Industry rofessionals will confer at ‘MASTECH 2013’ on naval architecture, shipbuilding, oil & gas during the Gulf Maritime Trade Fair in UAE.For the second consecutive edition, MAST the Middle East Alumni of Ship Technology and Expo Centre Sharjah…
Globe Express Services (Overseas Group) opens terminal yard in Dammam to complete logistics facilities in Jeddah & Riyadh.The company's Dammam Terminal Yard, is a 23,000 sqm facility that includes an open storage area, warehouses, and office…
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…
Grandweld Shipyards' new facility inaugurated in a ceremony at its location in Dubai Maritime City.Over the years, the company has experienced a rapid growth necessitating expansion to a larger facility. In 2011, Grandweld invested approximately…
Lamprell, provider of diversified engineering & contracting services to the onshore and offshore oil & gas industries makes sweeping Board changes.Nigel McCue is standing down as Chief Executive and as a director of the Company. Peter Whitbread…
'FSO Africa', owned by TI Africa, on long-term contract to Maersk Oil Qatar (MOQ) for services on the Al Shaheen Field.The contract has a fixed duration of five years from 1 October 2012 with an option granted to MOQ to extend the contract period for either one or two years…
North America Western Asia Holdings (NAWAH) agrees to modernize Maqal Port, located in Basra’s urban center on the Shatt al Arab waterway.The formal agreement is between Iraq’s Ministry of Transportation, the General Company for the Ports of Iraq…
Submerged Recovery & Inspection Services help King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals gather marine data used near proposed oil dril sites.The company used a VideoRay Pro4 ROV to complete more than 200 kilometers (or, approximately…
Region’s first semi-automated terminal relies on SPARCS N4 to handle next generation container ships & higher rates of container exchange.Navis, a part of Cargotec Corporation, announce that Khalifa Port, located in Abu Dhabi, UAE, has successfully…
CyberLogitec, a Korea-based IT company to provide its OPUS Terminal Operating System (TOS) for Terminal 3, at the expanding port complex.OPUS TOS has modules to support the sophisticated operational requirements of the new terminal as…
The Obaid bin Suloom Establishment for Manufacturing & Repairing Ships launch the first ocean-going ship of its kind 100 percent locally-made.According to a report on the Khaleej Times, the ship, named ‘Obaid’, was floated out into the water in the Al Jurf area of Deira…
DP World orders cranes for its new Jebel Ali container terminal from international and local suppliers.DP World, UAE Region signs agreements with local and international companies for the supply of 19 Ship To Shore (STS) quay cranes and…
Dubai-based Goltens Worldwide secures Germanischer Lloyd approval for In-situ crankshaft annealing for medium speed 4-stroke diesel engines.This certification follows a formal review by Germanischer Lloyd of the crankshaft annealing process and related governing documents and procedures…
ABB Turbocharging to open a dedicated service point in the Drydocks World facility in Dubai.This new cooperative agreement was marked formally by signing a Memorandum of Understanding at a ceremony in conjunction with the SMM in Hamburg…
Khalifa Port commences commercial operations on schedule in support of Abu Dhabi Economic Vision 2030.Khalifa Port formally received its first ship from a commercial customer on target time set in the original 100 steps construction plan…
