The heaviest single piece of machinery handled at Mina Musaffah has been unloaded at the port. The German heavy-lift ship, Lone, delivered two HP Absorbers from Italy weighing 1342 and 1275 metric tonnes, respectively. The cargo will be delivered to Abu Dhabi Gas Development Company (Al Hosn Gas). M
Noble Energy, an independent energy company engaged in worldwide oil and gas exploration and production, has informed its partners, Delek Group, that on June 23, 2012, development of Noa North field offshore Israel was completed and gas began to flow from it. Development of the Noa field, located of
Renaissance subsidiary, Topaz Marine Engineering, a UAE-based full service ship building, ship repair and engineering services company, confirms it has been commissioned by the Government of Sharjah’s Royal Court (Al Diwan Al Amiri) to build and deliver one Catamaran passenger ferry boat. With a foc
An LNG Tanker LNG Aries has been attacked by pirates on Wednesday off the coast of Oman, Reuters informs citing International Maritime Bureau. Namely, a small dhow manned by 5-6 persons crew, armed with guns and rocket propelled grenades approached the tanker and opened fire. Three shots appear to h
Since 2007, 3500 seafarers have been held captive by pirates operating out of Somalia and 62 have lost their lives, more than 200 seafarers are still being held, often beaten and tortured, with no contact with their loved ones, while hundreds of seafarers are preparing to sail through waters where t
Drydocks World, the established international player in ship repair, conversion and new building, announced today that beginning of construction of DolWin beta, the world’s largest Wind Power HVDC Offshore Platform for Aibel AS, a leading service company that works within the oil, gas and renewable
To achieve required increases in terminal productivity on a consistent basis to handle larger vessels and tighter schedules, terminal operators and shipping lines, and their customers, will need to work more closely together to streamline the process, according to APM Terminals’ Head of Design and I
Drydocks World, the established international player in ship repair, conversion and new building, announced the beginning of construction of DolWin beta, the world’s largest Wind Power HVDC Offshore Platform for Aibel AS, a leading service company that works within the oil, gas and renewable energy
ULSTEIN® delivered the high-tech seismic research vessel Polarcus Adira to marine geophysical company Polarcus. The vessel of the SX134 design is vessel number eight in Polarcus’ fleet of modern and advanced seismic vessels, all designed by ULSTEIN. “ULSTEIN set the standard with the punctual delive
Polarcus Limited ( PLCS) announced that Polarcus Adira AS, a member of the Polarcus Group, took delivery today, 21 June 2012, of POLARCUS ADIRA, the eighth 3D seismic vessel to date to join the Polarcus fleet. The vessel was built at Ulstein Verft in Norway and following a short shakedown will comme
Polarcus Limited took delivery today, 21 June 2012, of POLARCUS ADIRA, the eighth 3D seismic vessel to date to join the Polarcus fleet. The vessel was built at Ulstein Verft in Norway and following a short shakedown will commence operations on the previously announced charter for TGS-NOPEC Geophysic
Today Statoil launches its annual outlook for global economics and energy markets – Energy Perspectives 2012. It foresees significant progress for energy efficiency, but global energy demand is still expected to increase by more than 40 per cent towards 2040. Fossil fuels account for the majority of
Noble Energy temporarily suspended the gas flow from Pinnacles #1 well offshore Israel, on June 14, only two days after the gas started flowing. The operator informed its partners, Delek Group, that it would stop the gas flow due to an indication of a gas composition which does not match the specifi
Qatar Shipping SPC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Milaha ( Qatar Navigation QSC), has secured a ten year US $110 million (equivalent to QAR 400 million) ship financing facility with QNB Group. Proceeds from the facility will be utilized by Qatar Shipping to fund the ongoing construction of 19 harbor
