Panama Canal: First Tender for $5b Expansion
access channel on the Pacific end of the Canal. substantially larger vessels. approximately 16 percent of the total excavation for the new Pacific Locks Access Channel. and ditches.
Cruise Ship Runs Aground in Alaska
The 299-ft. cruise ship Empress of the North ran aground 49 miles west of Juneau near Hanus Reef in Lynn Canal, Alaska this morning (Monday, May 14, 2007)at about 2a.m. local Alaska time.
Partners in (fighting) Crime
“Everyone remain calm! We are the U.S. Coast Guard and we’re here to conduct a security boarding,” a law-enforcement officer announces as his teams rush aboard an elegant, white cruise ship.
Linde Group to Supply for LNG Tankers
Cryostar, a subsidiary of The Linde Group, has won an order from Samsung Heavy Industries totaling more than $50m. As part of this order, Cryostar will supply on…
Five Sailors Rescued from Vessel in Distress
The Global Maritime Distress Safety System (GMDSS) and a signal from an Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) detected by a satellite in low earth orbit…
MacGREGOR Adds to Offshore Portfolio
MacGREGOR’s expansion into the offshore support sector continues with its latest acquisition, Vestnorsk Hydraulikkservice AS (VNH). The company is a service and…
Dredge Contract Awarded
Healy Tibbitts Builders, Inc., Aiea, Hawaii, is being awarded $12,613,064 for firm-fixed price Task Order 0016 under previously awarded indefinite delivery/indefinite…
Hydro Reduces 2007 O&G Targets
Norsk Hydro ASA has reduced its oil and gas production target for 2007 by 3.3 percent, to 585,000 barrels of oil equivalents per day (boed) from 605,000 boed, due…
Investors Take Stake in ePaint
A group of three investors, led by Penn Shade, has recently acquired a majority stake in privately held ePaint Company of Falmouth, MA. ePaint Company was established…
Arctic Patrol Ships to be Ordered
A federal cabinet committee has okayed a plan to build six corvette-sized Arctic patrol vessels, according to a report by The Canadian Press and posted on www.canada.com.
Panama certified to inspect VN ships
Panama’s Isthmus Bureau of Shipping (IBS) has been authorized to inspect and grant certificates for Vietnamese flag-carrying liners operating offshore from Central and South America…
Barbados Offshore Oil Bidding to Start Soon
The first round in offshore oil and gas production contract bidding for Barbados is scheduled to start in late June, according to a report on www.nationnews.com.
Bangladesh: Bidding for Offshore Blocks Soon
The third round of bidding for allocation of the proposed 27 offshore blocks to the international oil and gas companies for hydrocarbon exploration is likely to be held next month…
Ships Collide; 16 Missing
Rescuers searched for 16 missing crew members of a South Korean cargo vessel that sank after colliding with a Chinese freighter in heavy fog in waters off northeast China…
NOL Group 1Q Profits Drop 64%
Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) reported a net profit for the first quarter of 2007 of $43m, down 64% year-on-year. The Group’s Core EBIT (Earnings Before Gross Interest Expense…
USS Carl Vinson Refueling and Overhaul Completed
Vinson (CVN 70) five days ahead of schedule. The carrier is undergoing a refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH) at the company's Newport News sector, the nation's sole designer…
