His Excellency Khamis Juma Buamim, Chairman of Drydocks World & Maritime World, the international leading service provider to the maritime and oil & gas sectors, visited Jadaf shipyard, one of the oldest such yards in the region addressing the repair and maintenance of small to mid-size vessels. The
Costa Crociere Hires Dockwise Vanguard to Transport Concordia Wreck Dockwise, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has been awarded the contract to load and transport the Concordia wreck from Isola del Giglio onboard the Dockwise Vanguard. The contract was awarded
Qatari shipbuilder Nakilat Damen Shipyards Qatar (NDSQ) has received certification from Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance (LRQA) for aligning its quality, environmental and safety management systems with internationally recognized standards. A certificate of approval for the ISO 9001:2008, ISO 1400
United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) have recently announced they will expand their fleet with new super-efficient container vessels. Constructed to DNV class, the designs have been optimised through a productive co-operation between FutureShip and Hyundai Heavy Industry (HHI). Setting its sights on
Gas propulsion for tugs and offshore support vessels (OSV) was high on the agenda at yesterday’s Saudi Aramco-sponsored Global Workboat Technology Forum. Sanmar’s Tamer Geckin, an electrical engineer, revealed details of the world’s first LNG-fuelled tugs nearing completion for Bukser ad Berging AS
Quality Marine Services (QMS), a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi based Zakher Marine International (ZMI) yesterday celebrated the signing of deals worth $350 million on the final day of Middle East Workboats & Offshore Marine, which took place from 30 September to 2nd October at the Abu Dhabi National Exhib
A special contract signing ceremony between Bin Nowiran for Trading & Contacting Co-(BINCO) (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) and Damen Shipyards Group (The Netherlands) has taken place on October 1st, 2013 during the Seatrade Middle East Workboat & Offshore Marine exhibition in Abu Dhabi (UAE). The contrac
Grandweld Shipyards, the Middle East’s largest shipbuilder, secured a repeat order worth $5 million to build a new 42 meter aluminum crew boat for Khalid Faraj Shipping. This is the third order received by Grandweld from Khalid Faraj Shipping over the last five months. The contract signing took plac
Norsafe Recaptures World Record for Free-Fall Lifeboats (VIDEO) At 7:50pm on Tuesday 3rd September, the world’s most advanced free-fall lifeboat performed a successful drop from a height of 66.8 metres. This is a new world record for free-fall lifeboats, and Norsafe has hereby reclaimed its record,
Drydocks World, the internationally established & recognized maritime service provider today announced that His Highness Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Civil Aviation and Chairman of Emirates Group attended the ‘sail away’ ceremony to mark the commencement of delivery of the p
RasGas Company Limited announced that the Barzan Gas Project’s four offshore platform topside modules, collectively weighing a total of 9,500 tonnes, have started their long journey by sea from Ulsan, South Korea to Qatar’s North Field. The topsides, which include three wellhead platforms and an add
Within its efforts to promote its prominence as a comprehensive turnkey provider of drilling and oilfield services, National Drilling Company (NDC) awarded 4 major maintenance and upgrade projects to Drydocks World, one of the leading international service provider to the maritime, oil & gas sectors
VIDEO: Fire Breaks Out on Saipem’s Rig Scarabeo 5 The drilling rig Scarabeo 5 cought fire this morning while at Keppel Verolme yard, the Netherlands, undergoing special survey works. Costa Concordia Parbuckling: Job Well Done! Conclusion of the parbuckling phase of the Costa Concordia wreck removal
Grandweld Shipyards has successfully delivered Fulmar, the second Hybrid Seismic Support vessel in a series of six. The 54 m length, 50-tonnes bollard pull vessel has been designed to assist in seismic operations including chasing, towing, storage and transport of offshore supplies and crew. After s
