GAC Opens Ship Agency Offices Australia-wide
GAC Group announced an expansion plan with the opening of 13 ship agency offices in major ports throughout Australia. The locations include Cairns, Townsville, Mackay…
CNOOC Announces Startup of New Platform
CNOOC Limited announced that Platform C of Phase of Penglai (PL) 19-3 has come on stream successfully. This is the first Wellhead Platform starting production in Phase â…¡development of PL19-3.
C&G Boat Works Awarded $8.3m Contract Modification
C&G Boat Works, Inc., Mobile, Ala., is being awarded an $8,370,633 firm-fixed price (FFP) modification to exercise an option under previously awarded contract N00024-07-C-2236…
Offshore Systems Signs Contract with Royal Danish Navy
Offshore Systems Ltd. announced that it has secured a contract valued at approximately $750,000 with the Royal Danish Navy to provide an upgrade to their world leading…
Horizon Lines Hosts Army National Guard Exercise
Horizon Lines of Puerto Rico, a subsidiary of Horizon Lines, Inc. hosted a series of exercises conducted by The Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team (WMD…
Transocean Provides Update on Fleet Contract Status
Transocean Inc. announced that its report of drilling rig status and contract information covering the company's 140-unit offshore drilling fleet has been updated as of December 7, 2007.
Halliburton Announces Management Changes
As a further effort to strengthen its operational efficiencies, augment its management and succession development opportunities and maximize its financial performance…
Stealthgas Announces Acquisition of Product Carriers
Stealthgas a ship owning company serving primarily the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) sector of the international shipping industry, announced today that is has entered into contracts to acquire…
Mesa Verde ‘Sails Away’ on Maiden Voyage
The future USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) successfully “sailed away” from Northrop Grumman Ship Systems (NGSS) Ingalls Operations Dec. 3 on its maiden voyage manned…
ACL Names VP of Investor Relations
American Commercial Lines Inc. has appointed David T. Parker to the position of Vice President of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications. the investment community and for public relations.
Helix Awarded Three-Year Vessel Contract
Helix Energy Solutions announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Canyon Offshore, Inc. has been awarded a $160m, three-year contract by an E & P operator in South East Asia…
This Day in Naval History - Dec. 06
1830 - The Naval Observatory, the first U.S. national observatory, was established in Washington, D.C., under the command of Lt. Louis Malesherbes. 1901 - The first…
John Harrison Appointed General Counsel of Technip
Technip appoints John Harrison to its Executive Committee as General Counsel. In this newly created function, John Harrison will as General Counsel be responsible…
Rolls-Royce Wins $42m Chinese Ship Contract
Rolls-Royce has signed its largest contract with Chinese shipbuilder Sinopacific, to provide steering gear and deck machinery worth $42m. The contract covers 34…
Chinese Shipyards Urged to Tap Wider Panama Canal
Chinese shipyards have been urged to tap an opportunity thrown up by a project to widen the Panama Canal to design new vessels which use the waterway, according to an industry executive.
StatoilHydro Secures Six Seismic Vessels
StatoilHydro has signed a letter of intent for six seismic acquisition vessels which will gather data on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). Secured seismic capacity…
Vroon Orders Four at Cosco Dalian Shipyard
Vroon has ordered four 92,500 DWT bulk carriers at Cosco's Dalian Shipyard in China. The four new vessels are expected to join the fleet in 2009 and 2010. Vroon…
Dryships Continues Fleet Renewal
DryShips, Inc., announced that the company has entered into an agreement to purchase a 2001 built, 172,579 dwt Capesize bulk carrier, for $152.25m. The vessel will…
IEA Reacts to OPEC Decision
leave production levels unchanged. markets and stable competitive petroleum prices. in December”, Tanaka stressed. “Our concern is that there are uncertainties that…
Russian Navy Group Heads to the Mediterranean
Russia has reportedly dispatched an 11-ship aircraft carrier group to the Mediterranean Sea, according to an AP report, in a resumption of Russian naval patrols of the world’s waters.
