Keppel Secures Order for Jackup Rig
Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) has secured a repeat order for a KFELS N Class jackup rig for $392m from ProdJack AS, a member of the Skeie Group. The new rig…
Sea Tow Expands SeaSmart
Sea Tow Services International Inc., announced the expansion of its Sea Smart VHF service offering. Sea Smart VHF will be available throughout Florida’s Southeast coast…
Wilh. Wilhelmsen Reports Record Performance in 2006
The Wilh. Wilhelmsen ASA (WW) industrial maritime group delivered a record performance in 2006. A sales gain of roughly $83m for the Dockwise heavy transport company…
Hornbeck Announces 4Q Results
Hornbeck Offshore Services Inc., said earnings this year should be between $2.19 per share and $2.68 cents per share. The company said it expects a first-quarter…
MoU Signed for Shipbuilding Yard at Cuddalore
The Tamil Nadu Government signed an MoU with Goodearth Maritime for building a shipbuilding yard at Cuddalore. Chief Minister M Karunanidhi signed the agreement…
Iridium Announces Q4 Results
Iridium Satellite announces that it has 175,000 subscribers worldwide as of December 31, 2006. The new figure represents a 23.2 percent increase over last year’s subscriber total of 142,000.
Hapag-Lloyd Takes Delivery of Containership
Hapag-Lloyd has taken delivery of another mega containership with a capacity for 8,750 standard containers, the Osaka Express. The vessel was named in Hong Kong…
Earl Industries Awarded $15.3m Contract
Earl Industries, LLC, Jacksonville, Fla., is being awarded a $15.3m contract to perform work associated with the decommissioning availability for the USS John F.
Navico to Buy BNT Marine Electronics
Navico International Ltd. agreed to acquire the marine electronics business of Brunswick New Technologies (BNT), a unit of Brunswick Corporation . Subject to regulatory approvals…
ICGS Defends Coast Guard Modernization Program
Representatives from Integrated Coast Guard Systems (ICGS) presented testimony on the Integrated Deepwater System program before the Senate Subcommittee on Oceans…
New Mega Containership for Hapag-Lloyd
Hapag-Lloyd has taken delivery of another mega containership with a capacity for 8,750 standard containers, the “Osaka Express”. The vessel was named in Hong Kong…
Interagency Development of Ballast Water Discharge Standards
The US Coast Guard issued a press release stating that it is working with the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)…
Teekay Shipping Corp. to Release 4Q Results
Teekay Shipping Corporation plans to release its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2006 after market close on Wednesday, February 21, 2007.
SAAB TransponderTech to Supply AIS to OSI
Saab TransponderTech will supply Warship Automatic Identification Systems (W-AIS) to OSI Geospatial Inc. (OSI) as a part of their contract with the U.K. Royal Navy. In November 2006, the U.K.
AAPA to Ask House to Consider Dredging Needs
Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) U.S. Energy and Water Development to ask for help. In his testimony, Mr. ask members to consider the future funding needs of the U.S. larger vessels.
Electric Boat Awarded Contract
Electric Boat Corporation, Groton, Conn., is being awarded a $43,265,729 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification under previously awarded contract (N00024-04-C-2100) for Consolidated Planning Yard…
Interagency Development of Ballast Water Discharge Standards
The Coast Guard will work with the Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) in the continued development of new federal regulations…
Firms Ink PetroVietnam Deal
Following the signing of a product-sharing contract (PSC), Pearl Oil Ltd (Singapore), Serica Energy Group (Canada), and Lundin New Ventures B.V (Holland) will explore for oil and gas in the 4…
China's Smallest Offshore Oilfield Starts Operation
China National Offshore Oil Corp., or CNOOC, has begun producing oil at the smallest offshore oilfield China has discovered, according to reports. It is widely considered…
Report: Turkey Plans Oil-Gas Exploration
Turkey will start oil-and-gas exploration in the eastern Mediterranean, the energy minister said, according to a TV station, weeks after Cyprus announced similar plans in deals with Egypt and Lebanon.
