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US Navy Awards Program Support Contract to Noblis

Aug 22, 2012

Noblis to provide technical, engineering, & program management support services to the Naval Sea Systems Command.Noblis, Inc., a leading nonprofit science, technology, and strategy organization that helps clients solve complex scientific…

Norway's DOF Group Announce Offshore Charters

Aug 21, 2012

DOF Subsea provider of subsea services to the offshore oil & gas industry worldwide announce new vessel contracts. DOF Subsea AS has entered into a contract with Helix Well Ops for the vessel Skandi Constructor. The contract is for three year's firm with three…

SAILOR FleetBroadband Chosen by Thome Ship Management

Aug 21, 2012

Thrane & Thrane – a Cobham plc company – to supply SAILOR FleetBroadband terminals to ships managed by Thome.Thome Ship Management is an international shipping service supplier that manages a diverse fleet in excess of 180 vessels, under a new frame agreement facilitated by AND Group plc…

Scorpio Tankers Sell One Accept New One

Aug 21, 2012

Scorpio Tankers Inc. announce sale of the 'STI Diamond', accept delivery of newbuild 'STI Topaz'.The Company completed the sale of the 'STI Diamond' and sale of a second vessel, the STI Coral, is expected to be completed in September 2012…

Hi-speed Catamaran Charter Option Exercised by MSC

Aug 20, 2012

United States Military Sealift Command (MSC) exercise first of its three, six months options, for the ongoing charter of “WestPac Express”.The option forms part of a 24 month contract that Austal was awarded in December 2011.A 101 metre aluminium catamaran…

Tugboat Design Contract for Robert Allan Ltd.

Aug 20, 2012

Robert Allan Ltd is designing a new ART 80-32 Rotor®tug for Elizabeth Ltd charter to Kotug.This newly designed harbor tug will be chartered by Kotug, the Rotterdam, Hamburg and Bremerhaven based tugboat operator.The Rotor®tugs are 32…

Underwater Inspection System for Port of Long Beach

Aug 20, 2012

Long Beach Police Department takes delivery of Coda Octopus Underwater Inspection System (UIS™) system.The Port of Long Beach is the second busiest seaport in the United States and is a major gateway for trade with Asia, handling over six million containers annually…

5 ‘Gotchas’ of Marine Insurance

Aug 20, 2012

“Gotchas” are pitfalls, catches, bait and land mines – a kicker, snare or snag. They are surprises and, in the world of insurance, surprises are rarely a good thing. ‘Gotchas’ can be caused by different things. It may be the age of the coverage forms…

Seismic Survey Offshore NW Australia by TGS

Aug 20, 2012

Geoscience providers TGS announce a fourth 3D multi-client seismic survey, 'Honeycombs'.Honeycombs, covers 2,500 km2 over the Exmouth Plateau in the Northern Carnarvon Basin, offshore NW Australia. This survey is located over acreage with…

Korea's Daewoo Wins Offshore Drill Platform Order

Aug 20, 2012

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) wins US$1.94-billion order.Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering says it has won a 2.2 trillion won ($1.94 billion) contract to build five fixed drilling platforms for an unnamed Africa-based firm…

Canada's Fednav Orders Six New Great Lakers

Aug 17, 2012

Fednav Limited announce contracts with Japanese shipbuilders Oshima Shipyard.The environmentally advanced vessels will be built in Japan and are destined to become the flagships of Fednav's fleet of over 80 ships.The six additional vessels will be delivered between 2015 and 2016…

Rolls-Royce Thrusters to Power Scottish Ferries

Aug 17, 2012

Rolls-Royce wins contracts to supply thrusters for two Scottish operators, Western Ferries and Orkney Ferries. Western Ferries recently announced the construction of two new ferries which will operate on the Dunoon to Gourock route, across the Firth of Clyde…

Botany Bay Container Terminal Construction Contract Awarded

Aug 17, 2012

Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) awards Laing O’Rourke the civil works contract for Australia's new Port Botany Terminal 3.The contract marks the start of the on-ground works of HPH’s A$500 million investment for the development of a new container terminal…

Wind Turbine Service Jack-up Order for Nordic Yards

Aug 17, 2012

Northern Germany's Nordic Yards contracted by Denmark's DBB Jack-up Services to construct a Wind Turbine Service Jack Up Vessel (WTSJUV).The production of the vessel will be carried out at the yards in Rostock-Warnemünde and Wismar and will take approximately one year…

Wärtsilä to Power Four Svitzer Tugboats

Aug 16, 2012

Wärtsilä contracted to supply power systems of four modern diesel-electric tugs building for Australian owner Svitzer.The vessels are being built at the ASL shipyard in Singapore and are scheduled to be in operation by early 2014.Each of…

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