday the 7th of October 2013, the cutter suction dredger Cassiopeia V, was successfully launched by ASL Shipyard in Singapore for Penta-Ocean Construction Co. Ltd from Japan. VOSTA LMG is responsible for delivery of the engineering and th
Petrofac, the international oilfield service provider, has announced a contract extension from South Oil Company (SOC) for its Iraq Crude Oil Expansion Project. The 12-month extension, worth around US$99 million includes the second phase of the project and will see the Company provide an additional
Seafarers feel they spend too much time on tasks they consider to be an administrative burden according to the findings of a study by the Danish Maritime Authority, supported by InterManager, the international trade association for ship and crew managers. A comprehensive survey of international seaf
Cygnus Instruments Ltd enjoyed a good response at the Seatrade Middle East Workboats & Offshore Marine event in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. Co-exhibiting with Unique System FZE, their long standing distributor, Cygnus demonstrated a range of ultrasonic thickness gauges that use the Cygnus Multiple Echo techni
IMO’s Working Group on the Evaluation of Safety and Pollution Hazards of Chemicals (ESPH 19), meeting at IMO Headquarters from 21 to 25 October, has agreed to classify high-viscosity PIB (Polyisobutylene) as category X for carriage by ship, thereby prohibiting the discharge of cargo residues into th
Kuwait Coastal & Marine Engineering Conference and Exhibition (4-5 Dec. 2013, Hilton Kuwait Resort) will be the most comprehensive and in-depth supply of technical and practical insight into the planning, design, development and maintenance of coasts, ports and marine structures, the officials annou
