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Published 4y-11mo-1w-5d-18h-28m ago
Best Large Patrol Boat amp 8211 Gabriela Silang amp 8211 OCEA amp 160 This is a very special vessel. Effectively, it is a multi purpose warship that has been custom designed ......
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Published 4y-11mo-1w-6d-55m ago
Russia amp 8217 s Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard launched a new cargo vessel into the water on Wednesday, January 20. Named Viktor Andryukhin, the newbuilding is a Project RSD59 ......
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Published 4y-11mo-2w-3d-55m ago
The next ship slated to join Brittany Ferries amp 8217 fleet was recently launched into the water for the first time. Built by China Merchants Jinling Shipyard Weihai, the ......
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Published 4y-11mo-2w-6d-40m ago
New Zealand tour operator Whale Watch Kaikoura recently welcomed a new vessel to its fleet. The newbuild is the second Whale Watch vessel to be named Te Ao Marama. The ......
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Published 4y-11mo-3w-3d-1h ago
Caledonian Maritime Assets CMAL has awarded a contract to international design and engineering firm BMT to provide consultancy services for the concept design of a new ......
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Published 4y-11mo-4w-2d-2m ago
China amp 8217 s Jianglong Shipbuilding has completed construction of a new firefighting boat for operation in the waters of the Dawan District off Guangdong province. The ......
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Published 4y-11mo-4w-2d-15m ago
Malaysia amp 8217 s MISC has taken delivery of Seri Erlang, its second very large ethane carrier VLEC . The newbuild is the second of six VLECs ordered by MISC from Samsung ......
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Published 4y-11mo-4w-2d-40m ago
The US Coast Guard, US Navy, and Good Samaritans are searching for a life raft from an adrift 28 metre Taiwanese fishing vessel approximately 885 kilometres northeast of ......
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Published 5y-20m ago
The US Navy has awarded Thoma Sea Marine Constructors of Houma, Louisiana, a contract for the design and construction of two new oceanographic ships that will be operated ......
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Published 5y-12h-1m ago
The chairman of Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings HHIH has said that he expects the company amp 8217 s planned acquisition of rival shipyard Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine ......
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Published 5y-12h-22m ago
Construction is nearly completed on a pair of breakwaters at a new tuna fishing port that will be able to accommodate up to 800 vessels in Chennai, India. The breakwaters ......
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Published 5y-12h-52m ago
Fuzhou based deepwater fishing company Pingtan Marine Enterprise has begun operational sailings of what it claims is the largest fishery support vessel ever to sail under ......
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Published 5y-13h-20m ago
The Mongla Port Authority in southwestern Bangladesh has awarded a contract for deepening works to a partnership formed by Chinese firms Jianshu Haihong Construction ......
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Published 5y-19h-46m ago
Booneville, Iowa based marine contractor Legacy Materials has taken delivery of a new electric powered cutter suction dredger CSD from Custom Dredge Works of Topeka, ......
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Published 5y-20h-3m ago
The Calhoun Port Authority CPA in Point Comfort, Texas, has confirmed that the expansion of Calhoun Port will commence within this year. Congress amp 8217 recent passage ......
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Published 5y-20h-22m ago
We read so much about the disruptions to business caused by the Covid 19 virus, and many of us see the effects every day in our own businesses, so it is quite remarkable ......
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Published 5y-20h-49m ago
Work is currently underway to modernise a 204 metre fishing vessel owned by US based O amp 8217 Hara Corporation. Originally completed as a tuna longliner in 1974, Alaska ......
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Published 5y-21h-19m ago
Remontowa Shipbuilding of Gdansk, Poland, has launched a new mine countermeasures vessel MCMV and a new tug for the Polish Navy. The future ORP Mewa ..
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Published 5y-21h-51m ago
Qatari shipowner Nakilat has taken delivery of a newbuild LNG carrier from Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering DSME . Named Global Star, the vessel is the second ......
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Published 5y-22h-5m ago
The European Defence Agency amp 8217 s EDA steering board recently approved the launch of a specific EDA ad hoc project that will contribute to the implementation of a ......
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Published 5y-1d-1h-56m ago
China amp 8217 s Jianglong Shipbuilding has delivered two steel aluminium patrol vessels in a series to the Zhuhai City Transportation Bureau in Guangdong province. Zhuhai ......
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Published 5y-1d-2h-12m ago
Estonia amp 8217 s Tallink Grupp has published its 2020 fourth quarter and December passenger and cargo statistics, which reveal the total impact of the Covid 19 pandemic on ......
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Published 5y-1d-2h-26m ago
This excellent book is one of the new breed of World War II histories that incorporate substantial comment from some of the few remaining participants in that war. It ......
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Published 5y-1d-2h-39m ago
The crew of the US Coast Guard fast response cutter Joseph Napier combined efforts with the Hong Kong flagged containership CSCL Long Beach and the Singaporean flagged ......
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Published 5y-1d-2h-48m ago
Saam Towage recently took delivery of a tug to be used in the company amp 8217 s operations in Ecuador. Efesan Port, which was built and formerly operated by Turkey amp 8217 s ......
