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Raytheon to Supply Navy Unmanned Vessel Sonar

Mar 13, 2013

Raytheon Company awarded a sub-contract from Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) for its latest medium frequency hull-mounted sonar system.The sub-contract is part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)…

Keppel FELS Cancel Ukraine Semi-submersible Contract

Mar 13, 2013

Keppel FELS say that the contract with Naftogaz of Ukraine was cancelled because certain conditions within the timeline were not met.On 4 December 2012 Keppel FELS had announced the signing of a conditional contract between them and Ukraine’s National Joint-Stock Company…

Italian Terminal Operators to Implement Navis TOS

Mar 12, 2013

Contship Italia Group to implement Navis SPARCS N4 Terminal Operating System (TOS)  at five of its terminals.Navis, a part of Cargotec Corporation announce that Contship Italia Group (CSI) group will implement Navis SPARCS N4 at its five terminals…

Hydrex Divers Repair Hulls in Europe & W. Africa

Mar 12, 2013

Hydrex teams of diver/technicians recently mobilized to vessels berthed in Zeebrugge (Belgium), Amsterdam (the Netherlands) and Douala (Cameroon).The teams performed insert repairs on a roro vessel and two tankers, carried out according to…

Bank President Visits Panama Canal Locks

Mar 12, 2013

President of Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Luis Alberto Moreno, visits the construction site of the new locks in Colon province.The new locks, situated on the Atlantic side, were visited by Moreno, accompanied by IDB delegates, who…

ABS Nautical Systems signs PT. Sumatra Wahana Perkasa’s

Mar 12, 2013

PT. Sumatra Wahana Perkasa has agreed to implement ABS Nautical Systems’ NS5 Enterprise software suite.  The Indonesian-based company did not have a current system in place and was in need of a solution to streamline its processes for better…

Chinese Liftboat Hoists Shell's 'Noble Discoverer'

Mar 12, 2013

'Noble Discoverer', the massive drillship that is an integral part of Royal Dutch Shell's Arctic oil drilling ambitions, is getting a lift to Asia. The drill rig has been loaded onto the cargo deck of another vessel, the 708-foot Chinese-flagged heavy lift ship Xiang Yun Kou…

Kværner Wins GBS Offshore Newfoundland Contract

Mar 12, 2013

Kvaerner Contractors to provide engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services for the Hebron Project gravity based structure (GBS).ExxonMobil Canada Properties has released the option for Kvaerner's joint venture company Kiewit-Kvaerner…

Megayacht Back to Feadship for Second Refit

Mar 12, 2013

Feadship has welcomed home the 71.60-m (235-ft) 'Utopia' for a range of maintenance activities and technical upgrades.Originally launched in 2004, this is the second time Utopia has returned to Feadship for a refit, the first being a successful…

Great Lakes Shipyard Winter Season Update

Mar 11, 2013

Inland Lakes Management’s laker 'SS Alpena' recently left the Cleveland Ohio shipyard upon completion of winter work projects. The shipyard performed a variety of work on the vessel during its layup period which consisted of basic repairs and other general maintenance items…

China ConRos Order for MacGregor

Mar 11, 2013

Cargotec receives another large order for MacGregor cargo access packages for 5 Container/RoRo (ConRo) in China.Cargotec's MacGregor has received another large order, following the MacGregor RoRo cargo access equipment order from South Korea announced on 6…

Vietnam, Australia, Dredging Contracts for Boskalis

Mar 11, 2013

Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) wins dredging contracts with a combined contract value of approximately EUR 70 million.In Melbourne, Australia, Boskalis has been awarded the dredging contract for maintenance dredging. The contract…

POLB Gives New Oil Terminal a Green Light

Mar 11, 2013

The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners inks Letter of Intent to study development of a a 28-acre site on Pier T.The project is to construct a deep-water terminal for crude oil and petroleum products including gasoline, and the port has chosen Vopak Terminals North America Inc…

Keppel Retrofit VLCC BWTS

Mar 10, 2013

Keppel Shipyard undertakes Singapore’s first Ballast Water Treatment System (BWTS) retrofit project for a VLCC.MOL Tankship Management (Asia) Pte Ltd (MOL) has awarded Keppel Shipyard with a landmark Ballast Water Treatment System (BWTS) retrofit project…

FLNG Support Facility Contract for Decmil Australia

Mar 08, 2013

Decmil Group wins $25-million Shell Australia contract in support of the Prelude Floating LNG facility in the Northern Territory. Decmil has been engaged by Shell as the principal contractor for construction of the Darwin Onshore Supply Base to support the Prelude Floating LNG Facility…

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