On 27 June 2011, Havila Shipping ASA entered into an agreement with its controlling shareholder Havila AS and Havila AS’ wholly-owned subsidiary Havvåg AS for the purpose of transferring Havila AS’ indirect ownership interests in the five platform supply vessels MV Havila Fortune, MV Havila Aurora,
Seajacks UK Limited (Seajacks) announced it has entered into a contract with WindMW GmbH (WindMW) for the installation of foundations and turbines for the Meerwind Project, which will be located off the coast of Germany in the North Sea near the island Helgoland. Seajacks will be providing services
Athens-based shipowner Thenamaris has placed a surprise order for four 6G80ME-C9.2 engines to power 4 × 5,000-teu container vessels, to be built by Hyundai (HSHI) in South Korea. Specifications for the contract indicate a ship speed at NCR of 21.5 knots with a design draft of 12 m. Hull numbers S616
The latest significant expansion of Lerwick Harbour’s already extensive deep-water infrastructure is progressing towards completion around… (fishnewseu) [mappress] Source: fishnewseu, June 28, 2011;
Russia will by 2020 need a total of 30 LNG tankers, a leading politician with maritime policies says… (BarentsObserver) [mappress] Source: BarentsObserver, June 28, 2011;
Mr. Koji Sekimizu of Japan has been elected as the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), with effect from 1 January 2012, for an initial term of four years. The vote took place during the 106th session of the 40-Member strong IMO Council, which is meeting from 27 June t
Offshore Energy’s Committee of Recommendation, which includes CEOs and managing directors of Chevron, Dockwise, Imtech Marine Group and Damen Shipyards Group, will have its first meeting on 29 June 2011. Navingo, organizer of the Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (11&12 October 2011), formed t
The Dutch company Amarcon is widely recognized within the maritime world for her state of the art decision support solutions that help shipping companies execute operations in a more efficient and safe manner. Where the company in her early days mainly focused on end-users like offshore contractors
During May, 2011 Total E&P Norge AS and Remora AS entered into an agreement for conducting extensive operations of the HiLoad DP vessel offshore Norway. The planned operations will be the last step in a series of qualifications for Remora, prior the vessel is qualified for field implementation in am
The new Marine Facade passenger terminal on Vasilyevsky Island in St. Petersburg is up and running. Russia has opened a new European portal with the completion of this new passenger terminal for cruise ships and ferries. Van Oord performed all the dredging work for the access canal and harbour basin
Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. announced that the Company has entered into new time charter agreements for one of its Panamax vessels and two of its Capesize vessels. The M/V BET Intruder, a 69,235 dwt Panamax dry bulk carrier built in 1993, has entered into a time charter agreement for a period o
CGGVeritas announced today that it has signed a five-year marine charter agreement with BOURBON for six new support vessels to assist its seismic operations. The new vessels will be delivered starting at the end of 2012. Jean-Georges Malcor, CEO of CGGVeritas, said: “This agreement to charter vessel
Eniram Limited, provider of dynamic decision support systems for the shipping industry, today announced that it has signed a five-year agreement to provide FLEET, its web-based reporting solution for fleet level performance, to Norwegian Cruise Line. Norwegian is one of the cruise industry’s most in
KS Energy Limited announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Atlantic Rotterdam Limited, has secured a 1 plus 1 year bareboat charter contract worth up to $12 million (including the 1 year option) for its Jack-up Offshore Accommodation rig Atlantic Rotterdam . The Rig will be deployed for She
