H.E. Dr. Mohamed Bin Saleh Al Sada, Minister of Energy and Industry, Chairman and Managing Director of Qatar Petroleum, was welcomed by Nakilat on Thursday, April 26 for a tour of the facilities at Erhama Bin Jaber Al Jalahma Shipyard in Ras Laffan Industrial City. The visit began with a presentatio
National Drilling Company (“NDC”), Abu Dhabi exercises the options for Lamprell to build a further two jackup rigs in addition to the four rigs currently under construction by Lamprell for NDC. The new agreement with NDC is for the construction and delivery of two jackup rigs valued at US$ 166.65 mi
Austal has taken further steps in implementing its strategy to regionalise its operations to better serve and grow its international client base. Following the acquisition of its Philippines shipyard last year, the company has now broadened its sales and support organisations in the key Europe, Asia
The first dedicated set of rules for stern-first ice-class ships has just been published by Lloyd’s Register, answering demand for technical support as industry continues to explore the potential of polar transportation routes and the new energy reserves in the far north. The timely release of the r
Due to increasing commercial relationships between Dubai, India and Singapore, leading classification society ABS is reorganizing its divisional responsibilities to improve service delivery. The Middle East Region, headquartered in Dubai and responsible for the society’s activities in the area will
Stanford Marine, a regional marine business headquartered in Dubai, announced the successful completion of its newbuild program and delivery of its 10th high-spec Offshore Support Vessel. The completion of the program concludes a strategic growth initiative established by Stanford Marine which has i
Oman Shipping Company S.A.O.C. (OSC) took delivery of a Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) “BUKHA”, at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd (DSME), Okpo, South Korea. “BUKHA” is designed and constructed according to the latest international standards, and it has advanced ballast water treat
United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) has taken delivery of its eighth A13 (13,500 TEU) container vessel “AL QIBLA”, during a Naming Ceremony held at the Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) shipyard in Geoje, South Korea, where the vessel was named by her sponsor, Mr Othman Ibrahim Al-Issa, Chairman of UAS
The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (BAHRI) announced that the company signed an agreement on Tuesday the 17th April 2012 to build (5) Kamsarmax vessels to transport dry bulk cargo. These generation vessel are of 82,000 DWT, length 229 meters, with modern fuel saving technologies and lates
Lamprell, a leading provider of diversified engineering and contracting products and services to the onshore and offshore oil & gas and renewables industry, today held a naming ceremony for the Seajacks Zaratan, the third wind farm installation vessel to be built by the Group for Seajacks, as the pr
Drydocks World, the established international player in ship repair, conversion and new building announced today that it has delivered Self Elevating Platform Samrat to the owner, Mumbai, India-based AFCONS Infrastructure. The Platform was built at Drydocks World – Dubai shipyard. The Self Elevating
Based on the information published by Reuters, Tehran- based oil shipping company NITC, expects arrival of the first out of 12 ordered supertankers in May. The construction is taking place at Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co Ltd, a China CSSC Holdings Ltd unit based in financial hub Shanghai, and Dalian S
Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering) today announced that its marine arm, Singapore Technologies Marine Ltd (ST Marine) has secured a contract worth €534.8m (about S$880m) to design and build four patrol vessels (PVs) and the provision of associated logistic support for the Royal
Oman Shipping Company’s 400,000 DWT Very Large Ore Carrier (VLOC), the VALE SOHAR, was floated out of the construction-docks and transferred to the final outfitting berth at Rongsheng Heavy Industries shipyard in China. VALE SOHAR joins VALE LIWA, floated out on 19March, as the second in a series of
