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GE Oil & Gas opens training and offshore service center in Ghana
GE Oil & Gas has opened a new facility in Takoradi Port, Ghana, which will be the primary service center for deep-water offshore projects in the country. GE said on Wednesday that it would deliver more than 45,000 training hours for Ghanaian personnel at the facility over the next five years to buil
PMO: USD 1 Trillion to Be Invested in Iranian Ports
Representatives of the Iranian Government have signed investment contracts with private entities worth USD 1 trillion to develop Iranian ports, the country’s Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) said. The contracts include investments of USD 10 billion in Mazandaran Province, USD 20 billion in Khor
Spotted: Giant STS Crane Starts Work at Port of Savannah
The first of four Neo-Panamax ship-to-shore (STS) cranes has become operational at the Port of Savannah’s Garden City Terminal. Garden City Terminal plans to add another crane every two weeks until late April. The four cranes arrived at the port in December 2016, bringing the port’s total to 26, mor
Cameron LNG project construction progresses (Gallery)
Sempra Energy’s Cameron LNG progressed the construction of its liquefaction and export project in Louisiana during the month of February.
James Fisher Broadens OW Business Range by Acquiring Blade Repair Company
James Fisher and Sons is acquiring the entire share capital of Rotos 360, a provider of inspection, repair and reconditioning solutions for offshore wind turbine rotor blades.
James Fisher Broadens OW Business Range by Acquiring Blade Repair Company
James Fisher and Sons is acquiring the entire share capital of Rotos 360, a provider of inspection, repair and reconditioning solutions for offshore wind turbine rotor blades.
Alphaliner: Global Box Volumes Prosper in Late 2016
Following a slow first half of 2016, port throughput rebounded in the second half of the year pushing the global container volumes up by an estimated 1.8% during the year, compared to 1.4% seen in 2015, according to Alphaliner. The fourth quarter of 2016 was saw a particularly strong volume growth o
PGS adds last member of Ramform Titan-class to its fleet
Marine seismic company PGS has completed its newbuild program after naming its latest vessel Ramform Hyperion in a ceremony at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Shipbuilding Co. yard in Nagasaki, Japan on Wednesday. The Ramform design was created by Roar Ramde in the early 1990s. The first vessel of t
Petrobras’ 2016 LNG imports down
Brazil’s state-controlled oil and gas company Petrobras said Tuesday its liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports dropped by 65 percent last year. LNG imports into Brazil stood at 37 Mbbl/d (thousand barrels per day) last year as compared to 105 Mbbl/d the year before, Petrobras said in its full-year res
Search Starts for Two Missing Men after Collision off Barcelona
Spanish Maritime Safety Agency (Salvamento Maritimo) is searching for two crew members of a fishing vessel that went missing after the collision between a tanker and the boat off Barcelona on March 20. The 2014-built tanker Midvolga 2 collided with the fishing vessel El Fairell. As a result, the boa
Cheniere gets FERC permit to start Sabine Pass LNG Train 3
US LNG player Cheniere has been granted approval by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to place Sabine Pass project’s third liquefaction train in service.
Standard Drilling takes more interest in six platform suppliers
S.D. Standard Drilling has increased its stake in a company which owns six platform suppliers previously owned by World Wide Supply, a financially distressed offshore vessel owner. S.D. Standard Drilling informed on Wednesday it has entered into an agreement with Royal London Asset Management (RLAM)
Japan’s February LNG imports climb almost 5 pct
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports into Japan, the world’s largest buyer of the chilled fuel, increased 4.8 percent in February, according to the provisional data released by Japan’s Ministry of Finance. Japan imported 7.79 million mt of LNG in February, as compared to 7.43 million mt in the same m
JDR, Proserv in Nigerian pact
JDR, a subsea cable supplier, has teamed up with with Proserv Instrumentation Nigeria Ltd, expanding its presence in West Africa. The company said on Wednesday it would set up a service and maintenance base in Proserv’s operations facility in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The two companies will offer comb