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Rolls-Royce Bags £12 mi Order from Myklebusthaug Management

Nov 28, 2014

Rolls-Royce has won a £12 million order to provide design, integrated power and propulsion systems and equipment for a highly advanced multipurpose service vessel for the Norwegian ship owner Myklebusthaug Management to be built at the Beşiktaş Shipyard in Turkey…

Kleven Wins New Yacht Contract

Nov 28, 2014

Norwegian ship builder Kleven has secured a new contract for a high specification, 116-metre long Expedition Support Vessel. The order is placed by Mr Graeme Hart, who currently has another vessel of the same type under construction at Kleven Verft…

Rolls-Royce Wins US Marine Corps Contract

Nov 26, 2014

Rolls-Royce has been awarded a new, two-year contract to provide aftermarket engine support for the US Marine Corps and Air Force V-22 fleets, which provides a more than 30 percent reduction in support costs.The contract, through the company's innovative MissionCare™ model…

MacGregor's Deck Equipment For Chinese Shipyard

Nov 26, 2014

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured a comprehensive deck equipment contract from New Times Shipyard, in China, for Intership Navigation Co Ltd's three new 36,500 dwt Laker-class bulk carriers. The vessels will each feature an optimised…

Jetty Construction near Lorong Halus Jetty, Singapore

Nov 26, 2014

From 28 November 2014 to 28 May 2015, work will be carried out for the construction of a jetty near Lorong Halus Jetty.According to the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Port Marine Notice No.141 of 2014 dated 25 November 2014, the…

UniMarine Opens Office in Pireaus

Nov 26, 2014

UniMarine announced the opening of its new office UniMarine South Europe & Mediterranean.Located in Piraeus (Greece), the office will be servicing the Southern European and Mediterranean region. The office will be headed up by Mr Spiros…

Foster Wheeler Wins US Contract for HRSGs

Nov 25, 2014

Amec Foster Wheeler today announces that BHI Co., Ltd., a licensee of its Global Power Group, has been awarded a contract by a prominent US power producer to design and supply two Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HRSGs) in the United States…

Overwhelming Support for ‘Hit the HMT Target!’

Nov 25, 2014

Today, the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) applauded a “Dear Colleague” letter to the leadership of the Senate Committee on Appropriations that was signed by 22 senators, urging appropriators to meet the dredging funding commitments…

Navios Revenue Up 25% in 3Q 2014

Nov 25, 2014

Highlights of Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. Financial Results for the Third Quarter and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2014:Revenue25% increase to $152.6 million for Q3;10% increase to $420.2 million for nine monthsEBITDA5% increase to $42…

Dutch Yards May Need to Rethink Contract Structures

Nov 24, 2014

Rotterdam-based law firm AKD said a recent decision of the Dutch courts means that shipyards in The Netherlands may no longer be able to rely on the right to retain a vessel while awaiting payment for work done. As a result of this unexpected decision…

BHP Billiton Focus on Operation & Productivity

Nov 24, 2014

* BHP Billiton is now targeting US$4 billion of annualised productivity gains in its core portfolio by the end of the 2017 financial year, a US$500 million increase on previous guidance. * Improved capital productivity will allow planned investment to be reduced from US$14…

Sapurakencana Wins 3 Petronas Oil blocks

Nov 23, 2014

SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad today announced that it has entered into Sale and Purchase Agreements to acquire the entire interest of PETRONAS in 3 blocks offshore south Vietnam (Blocks 01/97 & 02/97, Blocks 10&11.1, Block 46-CN) for a total purchase price of US$400 million…

Time-out for Kwanza Drilling

Nov 22, 2014

Statoil has decided to cancel the Stena Carron rig contract after fulfilling the work commitments in the Statoil-operated blocks 38 and 39 in the Kwanza basin offshore Angola.The rig contract will cease with effect from 21 November 2014…

President Pryor Retires from ExxonMobil Chemicals

Nov 22, 2014

Stephen D. Pryor, president, ExxonMobil Chemical Company and vice president of Exxon Mobil Corporation, has elected to retire on January 1, 2015, after more than 44 years of service.It is anticipated that the board of directors of Exxon Mobil Corporation will appoint Neil A…

Retailers Call on ILWU and PMA to Remain at Negotiating Table

Nov 21, 2014

The National Retail Federation has  issued the following statement from President and CEO Matthew Shay on reports that the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and Pacific Maritime Association are taking a break from contract negotiations…

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