Ashtead Technology announce at the U.K.'s Ocean Business 2013 expo that it has purchased Sonardyne 6G acoustic positioning equipment value £1.3 million.This latest acquisition is the second significant order placed by the company for 6G in the last 12 months…
Dock-worker unions at strike-bound Kwai Chung container port to meet with two contractors under Labour Deptartment's mediation.The breakthrough comes as a strike by workers at the port threatens to enter a third week; however, port operator Hongkong International Terminals…
Hong Kong headquartered FP Marine Risks provides insurance program to INTTRA network members via INTTRA's e-commerce platform.Leveraging the buying power of the INTTRA network, INTTRA members can elect to purchase cargo insurance at competitive rates during the shipping process through Alto…
Raytheon Anschütz to supply Integrated Bridge & Navigation Systems to four Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV) for the Royal Navy of Oman. Under the contract, Raytheon Anschütz will equip Oman’s new Al-Ofouq-class OPVs with a complete, new-generation Integrated Bridge and Navigation Systems…
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) contracted by Wasser- und Schifffahrtsamt Cuxhaven to maintain 110-km of the River Elbe fairway.The contract is for a period of three years and has a value of approximately EUR 75 million and the dredging operations are to commence in May 2013…
Ballast Water Management System (BWMS) supplierTechcross sign a joint marketing & retrofit support MOU with Keppel Shipyard.Techcross say that their MOU with Keppel Shipyard is intended to value-add to the significant retrofitting market.…
ABB appointed main electrical contractor (MEC) for a new floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel at the Ichthys oil & gas field in the Timor Sea off Western Australia. The order is worth $30 million and was awarded by the engineering…
A McDermott International subsidiary has been awarded two projects valued at approximately US$ 900-million.The first project includes engineering, procurement, construction and installation of a new tie-in platform, with a 3,200-tonne topside and six-pile jacket…
Alfa Laval to supply its PureBallast systems to a leading shipyard in South Korea.The order has a value of approximately SEK 50 million, and delivery will start in 2013 and be finalized in 2014.The Alfa Laval PureBallast systems will be…
BW Offshore has agreed an extension for their FPSO's 'Abo' and ''.The extension for Abo is with Nigerian Agip Exploration Ltd of nine months. and for Sendje Berge with Addax Petroleum Exploration Ltd of three months.These extensions have…
Damen Shipyards Cape Town contracted for maintenance & repair of Department of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries (DAFF) fleet.Damen Shipyards Cape Town (DSCT, part of Damen Shipyards Group) has been assigned by DAFF to get its fleet of Fisheries…
QinetiQ Maritime contracted by UK'sMinistry of Defence (MOD) to research co-ordinated defence against attacks on Royal Naval ships.The contract is to carry out research into the co-ordinated defence of the Royal Navy fleet against the emerging threat of attacks from small…
The Gorinchem Ferry Service & Damen Shipyards Group collaborate to install a modular pontoon with a jetty for the bunker station.“What started as a mooring pontoon with a small gas oil tank for the ferry service has expanded into a complete bunker station”…
BMT JFA Consultants (BMT) supports the Shire of Esperance, Western Australia in its plans to construct a granite seawall & headland. BMT was originally commissioned to help develop the required technical specifications for the production…
Greek ship-owners bought 72 ships within the first three months of 2013, invest US$848-million in their companies.While the Greek government continues to mull plans to tax the country’s shipping industry to raise money during a crushing economic crisis…