New investment will add 800,000 TEU container capacity & help ease congestion in Port of Mumbai, India.DP World Limited has received a Letter of Award from Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, Government of India, to build and operate a single berth…
River Advice & International Shipping Partners establish new ship management company 'FleetPro Passenger Ship Management (FleetPro).FleetPro results from the combination of River Advice with 1250 employees and 35 river cruise vessels under management in Europe…
Cobham plc has established a new strategic business unit (SBU) Cobham SATCOM: Thrane & Thrane will form its core.Headquartered in Denmark, Cobham SATCOM is led by Thrane & Thrane CEO Walther Thygesen with assistance from a multinational management team…
ABS signed Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with several Korean entities to advance local research and development (R&D) efforts. On October 219, 012, ABS President and CEO Christopher J. Wiernicki signed an MOU with the Korea Gas Corporation…
Carnival Corporation & plc orders new ships, one each for Its Holland America Line and Carnival Cruise Lines brands.A memorandum of agreement has been signed with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri for the construction of a 2,660-passenger…
Forum Energy Technologies contracts with Global Marine Systems to supply a PerryTM XT 600 Trenching System.The XT 600 Trenching System is scheduled for delivery in 2013. It will be installed in the Global Marine vessel the Cable Retriever…
GEA Westfalia Separator Group to supply ballast water treatment system (BWTS) to Hochtief Solutions' new jack-up barge 'Vidar'.Hochtief Solutions is strengthening its leading position in the market for offshore wind power installations with the expansion of its fleet of special vessels…
Huntington Ingalls Industries' Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division awarded the $142.7 million contract from the U.S. Navy.The contract option is for work on operational and decommissioning U.S. Navy submarines, conversion submarines…
Hapag-Lloyd chooses International Paint coatings for ‘Hamburg Express’, and for all of its latest 10 container ship newbuildings.The ‘Hamburg Express’ will sail Loop 4 of the G6 Alliance, starting in Hamburg and calling at the ports of Rotterdam…
Harley Marine Services orders 4 new Sister-class petroleum barges from Conrad Shipyards of Morgan City, Lousiana.Each double-hulled unit has a carrying capacity of 30,000 barrels and measures 297 feet in length. Once completed the barges…
November Sale Will Offer All Available Unleased Areas in the Western Gulf of Mexico As part of President Obama’s all-of-the-above energy strategy, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Tommy P…
Cyprus-based Seaway Heavy Lifting awarded a transportation and installation contract for UK's East Anglia offshore wind zone.Aberdeen based Wood Group Engineering (North Sea) Ltd awarded the contract to Seaway Heavy Lifting Contracting Ltd…
Belgian owners, Euronav NV, of the VLCC 'Algarve' announce its delivery to the new owner for conversion.The 298,969 dwt VLCC Algarve, built in 1999, was sold for USD 35,875,000 yielding Euronav a capital gain of USD 7.3 million which will be recorded…
Rolls-Royce, is to develop a new, highly efficient water jet to propel unmanned surface craft for the US Navy.The new water jet will be the smallest Rolls-Royce design to date, with a diameter of just 100 millimetres, and will quietly propel…
DOF signs contract with international charterer for Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessel (AHTS) 'Skandi Emerald'.The firm period of the contract is 220 days + 30 days options and commences this month, and the vessel is required for operations off the South America coast…