Reported ordering has been focussed primarily on smaller sizes with Handysize and Supramax seeing the majority of orders.According to the recently released Clarkson Hellas S&P Weekly Bulletin, Japanese yards appear to have had their fair share of the orders with JMU Yokohama contracting two 61…
Members of US Navy's Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 11 participate in a recent mine pouncing training exercise in the Indian Ocean.'Back in the day, they would jump out of a helo near a mine and attach an explosive to it,'…
KCA Deutag has won significant subsea drilling operation & maintenance contracts from core clients Total E&P UK, EnQuest & CNR International (CNRI).The company was awarded a contract with Total E&P UK to provide drilling operations and maintenance services on the Alwyn North and Dunbar platforms…
Golden Ocean Group agrees to buy two 'resale' ice class Panamax vessel built at India's Pipavav Defence & Offshore Engineering Company.The company will take delivery of the vessels ex yard, the first vessel at the start of June and the second vessel during second half of 2013…
Royal Caribbean International announce cancellation of the vessel's next cruise to allow for damage repair in the port of refuge, Freeport, Bahamas.At approximately 3 a.m., Monday, Coast Guard Sector Miami received a report of a fire aboard…
Cavotec co-hosted a community & business outreach event at the Port of Ystad, including a seminar on benefits of Alernative Marine Power (AMP).The event was co-hosted by Cavotec, leading power and automation conglomerate ABB, the Port of Ystad…
ITF (Industry Technology Facilitator) welcomes to its ranks Lloyds Register, the world's oldest certification authority.ITF, the technology facilitator for the global oil and gas industry, is a not-for-profit organisation owned by 30 international oil and gas operator and service companies…
IHC Merwede has delivered the dredger 'CHANG JIANG KOU 02' to Yangtze Estuary Waterway Administration Bureau (YEWAB) in Shanghai.IHC Merwede’s contract with YEWAB included the design, construction and delivery of two identical vessels: the CHANG JIANG KOU 02…
MISC Berhad results were slightly lower than the quarter ending December 2012 but were in line with its expectation.For the quarter ending March 2013, MISC reported a marginal 2.3% increase in its revenue from the December quarter mainly due…
The offshore vessel operator and builder, held its first ever officers’ conference in India, to be followed by similar gatherings in other countries.The inaugural event, at the Hyatt Hotel in New Delhi, was attended by more than 100 Merchant…
Chantier Davie Canada contracted to build two dual-fuel Ro-Pax ferries for La Société des traversiers du Québec.The two dual-fuel LNG Ro-Pax ferries will operate on the St. Lawrence River on the Tadoussac-Baie-Sainte-Catherine route and are due to enter service in 2015…
Dutch shipmanager Q-Shipping to equip its whole fleet with Germanischer Lloyd's ship management solution.Q-Shipping provides ship management services for vessel type such as bulk carriers, general cargo vessels, MPP vessels, ro-ro vessels…
Ship Finance International (SFI) has agreed to build four 8,700 TEU newbuilding container vessels at a major shipyard in Korea.The company says that the contract price is attractive and the vessels are scheduled to be delivered in 4Q 2014 and 1Q 2015…
The solar-powered vessel has recently sailed the 2,867 miles from Las Palmas to St. Martin, French WI, at an average 5.3 knots to break the earlier record.During the trip around the world (2010-2012), the MS Tûranor PlanetSolar sailed for 26 days from one side of the Atlantic to the other…
The company's subsidiary Otto Shipyard has sold ROV Support Vessel 'Otto Explorer 3' for US$50-million.The Board of Directors of Otto Marine Limited announce that the earlier proposed sale of the Multi-purpose Field Support and ROV Support Vessel…
