Aker Solutions secures a 5-year frame agreement to execute contracts acrossTalisman Sinopec Energy UK Ltd's offshore brownfield projects.Although the contract contains no firm spending commitment, the anticipated multi-million pound agreement…
Farstad Shipping ASA has been awarded charter contracts with a value of about US$ 58-million.The contracts awarded to Farstad are as follows:Statoil has awarded contracts to PSV Far Spica (2013, PSV 08 CD, 4,000 DWT) and PSV Far Scotsman (2012…
Eight crew members have been taken off a flooding tug boat a mile off Hope’s Nose, Torbay, on the south-west coast of England.The UK's Maritime and Coastguard Agency reports that the tugboat began taking water after it collided with the vessel on tow…
BW Maritime inks contract with Samsung Heavy Industries for BW’s first Liquefied Natural Gas Floating Storage Regasification Unit (LNG-FSRU).Expected to be delivered in 2015, it will be the latest addition to BW's fleet of 16 LNG carriers…
At the recent 56th session of the IMO Fire Protection Sub-committee (FP56) a strong INTERTANKO delegation was present .INTERTANKO report that of particular note at the meeting was the ongoing work related to the ‘Development of Measures…
Project 955 Borei nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) 'Yury Dolgoruky' commissioned into Russian Navy.Project 955 Borei fourth-generation submarines were developed by the Rubin Central Design Bureau (St. Petersburg). New technologies…
Wreckage from the fishing boat 'Foxy Lady ll', which lost 2 crew, snagged by trawlers, later identified by US Coast Guard.Coast Guard Sector Boston confirmed the discovery of the submerged wreckage of the 45-foot fishing vessel Foxy Lady II…
Deltamarin Ltd to design five 38,000 deadweight ton (dwt) stainless steel parcel chemical tankers for Stolt Nielsen subsidiary.The contract, with Stolt Nielsen Ship Finance Ltd, a subsidiary of Stolt-Nielsen Limited, is for the tankships to be built at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co…
Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL) and Clean Caribbean & Americas (CCA) join up to meet the needs for global oil spill response.Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL) is an industry-owned cooperative which exists to respond effectively to oil spills anywhere…
President Vladimir Putin names icebreaking platform supply vessel 'Vitus Bering' & Russian shipbuilders sign newbuild contracts.Modern multipurpose vessels of the Vitus Bering series will conduct year-round deliveries of personnel, goods and expendable supplies to oil production platforms…
ABB celebrates its 25th anniversary since the merger of ASEA with BBC, January 1988.Twenty-five years ago Sweden’s ASEA and Switzerland’s Brown Boveri merged to form ABB Asea Brown Boveri & Cie, integrating 850 subsidiary companies and 180…
The Port of Singapore says it is still the global leader in arrival tonnage & bunker sales, despite a slight drop in the latter.In an uncertain global economy and the challenges faced by the global maritime industry last year, the Port of…
Ezra Holdings announces multiple contracts, worth + US$160-million, for its subsea, offshore & energy services divisions.Ezra divisions, EMAS AMC, EMAS Marine and EMAS Energy have been awarded multiple contracts for projects in the North Sea and Asia Pacific…
Company vessels in the Brazilian ports of Paranaguá & Vitória will be tracked to enhance security and improve planning.In the beginning of 2013, the company will begin tracking its vessels serving the ports of Paranaguá (Southern Brazil) and Vitória (Southeastern Brazil)…
The Container Owners Association (COA) appoints O. I. Kwon, Senior V-P, Container Business Management Division, STX Panocean, to its Board.The Container Owners Association (COA) was established in November 2004 as an international organisation…