Drydocks World, the leading provider of maritime and offshore services to the shipping, oil, gas and energy sectors, completed and delivered Eagle Louisiana, the second of two Modular Capture Vessels (MCV) for the U.S. The first MCV, Eagle Texas, sailed away from Drydocks World’s yard in August last
First Ultra Deepwater Drillship Delivered to Maersk Maersk Drilling has taken delivery of its first ultra deepwater drillship, Maersk Viking, from the Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) shipyard in Geoje-Si, South Korea. Maersk Viking has started its voyage to the US Gulf of Mexico where it will commenc
Nakilat, Qatar’s premier LNG shipping company, and its shipyard joint ventures, shipbuilder Nakilat Damen Shipyards Qatar (NDSQ) and ship repairer Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine (N-KOM), have revealed their plans for participation and strong support of DIMDEX, the MENA region’s leading maritime de
The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) said that its subsidiary Bahri Dry Bulk today received a dry bulk vessel named Bahri Wafi from Japanese shipyard. This is the fourth vessel delivered from the series of five ordered in 2012. The financial impact of the delivered vessel will mater
The about 500 ton living quarters for Dolwin Beta is hoisted in place. The Dolwin Beta wind platform is being built at subcontractor Drydocks World in Dubai. With its 77 metres in height, it is gradually becoming highly visible. The height makes this one of the most complex installations in the proj
Lamprell has completed and delivered the jackup drilling rig, “Qarnin” to Abu Dhabi’s National Drilling Company (‘NDC’). Completion and delivery of the jackup rig, on time and on budget, was marked at a ceremony held at Lamprell’s Hamriyah facility in the UAE on 13 February. The rig will depart the
Containership Collides with Chemical Tanker in Singapore Strait The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) received a report that today a collision had occurred between the departing Liberia-flagged containership “Hammonia Thracium” and the Panama-flagged chemical tanker “Zoey” in the Singap
Oman Drydock Company (ODC), based in the Middle East’s new mega city of Duqm, signalled its ‘passionate and driving ambition’ to catapult itself further into the region’s multi billion dollar ship repair industry after completing its 200th drydocking since launching in 2011. A ceremony was held at t
Drydocks World, the internationally renowned provider of maritime and offshore services to the shipping, oil, gas and energy sectors, held its first joint workshop on January 21-22, 2014, which was organized following the recent signing of Letter of Intent (LOI) with Offshore Innovation Management L
United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) revealed that options for six additional 14,000 TEU vessels have been exercised bringing the total order to 16 ships. The order has been placed with Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) in Korea and is the largest in UASC’s history, worth over US$ 2 billion including al
New Container Vessels for COSCO COSCO Entities have entered into shipbuilding agreements worth US$434.5 million with China Shipbuilding Trading and Changxing Shipbuilding for the construction of five 9,400 TEU container vessels. Two Collisions off Singapore Following the oil spillage from two collis
Nakilat has secured a second refinancing loan for its joint venture with Maran Ventures. Nakilat has signed the loan facility, worth USD 669 million, with QNB Group, Qatari-owned commercial bank. The loan will be used to refinance two existing LNG vessels and purchase two additional newbuild LNG ves
The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia’s (Bahri) subsidiary Bahri Dry Bulk (owned 60% by Bahri and 40% by Arasco) received a dry bulk vessel named Bahri Bulk at a ceremony held in Japan on Monday, January 27th. This is the third vessel delivered from the five vessels that were contracted in 2
A steel-cutting ceremony of a 12- ton Bollard Pull Pusher Tug, being built for the Pakistani Navy, was held at Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works (KS&EW) on 20th Jan. 2014. Vice Admiral Khawaja Ghazanfar Hussain HI(M), Commander of Karachi (COMKAR) was chief guest at the occasion. The ceremony was
