Quality Maritime Training (QMT) partners with Educational Systems & Technologies on the River and the Sea; (acronym STORM) to provice simulator & training technolgies.Quality Maritime Training (QMT) of St. Petersburg, Florida has partnered…
The Japanese classification society has been authorized by the Romanian Naval Authority to carry out Romanian Government Surveys.The agreement allows ClassNK to perform surveys for SOLAS, MARPOL, Load Line and other international conventions…
Aberdeen, Scotland-based XPD8 Solutions' condition monitoring team secures contracts valued at more than £2-million.The company, which specializes in the management of maintenance systems for oil and gas producing assets, has been awarded…
Drydocks World & Maritime World's initiative aims to encourage all-round environmental excellence in maritme & allied sectors.The initiative was inaugurated in the presence of key decision-makers from government and industry, underlined by…
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) signs an agreement allowing STX Construction (Dalian) to produce & market marine deck cranes.Through licensing to this company member of the STX group, which has shipyards in Korea, China and Europe…
Sølvtrans has signed a new contract with the Spanish shipyard Zamakona Yards for the construction of a new 3,200 cu. m. well-boat. Delivery is scheduled to early 2014. The vessel is a sister ship of Rojna Polaris, currently under construction at Zamakona Yards…
SBM Offshore has received a Letter of Intent (LOI) for the 20-year charter & operation of two FPSOs from BM-S-11 subsidiary Tupi BV.The FPSOs will be deployed at the Lula field in the pre-salt province offshore Brazil. BM-S-11 block is under concession to a consortium comprised of PETROBRAS (65%)…
The Navy's amphibious assault ship 'USS Essex' is dry docked at General Dynamics NASSCO for at least $150 million in repairs and upgrades.USS Essex, which displaces more than 40,000 tons when loaded for combat, is the biggest Navy ship that can fit into dry dock at NASSCO…
Bristow Group awarded a new Department for Transport contract to provide civilian Search & Rescue (SAR) services for all of the UK. The SAR services contract has a phased-in transition period beginning in April 2015 and continuing to July 2017 and a contract length of approximately ten years…
China reached this milestone in December 2012, as its net petroleum imports surpassed those of the U.S. In a recent press release NYC-based PIRA Energy Group reports that weak reported oil demand in the U.S. reduced the commercial stock draw…
Rotortug said that Elisabeth Ltd. has placed a new building order with Damen Shipyards for the construction of two Hybrid Advanced Rotortugs, ART 80-32 of 80 tons bollard pull. imultaneously Elisabeth Ltd ordered two ART 80-32, with Fifi 1…
OceanWorks International announce the successful re-deployment of the VENUS coastal network in the Strait of Georgia after repairs.Placed in Canadian waters in the Strait of Georgia, VENUS is part of the Ocean Networks Canada Observatory,…
Yamal LNG, a J/V between Russia’s Novatek and France’s Total, granted permission to build a liquefied natural gas plant in the Russian Arctic.The joint venture, majority-owned by Novatek with an 80 percent stake, received a positive assessment…
Fraser Surrey Docks (FSD) the multi-purpose marine terminal on the West Coast of North America, joined Green Marine.The Green Marine Environmental Program is an action plan that addresses nine major environmental issues identified by the Canadian and American marine industry…
Jan De Nul Group announce important contracts in Indonesia, Russia and Australia, and new giant dredger due soon from builders.In Indonesia an offshore island will be reclaimed. These works are a part of a large scale reclamation development north of Jakarta…
