This year’s edition of the Central Dredging Association’s signature series of conferences the CEDA Dredging Days, will provide an unparalleled opportunity to catch up with the latest technological developments in the field and in the region’s vibrant dredging market. Learn and discuss The conference
ClassNK has announced that on 1 October 2012, 3 new overseas survey offices have opened, bringing the total number of ClassNK’s overseas survey offices over the milestone of a 100 locations. Newly established offices locations are the following: – Doha (Qatar) – Muscat (Oman) – Lianyungang (China) W
The Ministry of Transportation’s Ports and Maritime Affairs (PMA) conducted a three-day sub-regional training workshop in partnership with the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), which provided an excellent platform for Port Facility Security Officers (PFSO) and maritime professionals to lear
The International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Fishing Vessel Personnel, 1995 (STCW-F 1995) enters into force on 29 September 2012. The STCW-F Convention sets the certification and minimum training requirements for crews of seagoing fishing vessels of 24 me
The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (BAHRI) announces that its 80% owned subsidiary company The National Chemical Carriers Ltd. Co. (NCC) received on Friday, 28th September 2012 in Korea a new chemical tanker named NCC REEM with DWT of 45,000 tons from SHINAsb (previously SLS) of South Kor
Saipem, an international company with strong bias towards oil and gas related activities, announces that it has been awarded new offshore drilling contracts. The company has been awarded by NDC a contract for the charter of Perro Negro 3 for drilling activities offshore Abu Dhabi, for a period of 36
China Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group Holdings Limited, a large heavy industries group in China, has delivered, today, one 380,000 DWT class Very Large Ore Carrier (“VLOC”) to each of Vale S.A. (“Vale”) and Oman Shipping Company S.A.O.C., with a combined tonnage of nearly 800,000 DWT, marking a new
Today (27 September 2012) marks the 35th celebration of World Maritime Day. This year’s theme is: “IMO: One hundred years after the Titanic”, a theme chosen by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to reflect on the safety of passenger shipping today, and into the future, on the centenary an
Dolphin Geophysical using its High Capacity 3D vessel, the Polar Duke is acquiring a new, long offset high resolution Multi-Client 3D seismic survey in the Levantine Basin offshore Lebanon. This project is in cooperation with Spectrum who has an exclusive contract with the Ministry of Energy and Wat
Dolphin Geophysical using its High Capacity 3D vessel, the Polar Duke is acquiring a new, long offset high resolution Multi-Client 3D seismic survey in the Levantine Basin offshore Lebanon. This project is in cooperation with Spectrum who has an exclusive contract with the Ministry of Energy and Wat
Managing-Director of the National Iranian Offshore Oil Company (NIOOC) Mahmoud Zirakchianzadeh announces that his company is conducting negotiations over several deals worth 14 billion dollars. Zirakchianzadeh told Shana that the technical and financial aspects of the contracts had been finalized an
Rickmers-Linie’s 19,100dwt Baltic Winter has recently completed the transportation of three LPG storage tanks, each weighing 475 tons, from Kuantan in Malaysia to Shuaiba in Kuwait. Fabricated by KNM Process System Sdn Bhd, part of the global KNM Group, the tanks were destined for the new Kuwait Oil
N-KOM is on track to service over 30 LNG carriers this year, having completed the drydocking and repairs for 18 such vessels thus far. Recent deliveries made include OSG Shipmanagement’s 107,514dwt Tembek, “K”-Line LNG Shipping’s 122,079dwt Al Oraiq and Pronav Shipmanagement’s 121,504dwt Al Ruwais.
Van Oord has been awarded the beach profiling work on Palm Jumeirah island in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The contract value amounts to more than EUR 20 million. The project consists of applying sand on the eastern and western edges of the Palm Jumeirah’s trunk as well as re-profiling various beach
