Douglas-Westwood (DW) forecast that between 2013 and 2017 $91bn will be spent on floating production systems (FPS) – an increase of 100% over the preceding five-year period. In Douglas-Westwood’s new World Floating Production Market Forecast 2013-2017, a total of 121 floating production units are fo
Drydocks World LLC (DDW LLC) & Pacific Carriers Limited (PCL) a fully owned subsidiary of the Kuok (Singapore) Limited Group has announced that they have entered into a Shareholders Agreement in respect of the Drydocks World-Southeast Asia Pte. Limited (DDW SEA) Group. Under this agreement which was
Brave Tern Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Fred. Olsen Windcarrier AS, which is indirectly owned on a 50/50 basis by Bonheur ASA and Ganger Rolf ASA, has today taken delivery of the newbuild “Brave Tern” from the Lamprell Shipyard in Dubai. The “Brave Tern” is a self-elevating vessel for installa
Two new SHALDAG MK II Fast Patrol Craft are on the way to an African customer for delivery to the local Navy. The Fast Patrol Craft were designed and built at Israel Shipyards Ltd. as part of the wide SHALDAG family that is serving Naval and Law Enforcement forces around the world. Operational exper
ClassNK has announced that on 1 October 2012, 3 new overseas survey offices have opened, bringing the total number of ClassNK’s overseas survey offices over the milestone of a 100 locations. Newly established offices locations are the following: – Doha (Qatar) – Muscat (Oman) – Lianyungang (China) W
The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (BAHRI) announces that its 80% owned subsidiary company The National Chemical Carriers Ltd. Co. (NCC) received on Friday, 28th September 2012 in Korea a new chemical tanker named NCC REEM with DWT of 45,000 tons from SHINAsb (previously SLS) of South Kor
China Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group Holdings Limited, a large heavy industries group in China, has delivered, today, one 380,000 DWT class Very Large Ore Carrier (“VLOC”) to each of Vale S.A. (“Vale”) and Oman Shipping Company S.A.O.C., with a combined tonnage of nearly 800,000 DWT, marking a new
N-KOM is on track to service over 30 LNG carriers this year, having completed the drydocking and repairs for 18 such vessels thus far. Recent deliveries made include OSG Shipmanagement’s 107,514dwt Tembek, “K”-Line LNG Shipping’s 122,079dwt Al Oraiq and Pronav Shipmanagement’s 121,504dwt Al Ruwais.
Nakilat Damen Shipyards Qatar (NDSQ) has successfully launched its monumental first project, the 140m Load Out/Recovery (LOR) Barge at Erhama Bin Jaber Al Jalahma Shipyard in the Port of Ras Laffan, Qatar. The 6,500-tonne LOR Barge was constructed entirely at Erhama Bin Jaber Al Jalahma Shipyard and
Drydocks World, the leading shipyard engaged in ship repair, conversion, new building and offshore construction, announced the completion of conversion and upgrade of Jack-up Drilling Platform, Beynouna belonging to the National Drilling Company (NDC). The Rig arrived at the Dubai shipyard in late J
Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) has opened a new office in the United Arab Emirates (Dubai). The office has been established for the purpose of ensuring quality, timely and cost-effective request performance in the region including a number of countries of the Arabian Peninsula and the Af
Oman Shipping Company is expanding its current fleet of 41 vessels with five new carriers so as to cater for the rising demand from the Oman’s oil and gas, petrochemical and other industries, including flourishing LNG sector, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the company, Tarik Mohamed Al Junaidi to
Drydocks World, the most productive shipyard in the Middle East will have a dedicated service point for ABB turbochargers. ABB Turbocharging will now have a dedicated service point for ABB turbochargers in the Drydocks World facility in Dubai, a leading international player in ship repair, ship conv
Drydocks World the most prolific shipyard in operation in the Middle East, announced that constructive talks were held by its high level delegation led by Mr. Khamis Juma Buamim, Chairman of Drydocks World and Maritime World with senior personnel of Lürssen Werft, a German shipbuilding company that
