EXMAR, Excelerate Confirm Charter
EXMAR confirms a long-term charter party with Excelerate Energy LP of a further liquefied natural gas regasification vessel (LNGRV). The vessel will be built by…
Israeli Navy to Receive German Submarines
Israel's navy will receive two new sophisticated German-made submarines, IRNA reports. The submarines were built by ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems. The German government…
University of Hawaii Pushing Navy Research Center
Some University of Hawaii officials and faculty members are still pushing for a Navy research center on campus despite the Faculty Senate's rejection of the project, according to an AP story.
Luxury Yacht Industry Booming
Reflecting continued optimism in the face of a rapidly changing global and political climate, new orders for luxury yachts grew 7.9 percent compared with year-earlier figures.
PDVSA (Venezuela) To Tender Seven Offshore Blocks
Venezuela's state oil firm PDVSA could tender exploration and production licenses on seven offshore natural gas blocks in eastern Venezuela in 2006, according to a Business News: Americas report.
Tallink Seeks to Raise $230 M
Tallink Grupp plans to raise as much as $236 million in an initial public offering to finance buying three new vessels, says a recent Bloomberg report. Tallink will…
Shipbuilders Focus on High-Value Vessels
South Korean shipbuilders are profiting more than ever from selling high-value units such as offshore plants and liquid gas carriers, according to a Korea Times report.
Aker Kvaerner and Clough Win Woodside Contract
Australia-based Woodside Energy Limited awarded the Aker Kvaerner-Clough Limited joint venture a contract for the installation of topsides for the Angel platform.
Hyundai Completes $150 M Oil Tanker Project
Construction of three oil tankers with tonnage of 100,000 tons each was finished at the Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyard in South Korea, according to a Moscow News report.
Excel Maritime to Sell 26 Year Old Vessel
Excel Maritime Carriers Ltd announced that it agreed to sell Almar I, a Capesize bulk carrier of 107,140 dwt built in 1979. The sale of the vessel is expected to…
EPA Modifies Diesel Fuel Sulfur Transition Rule
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is modifying its diesel fuel sulfur transition rule to provide production and distribution industries with additional time…
San Diego Bay and Mission Bay Establish RNA
The U.S. Coast Guard is establishing a regulated navigation area (RNA) within San Diego Bay, Mission Bay, and their approaches out to twelve nautical miles offshore.
USACE to Begin Construction on Restoration Initiative Sites
The U.S. Gas site in Staten Island, N.Y. Harbor. of an overall harbor improvement program. enhancement, and restoration of aquatic, wetland, and upland habitat.
TOP Tankers Takes Delivery Of Suezmax Tanker
TOP Tankers has taken delivery of the M/T Errorless, a 147,048 DWT tanker, built in 1994 by Harland & Wolff Heavy Industries Ltd, of the United Kingdom. The vessel…
GlobalSantaFe Worldwide SCORE Stays on Track
1981 peak of the offshore drilling cycle. In the 1980-1981 period, when SCORE averaged 100 percent, new contract dayrates equaled the sum of daily cash operating…
Chinese Seismic Exploration Require New OBC Vessels
MAN B&W Diesel has added two new reference plants to the fourstroke order book. Complete twin-screw medium speed propulsion packages have been ordered for a twin set of 65 m offshore research vessels.
SvitzerWijsmuller Opens Cape Town Office
Robert-Jan van Acker head of SvitzerWijsmuller’s global salvage activities, welcomed guests at a reception last week marking the opening of the group’s office in Cape Town.
Kitty Hawk Makes History During 3M Assessment
During USS Kitty Hawk’s (CV 63) recent maintenance and material management (3M) assessment, which concluded Nov. 14, the ship made history by becoming the first…
Cargo Tank Damaged, Leaking Oil
Divers completed the damage assessment of the capsized barge, which revealed that a third cargo tank has breached. The number one port cargo tank hatch was damage…
Talks Between Smit, Union Collapse
and conditions for a new collective labour agreement (CAO) at this point in time. 06.30 hours for twelve hours initially. We are not sure what other actions are…
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