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Rolls-Royce to Power USN Hovercrafts

Oct 22, 2012

Rolls-Royce wins contract to power the U.S. Navy’s future fleet of hovercrafts, known as the Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC).The Group will work with Textron Marine & Land Systems, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. company…

Dutch Shipyard Beats the Clock to Fix Dredger

Oct 22, 2012

Shipdock Harlingen repairs the 'Amazone', a De Boer Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger (TSHD) to meet owner's next contract deadlne.'Occasionally a project comes along that sticks in your memory as being truly exceptional”, says Michel Heerschop…

US Navy AwardsOcean Wave Power Contract to Bodkin

Oct 22, 2012

Bodkin Design & Engineering (BD&E) contracted to develop a coastal water prototype wave power harvesting system.A prototype unit was constructed and tested at the company's Newton facility and was found to have a power conversion efficiency between 34% and 50%…

Forum Sells Two Sub-Atlantic™ ROV's

Oct 22, 2012

Forum Energy Technologies sell two Sub-Atlantic™ ROVs to IKM Subsea for deployment in North Sea and Singapore waters.'We recently won a five year frame agreement with Statoil, and we intend to continue our strong growth both in the Norwegian and International market…

MAN Gets Engine Orders From Chevron

Oct 22, 2012

MAN Diesel & Turbo to supply G-type Tier III-Compliant Engines for 2 lightering vessel newbuildings powered by MAN B&W 6G70ME-C9.2 prime movers. The newbuildings will each use an MAN Diesel & Turbo EGR (Exhaust Gas Recirculation) system…

Liebherr Commissions UK Terminal RMG's

Oct 22, 2012

Liebherr Container Cranes Ltd. install & commission two Rail Mounted Gantry Cranes (RMG) for Freightliner, Southampton Maritime Rail Terminal. Both Liebherr cranes were launched by Freightliner Ltd at a ceremony in Freightliner’s Southampton Marine Terminal…

Saipem Wins $1.1B E&C Offshore Contracts

Oct 19, 2012

Saipem has been awarded new E&C Offshore contracts worth $1.1 billion in Brazil, Angola and the Caspian Sea. In Brazil, Saipem has signed an EPIC contract with Petrobras for the projects Sapinhoá Norte and Cernambi Sul, within the development of the Pre-Salt Risers in the Santos Basin…

APA & NOAA Cooperate to Keep Charts Current

Oct 19, 2012

NOAA and American Pilots’ Association (APA) sign Memorandum of Agreement to advance safe navigation in coastal waters.Dr. Kathryn Sullivan , NOAA Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Environmental Observation & Prediction, signs an agreement…

DOF Subsea Win Multiple Offshore Contracts

Oct 19, 2012

DOF Subsea AS secures contracts in Asia, Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico regions with total value of about US$50-million.In the Asia Pacific Region DOF Subsea have secured several new contracts and extension of existing contracts with a total contract value of about US$ 20-million…

Tankship 'Stolt Valor' to be Scrapped at ASRY

Oct 19, 2012

Decision made: ASRY, Bahrain, to scrap 'Stolt Valor, seriously damaged by explosion & fire in the Arabian Gulf in mid-March 2012.The  2004-built 25,268dwt chemical tanker arrived at the yard under tow at the end of June, following a major salvage operation carried out by Holland’s Smit…

Cal Dive Nets International Contracts

Oct 19, 2012

Cal Dive International charters out diving vessel & also wins 3 Australian saturation diving contracts.The company's diving vessel Kestrel is chartered to a major contractor in Mexico to perform repair and maintenance work for Pemex. The…

New UK Ferry Service Charters Austal Trimaran

Oct 18, 2012

Euroferries' express Ramsgate – Boulogne cross channel service to launch in 2013 with the Austal hi-speed 102m trimaran.The vessel will arrive in January 2013, with the service becoming fully operational between Boulogne and Ramsgate during February 2013…

Contruction Starts on World's Biggest Offshore Floating Facility

Oct 18, 2012

At 1601 ft. long  x 242.7 ft. wide, the Prelude FLNG facility will be the largest offshore floating facility ever built.  A new milestone was reached in the world’s use of LNG as fue, as Shell celebrated the cutting of first steel for the…

Subsea Ultra-Deepwater Market Alliance

Oct 18, 2012

Technip and Heerema Marine Contractors sign a worldwide alliance agreement to share in offshore sector activities.The two companies intend to combine their capabilities to help their clients best address the fast growing subsea ultra-deepwater market…

BSM to Manage Thenamaris' New LNG Carriers

Oct 18, 2012

Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) gets contract to manage three TFDE 160,000 cu m capacity LNGC's.The vessels are due for delivery from Samsung Heavy Industries Co Ltd, Korea, in 2013, following which BSM will be responsible for the technical management…

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Green Hydrogen Project at Port of Klaipėda Enters Testing Phase

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