MHI to License Marine Boiler Manufacturing and Marketing
Tokyo, March 28, 2011 - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Jiujiang Haitian Equipment Manufacture Co., Ltd. (JHT), a state-owned major marine equipment manufacturer in China, have signed an agreement under which MHI will license marine boiler* technologies to JHT. JHT has been looking forward to acquiring marine boiler manufacturing technology from MHI for some time, while MHI has hoped to…
Event Highlights Opportunities In Marine Energy For North Companies
Businesses will have the chance to learn more about the marine energy opportunities for the Orkney and Pentland Firth waters at an event in Caithness on Tuesday 5 April. Organised jointly by North Scotland Industries Group (NSIG), Caithness Chamber of Commerce, Orkney Islands Council, The Crown Estate and Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), the event is open to members and non-members and will be held at North Highland College, Thurso from 10am to 4.30pm.
Graig Wins Major Chinese Newbuilding Contract
Shanghai-based Graig China, part of the UK’s Graig group, has won a ten-ship order to supervise newbuildings for Chinese leasing company Minsheng Financial Leasing Co Ltd. The supervision contract brings to twenty-three the number of Chinese-owned vessels building in Chinese shipyards under the supervision of Graig. The new contract is to supervise the construction of ten 76,000 dwt bulk carriers to be built at Jiangsu Rong Sheng Heavy Industries Co Ltd…
Statoil Completes Well In Egypt
The Kiwi well in the Egypt’s El Dabaa Licence (Block 9) was completed this week and the Discoverer Americas drillship will soon head back to the US Gulf of Mexico. The exploration well targeted the Kiwi prospect in the El Dabaa licence, located in the Mediterranean west of the Nile Delta, with a water depth of around 2,700 metres at the drill site. Extensive logging has been performed in the well, and preliminary results show that the well is dry.
Navy Names Austal’s Next Two Littoral Combat Ships
Austal hosted a visit by the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Ray Mabus on Friday, March 25. He was joined by U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions, Congressman Jo Bonner, Austal USA President and Chief Operating Officer, Joe Rella, and Mobile Mayor Sam Jones in formally announcing the names that he has selected for the first two Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) of the recently awarded 10-ship contract to Austal. LCS 6 will be named USS Jackson and LCS 8 will be named USS Montgomery.
120 To 175 Floating Production Systems Forecast Over The Next Five Years
The number of floating production systems in service continues to grow. There are now more than double the number of units ten years ago – 250 units now vs. 120 units in 2001. Order backlog, which now stands at 47 units, will increase the inventory by another 20 percent over the next several years. Planned projects – In a new in-depth analysis of the floating production sector, IMA identifies 194…
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