RigNet, provider of remote communications solutions to the oil and gas industry, has installed an iDirect Series 15100 Universal Satellite Hub in Adelaide, Australia.The installation will allow RigNet to extend its services to Australia and the Asia Pacific region…
BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair contracted for 'USS Porter' (DDG 78) extended dry-docking work by the Department of Defense.The value of the firm-fixed-price contract for fiscal 2013 US $49,435,634.The contract includes options which, if exercised…
The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) raises toll fees by 5% for oil tankers & petrochemical products, 2% for container ships & car carriers effective 1, May 2013.News of the latest rise in tolls follows last year's SCA increase of a 3% rise for all ships passing through the canal…
Iron ore exports start up at Long Beach: Western U.S. mines supply the raw material for shipment to Asia.Officials gathered dockside to celebrate the exporting of iron ore from the Port of Long Beach – a promising new line of business developed by SA Recycling…
Jeppesen agrees with Indonesian Navy Hydrographic Office to distribute Electronic Navigation Charts (ENC) for Indonesia including Straits of Malacca.With the completion of this agreement, Jeppesen says it will provide the worldwide commercial…
The Ferguson Group, specialists in the rental of DNV 2.7-1/EN12079 certified containers, tanks, baskets, refrigeration containers, accommodation and engineering modules to the offshore energy sector, will partner with Alpha Logistics Services (EPZ) Ltd…
Lindblad Expedition's Polar excursion ship 'National Geographic Explorer' is in the German yard for refit & DNV class surveys.'This contract is just right for us', said a satisfied Rüdiger Pallentin, Board Member of Lloyd Werft. For completion by May 15…
The Maritime Association of South Carolina (MASC) contracts the Mariner Group's system for its port & stakeholder securtiy & operations management.CommandBridge™ has been choses as the cornerstone of MASC's Maritime Command and Control & Situational Awareness project…
Afai Southern Shipyard awarded contracts to build 4 coastal fast rescue vessels for a Chinese Government agency.The contracts were signed between Afai and the Salvage Bureau of Ministry of Transport in the South China port city of Guangzhou…
ABB Turbocharging's high-pressure tuning (HPT) has been added to MAN Diesel & Turbo’s two-stroke marine diesel engine tuning options.HPT is a new engine tuning for part and low loads designed to fully leverage pressure ratio and turbocharger efficiency…
Milestone Systems' open platform IP video management software (VMS) is installed in the Hurtigruten ferry 'MS Nordlys'.Essential ship operations covered by the surveillance system include: guest reception, the retail shop, unloading and loading…
Estimates by the Port Development Council show container volumes through the 9 Kwai Tsing container ports fell 5.9 per cent in March.While the month-long dockers strike is costing Hongkong International Terminals a reported HK$5 million a day…
China Shipping Development and Sinopec Kantons are to spend HK$11.71 billion to buy six LNG carriers, which will be chartered to Sinopec.The two companies have set up a joint venture China Energy Shipping Investment (CESI) which is 51 percent…
Joint venture partners in the East Anglia Offshore Wind Zone, Vattenfall & ScottishPower Renewables, support local sub-contractors. Vattenfall and ScottishPower Renewables, joint venture partners behind the East Anglia Offshore Wind Zone,…
GDF sign significant agreements with Chinese partners for an LNG carrier charter, gas storage and regasification facilities.An agreement with the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) schedules the sub-chartering of the GDF SUEZ…
