Business & Finance
Happy Dragon Sails-Away with 8 Manifolds for Goliat Project in Norway
Aker Solutions has successfully completed the manufacturing and subsequent load-out of eight subsea manifolds and six riser bases for Eni Norge’s Goliat project in the Barents Sea. On Tuesday 27 March the load-out commenced. This weekend, the heavy lift vessel Happy Dragon will sail away with her gi
Germany: Eckelmann AG to Develop ‘E-Power Barge’
Eckelmann Group and TUI Cruises have signed a declaration of intent to provide power supply that will conserve energy and reduce emissions during lay times of ships of the TUI Cruises fleet in Hamburg. The scheme provides for electric power to be generated on board a floating power station, or so-ca
Norway: Kleven Maritime Delivers LNG Powered OSV ‘Viking Prince’
Kleven Maritime delivered the LNG powered offshore supply vessel Viking Prince to Eidesvik Offshore on 30 March. ‘It is a great pleasure to deliver this advanced, environmentally friendly vessel to a ship owner that has a proven track record of taking every aspect of their environmental foot print v
Happy Dragon Ships 8 Manifolds to Goliat Field Offshore Norway
Aker Solutions has successfully completed the manufacturing and subsequent load-out of eight subsea manifolds and six riser bases for Eni Norge’s Goliat project in the Barents Sea. On Tuesday 27 March the load-out commenced. This weekend, the heavy lift vessel Happy Dragon will sail away with her gi
France: SHOM Invites Tenders for Supply of Underwater Sonar Equipment
Service hydrographique et océanographique de la marine (SHOM) has announced an invitation for tenders for underwater sonar equipment. Sonar is a technique that uses sound propagation to navigate, communicate with or detect objects on or under the surface of the water. In this case the invitation is
UK Based Rolls-Royce to Provide Design and Equipment for Two Farstad’s AHTS Vessels
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has secured a £50 million order to design and equip two advanced offshore anchor handling vessels for Norwegian ship owner Farstad Shipping. The UT 731 CD vessels are designed and equipped to handle anchors for oil rigs, tow rigs to location and also se
Croatia: Brodosplit Launches Handy Bulk Carrier Built for Jadroplov Shipping
On March 30th 2012, Hull 470 was launched at Brodosplit Shipyard in Split, Croatia. The launched ship is HANDY BULK carrier type, with a capacity of 51.900 tons and was contracted for domestic shipping company Jadroplov. The contracted ship is being built under Common structural rules, brought by IA
Norway: DNV to Acquire Bergen Based IT Company COEX AS
DNV Navigator TM facilitates compliance with the requirements of charterers and port authorities and is often referred to as the “Captain’s Best Friend”. Industry feedback indicates a considerable efficiency gain with DNV Navigator on board, and as much as a 90% reduction in paperwork for certain po
Greece: Navios Holdings Receives New Addition in Its Fleet
Navios Maritime Holdings Inc., announced that the Navios Centaurus, a new building Kamsarmax vessel of 81,472 dwt, was delivered today from a South Korean shipyard to Navios Holdings’ owned fleet. The vessel is chartered-out for 2 years at a net rate of $12,825 per day. It is anticipated that the Na
Norway: Statoil Recognises Transocean and Island Offshore for Their Well Done Work
The Transocean Leader unit from Transocean and Island Offshore’s light well intervention vessel Island Frontier have been named by Statoil as its rig and intervention team of 2011 respectively. “These two winners have achieved outstanding results,” Margareth Øvrum, executive vice president for Techn
Denmark: Nordic Tankers Divests Its Chemical Tanker Activities
Global weakening of the shipping market has prompted a Danish shipping firm, Nordic Tankers to opt for selling of its chemical tanker activities to European investment concern Triton, for a $30 mill. It is sad that the new owner will take over the management organisation as well, but continue operat
UK: Aquaterra Undertakes Research Programme with Cambridge University
Aquaterra is undertaking a Knowledge Transfer Secondment (KTS) scheme with the Computational Structural Mechanics Lab led by Dr Fehmi Cirak at the Cambridge University Engineering Department to assist with the development of their analysis services. Aquaterra Energy opened a Cambridge office in Dece
UK’s Rolls-Royce to Design & Equip Farstad’s AHTS Vessels
UK’s Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has secured a £50 million order to design and equip two advanced offshore anchor handling vessels for Norwegian ship owner Farstad Shipping. The UT 731 CD vessels are designed and equipped to handle anchors for oil rigs, tow rigs to location and al
First Vessel in New BBC Euro-Asia Express Line Berth at Sud West Terminal, Germany
On 26 March 2012, the BBC KARAN was the first vessel in the new Europe-Asia service of the multi-purpose and heavy-lift cargo shipping company BBC Chartering to berth at C. Steinweg (Süd West Terminal) in the Port of Hamburg. In Hamburg, the new “BBC Euro-Asia Express Line” service will be offering