In 2005 Statoil as operator purchased goods and services for NOK 63 billion, of which around NOK 45 billion went to Norwegian suppliers.
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Marine transport and shipbuilder Labroy Marine is making its first foray into the lucrative oil-rig building industry. It has secured its first two oil-rig building contracts worth S$475 million from a Norwegian group whose name it declined to reveal.
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A ship that carried Northwest loggers and miners, housed visitors to the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair and served as a charter-fishing base before it was grounded in a storm is emerging from a sand dune like a ghost unearthed by a howling wind.
Virginia Port Authority officials said that Maersk, the world
Slovenian fishermen strongly oppose a planned liquefied natural gas terminal in the gulf of Trieste, insisting that it would cause unacceptably high pollution levels, a subcommittee for sea fisheries at the Agriculture and Forestry Chamber (KGZ) said on Friday, 10 March.
The Belfast Coast Guard assisted a Russian cargo vessel stuck in the Irish Sea after suffering engine problems.
Vinashin and MacGREGOR signed a memorandum of agreement to establish a joint venture in Vietnam to produce ships
Shipping ministry is trying its level best to help Indian shipyards by appealing to finance ministry to exempt the sector from the ambit of service tax. The ministry believes that without such an exemption, it would be difficult for local shipyards to remain competitive.
n mid-February 2006, amid controversy over Iran’s nuclear research program, China and Iran announced an energy deal potentially worth US$100 billion.
Growth of cargo is expected at about 10.5 per cent this year while growth of ship tonnage is estimated at 15 per cent, according to industry sources.
An estimated $4.5 million beach renourishment project in North Carolina calls for moving sand well into the summer, when dredging typically is off limits to protect endangered animals.
A derelict fishing boat that has been grounded in the Tanapag Lagoon for nine years was finally removed late last month.
