The world’s move north to the Arctic for the exploration of energy resources has attracted global attention of Arctic and non-Arctic states. The newest player: China, which last month announced its plan to design and build its first ever Polar Research Vessel…
Navy awards General Dynamics a contract to plan submarine maintenance and modernization work.The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat a $6.9 million contract modification to plan maintenance and modernization work on the Los…
Australian Landing Helicopter Dock (ALHD) ship hull is for onboard Heavy Transport Vessel (HTV) delivery to Australia from Spain.Blue Marlin, the largest semi-submersible HTV available to date, is to load shortly the Navantia manufactured…
Ezion wins a third contract to provide full logistics & support services for development of LNG facilities on Curtis Island, Queensland, Australia. This LNG facility which is the third of the eight proposed in Queensland, Australia, has an…
Technip-NPCC Consortium awarded Important contract for the Upper Zakum Field in Abu Dhabi.Technip in a consortium with National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC), has been awarded by Zakum Development Company (ZADCO) a lump sum engineering…
Boskalis wins EUR 175-million port dredging contract in Mumbai, India.Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) is contracted by port operator Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) for deepening and widening the port and access channel of JNPT in Mumbai…
GL Maritime Software gets its first order from China for its hull integrity management software.One of the many ship management tools developed by GL Maritime Software, the maritime software business of the GL Group, GL HullManager is a software and service package for ship owners…
Island Offshore, renews Veripos's 3-year contract for precision GNSS positioning services for DP vessels.Island Offshore awards Veripos a further three-year contract for continuing provision of precision GNSS positioning services for 16 DP…
Scana Propulsion to supply propulsion systems for type SALT 100 PSV for shipowners Ugland Offshore.The vessel is designed by Salt Ship Design and the propeller system is developed in partnership between Salt Ship Design and Scana Propulsion…
Cavotec wins two large orders for electrical power and spreader cable reels for ship-to-shore (STS) container cranes.These orders follow a recent announcement that the Group is to supply similar equipment to the Port of Colombo in Sri Lanka…
Cal Dive and Fugro join forces for diving support vessel, 'Toisa Paladin', charterCal Dive International has entered into a 50/50 strategic partnership with Fugro for the long-term charter of the DP2 Toisa Paladin, a 2007 purpose built, DNV classed…
GAC Pindar is appointed official shipping and logistics services provider to the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club.The contract is to run from July 2012 through to December 2015.The Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club will host a number of international sailing regattas over the next couple of years…
Fincantieri wins contract from Société des traversiers du Québec (STQ to build a large passenger ferryThe contract, awarded following a public tender in which major competitors took part, is worth CAD$ 148-million.Deltamarin/Navtec, a Finnish-Canadian consortium…
Losses widen for oil tankers hauling 2-million barrel crude cargoes on the industry's benchmark routeAccording to Bloomberg, VLCC's on the Saudi Arabia-to-Japan voyage are losing $5,529 a day, according to data accessed by Bloomberg from the Baltic Exchange in London…
Huntington Ingalls Industries Subsidiary AMSEC LLC wins U.S. Navy Total Ship Information Management System support contract (TSIMS) The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee SeaPort Enhanced (SeaPort-e) task order contains…