The Danish National Bank has issued a new coin with a maritime motif, a prototype of the world’s largest container carrier Emma Mærsk which was delivered from Odense Steel Shipyard in 2006. The ship now has an official capacity of 15,550 TEUs.
Class society ABS has been collaborating with Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) to evaluate the basic design and containment system parameters for an LNG carrier operating in an Arctic environment. Specifically the carrier would operate a trade route from the Kara Sea and Barents Sea to Europe or the United States.
South Korea’s state-run Korea Gas Corp. (KOGAS) said Monday that it has developed a design technology for the world’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) tank.
An Internet trawl of the German mainstream media shows just how many facets there are to the crisis current overshadowing the Beluga Group.
JAPAN's shipping group NYK is to provide an offshore platform in its vessel Yamatai to ship relief supplies to victims of the Sendai earthquake and tsunami.
TIANJIN port will invest CNY13.5 billion (US$2.1 billion) on infrastructure projects and start building the 300,000-tonne capacity navigation channel this year, Xinhua reports.
Torrents of tears and smiles, joy and relief engulfed Shah Amanat International Airport as the 26 crew of hijacked ship MV Jahan Moni landed yesterday afternoon.
Deals won last week by Samsung Engineering to build Saudi Aramco's natural gas liquids (NGL) project in Shaybah oilfield are worth $2.76 billion, industry sources said on Monday.
The uprising against Libyan ruler Muammar Qaddafi may boost supertanker earnings above 2010 levels as U.S. oil refineries are forced to increase imports from the Middle East, Arctic Securities ASA said.
Vroon Offshore Services (VOS) announces that it has taken delivery of a new addition to their offshore fleet.
Measurement Technology Northwest (MTNW) announces major award from Adamac, a leading Nigerian Oil & Gas Services Company based in Port Harcourt. The project called for 9 running line tensiometers, displays, and software to monitor the anchor winch lines for a pipe-laying barge.
MPI Offshore Limited (MPI) announce delivery today, 21 March 2011, in Qidong, People’s Republic of China, of the MPI Adventure, the first of two state-of-the art wind turbine installation vessels to be built at the Cosco Qidong Shipyard. The second vessel, MPI Discovery, is scheduled for delivery later this year.
These vessels were earlier contracted by a Norwegian Ship-owner. However, the contracts were terminated by the owners in January, 2011.
Seadrill has commissioned a new jackup drilling rig from Jurong shipyard in Singapore, for use in development drilling in the Norwegian North Sea.
Marine engine manufacturer Wärtsilä has been awarded a contract by shipbuilding company STX Finland Oy to supply additional equipment for a large LNG-fuelled passenger ferry.
Fincantieri has been awarded a contract to build two PSV’s for Tidewater at its Sturgeon Bay shipyard in Wisconsin. The first is scheduled for delivery before the end of 2012 and the second within mid 2013.
EnCore Oil plc announces that the Burgman well 28/9-4 located on UKCS Central North Sea Block 28/9 has reached Total Depth of 5,990 feet Measured Depth and has successfully encountered good quality hydrocarbons in a Tay sandstone interval. Based on the results of the well, the joint venture partnership has decided to drill an immediate side-track from the Burgman well.
Dominion Petroleum announces the award of Block L9 of the Lamu Basin, offshore Kenya. The company last week concluded negotiations with the Government of the Republic of Kenya by executing heads of agreement (“HoA”) which define the terms for Block L9.
Rockhopper Exploration has discovered a significant oil column in an appraisal well in the North Falkland Islands Basin in the South Atlantic Ocean. According to the UK-based company, Well 14/10-4 uncovered 108 feet (33 meters) of net pay in good quality reservoir with 20% average porosity. The well was drilled to a total depth of 9,190 feet (2,801 meters), finding the oil-water contact level at 8,127 feet (2,477 meters).
TGS announces a second multi-client 3D seismic survey in the Tarakan Basin, offshore Northern Indonesia. The survey, TBB11, will add over 1,820 km2 of new 3D data to the previous survey announced in December 2010. The TBB11 survey will increase coverage in this area to nearly 3,500 km2. The data is being acquired by the M/V Seisquest, with acquisition expected to complete in Q2 2011.
Octanex N.L. has been advised by Eni Australia Limited, the Operator of the Gawain-1 well located in the outer Exmouth Plateau permit, WA-362-P, that at 06:00 hours WST (Western Standard Time) on Monday. 21 March 2011, the well was at a depth of 3.653m MDRT and running the 9/4″ liner.
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) Director Michael R. Bromwich today announced that the bureau has approved an Exploration Plan, submitted by Shell Offshore Inc., following the completion of a site-specific Environmental Assessment (SEA) for deepwater oil and gas exploration.
Marlink, Norway, has recently extended its contract with seismic vessel operator Fugro-Geoteam, Norway, for five years. As part of the latest agreement, Marlink will supply its innovative Sealink VSAT service to the seismic vessels via Marlink's Eik teleport in Norway, providing 512 Kbps of bandwidth and 10-15 telephone lines for each vessel.
Libyan military officials on Sunday boarded an Italian tugboat docked at Tripoli's port and threatened to suspend its communications in an apparent seizure, ship owner said, as U.S. and European airstrikes enforced a no-fly zone over Libya.
Weststar Aviation Services Sdn Bhd, offshore transport specialist, has taken delivery of the last three of the nine Augusta Weststar (AW139) helicopters it ordered which will be used to perform offshore transport missions supporting offshore oil and gas operations in the country.
Sri Lanka's Colombo Dockyard said it has delivered the fourth in a series of oil industry offshore support vessels for Greatship (India), a subsidiary of The Great Eastern Shipping Company of India.
Japanese authorities have downplayed concerns over radiation emission around Tokyo and Yokohama ports from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant. The Japanese ministry of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism (MLIT) has on Monday issued an update on the radiation doses measured around the two ports.
Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Orient Overseas (International) Limited (OOIL) which recorded profits after tax of $870 million earlier this month, is set to order up to ten new vessels from Korean shipbuilding giant Samsung Heavy Industries, each around 13,000 TEU.
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world’s biggest shipbuilder, today won a KRW 800 billion (USD 711.2 mln) deal to build six 9,600 TEU containerships for shipping line Hamburg Süd.
Bharati Shipyard reckons an order of over Rs. 20bn as it has reportedly planned to mainly target the off-shore and defence segments.
Renewed concerns about atomic power triggered by an earthquake and nuclear crisis in Japan may spur orders for $202 million liquefied-natural gas tankers already in short supply, according to Mirae Asset Securities Co.
ST Marine, the shipbuilding unit of Singapore's ST Engineering, reports that it has received a notice of termination dated March 17, 2011 from French shipowner Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) in respect of the shipbuilding contract for a Roll-on/Roll-off Passenger ferry.
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