Last week, in part 1, Worldwide Recruitment Solutions (WRS) discussed the factors that may attract young men and women to a career working out at sea. The women WRS spoke to are all in their twenties and working on a variety of vessel types, all over the world. They agreed that the benefits, for the
Consolidation in the container shipping segment via alliances or mergers is likely to accelerate due to persistent overcapacity and freight rates pressure, Fitch Ratings said. Recent developments, including the proposed merger of Hapag-Lloyd and CSAV, US regulatory approval of the P3 Network, and th
SPT Marine Transfer Services announced the contract award for Provision of Technical Support Services to KNPC (Kuwait National Petroleum Company) at their Mina Al Ahmadi GasPort in Kuwait. The LNG Import facility at Mina Al Ahmadi is used to supply additional clean fuel for the increased power deman
Israel’s Delek Group said its net income amounted to NIS 740 million in 2013, an increase of 59% compared with net income of NIS 464 million in 2012. The company’s revenues in 2013 totaled NIS 38.5 billion, a slight increase compared with NIS 37.9 billion in 2012. Delek said its operating profit in
It’s not every day that passengers on board a civilian cruise liner would get so close to a warship on operations that they could wave to each other, but this is just what happened last week when the German cruise liner, AIDA diva, with over 2,000 passengers on board, met German frigate FGS Hessen a
Overall confidence levels in the shipping industry rose to their highest level for almost six years in the three-month period to February 2014, according to the latest Shipping Confidence Survey from international accountant and shipping adviser Moore Stephens. Freight rates look set to improve or m
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Shell Awards Onshore LNG Portfolio Contract to KBR KBR has been awarded an onshore liquefied natural gas portfolio contract by Shell Global Solutions International. Canada Approves Four LNG Export Licences Greg Rickford, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, announced the Government of Canada’s ap
For most of us, the image that springs to mind when we picture an officer on an offshore pipelay or support vessel is not that of a 20-something woman. Well, the marine industry has traditionally been rather a male bastion, but there are many female officers too – and the numbers are getting larger
Australia’s oil and gas giant Woodside has missed the 27 March deadline to acquire a share in the Leviathan natural gas field, offshore Israel. The Australian company last month signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Leviathan partners which provided a framework to negotiate in good faith, th
Fearnleys Weekly newbuilding report said that in total 31 ships were ordered last week. Navig8, who recently made contracts for potentially up to 20 wide beam LR1 type product carriers, have added another six VLCCs to their orderbook. A Suezmax order surfaced as CM Lemos went to Hyundai Heavy for tw
Qatargas, the world’s largest LNG producer, provided an exclusive tour of its Laffan Refinery 1 (LR1) to media representatives on Tuesday, 25 March. The tour enabled an in-depth look at the facilities, which will bolster its designation as the largest condensate refinery in the world when constructi
Gazprom’s CEO Alexey Miller and Abdulaziz Al-Adwani, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Kuwait to the Russian Federation, met on Tuesday in Moscow where they addressed the cooperation broadening as part of Gazprom’s LNG supplies to Kuwait, Gazprom said in a statement. In 20
UTEC Survey, one of the world’s largest independent survey organisations, has awarded Veripos an exclusive three-year contract for provision of high-precision GNSS positioning services in support of global offshore operations via UTEC’s offices located around the world including: Australia, Brazil,