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Published 5y-1d-3h-1m ago
Authorities in Russia have ordered the suspension of the search for the missing crew of a fishing vessel that sank in the northern Barents Sea within the Arctic Circle ......
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Published 5y-1d-14h-25m ago
A South Korean flagged commercial vessel was seized by Iranian paramilitary forces in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, January 4, officials in Seoul have confirmed. The ......
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Published 5y-1d-14h-54m ago
An armed robbery attempt on a berthed commercial vessel in Morocco on the first day of the new year ended in failure after the crew managed to fight off the perpetrators, ......
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Published 5y-1d-19h-50m ago
More than 80 per cent of goods traded worldwide travel on one of the more than 90,000 cargo vessels plying the world’s oceans. At the heart of it all is the freight ......
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Published 5y-1d-20h-49m ago
Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering DSME handed over a new LNG carrier to Flex LNG on Friday, January 1. Flex Freedom is the eleventh vessel to join the Flex LNG ......
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Published 5y-1d-21h-2m ago
New research produced jointly by the Swire Institute of Marine Science SWIMS of the University of Hong Kong HKU and The Nature Conservancy TNC , published recently ......
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Published 5y-1d-21h-38m ago
The Indian Navy corvette INS Kiltan has completed transporting humanitarian relief to Vietnam and Cambodia to benefit communities in the two countries that have been ......
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Published 5y-1d-21h-58m ago
Keppel Offshore and Marine Keppel O amp 38 M has delivered Singapore amp 8217 s first LNG bunkering vessel, FueLNG Bellina, to FueLNG. Designed by Keppel Marine and Deepwater ......
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Published 5y-1d-22h-18m ago
ClassNK has released its Guideline for Survey and Facilities/Equipment of LNG Bunkering Ships, which outlines the additional safety requirements of liquefied gas carriers ......
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Published 5y-1d-22h-26m ago
EQT Infrastructure V fund, through HATI BidCo, has launched an offer to acquire all outstanding shares in Norwegian air, sea, and land transport company Torghatten ......
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Published 5y-1d-22h-36m ago
After nearly eight years in the Baltic, the Ro Pax ferry Cotentin has returned to Brittany Ferries and the route for which it was originally built in 2007, carrying ......
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Published 5y-1d-22h-52m ago
The Indian Navy took delivery of the final one of eight Mark IV landing craft utility LCU vessels from local builder Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers GRSE on ......
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Published 5y-1d-23h-8m ago
The government of Liberia has launched a new project that is intended to help ensure the sustainable management of the country amp 8217 s fisheries sector as well as reduce ......
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Published 5y-1d-23h-19m ago
The Association of Responsible Krill Harvesting Companies ARK has agreed to use some of its vessels to help monitor the status of the krill population in the waters ......
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Published 5y-2d-2h-42m ago
Australian shipbuilder Civmec has begun construction on the fourth Arafura class offshore patrol vessel OPV slated for the Royal Australian Navy. The vessel and nine ......
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Published 5y-2d-2h-57m ago
The Indian Army has awarded a contract to Goa Shipyard GSL for the construction of 12 fast patrol boats. The GRP hulled craft will be capable of surveillance and ......
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Published 5y-2d-3h-18m ago
An ex Indian Navy diesel electric submarine has been commissioned into service with the Myanmar Navy, making it the latter country amp 8217 s first ever submarine. The ......
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Published 5y-2d-15h-48m ago
Greek shipowner Minerva Marine has taken delivery of the first in a series of two new LNG carriers built by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering DSME . Minerva ......
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Published 5y-2d-16h-35m ago
Maintenance dredging works have been successfully completed on schedule at the Port of Mackay in North Queensland. The dredging was in line with the Queensland Government ......
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Published 5y-2d-17h-29m ago
US President Donald Trump has signed into law the omnibus spending bill for Fiscal Year 2021, which includes funding for four more Sentinel class fast response cutters ......
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Published 5y-2d-17h-49m ago
US based Genco Shipping and Trading has entered into an agreement to acquire three modern, eco Ultramax vessels in exchange for six older Handysize vessels. The ......
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Published 5y-2d-18h-45m ago
Awilco Rig 2 AR2 , a wholly owned subsidiary of Awilco Drilling, has notified Singapore based shipbuilder Keppel FELS that it has exercised its contractual termination ......
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Published 5y-2d-19h-1m ago
On our long passages back and forth to the antipodes, we never really liked to carry cargo on deck. Outward bound, we would sometimes be landed with hazardous goods ......
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Published 5y-2d-20h-59m ago
WORK BOAT WORLD: Jonas Tegström has been appointed the new CEO of waterjet propulsion supplier Marine Jet Power MJP . He succeeds interim CEO, Claes Rudling, who will ......
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Published 5y-2d-21h-9m ago
The US Navy will soon take delivery of two amphibious interceptor craft built by France amp 8217 s Iguana Pro. The boats will be used for patrols and will be capable of ......
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Published 5y-2d-21h-12m ago
The Indian Navy has inducted a new ferry into service for use in logistical support duties. Madhur is one of seven 250 passenger vessels in a series built for the navy by ......
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Published 5y-2d-21h-20m ago
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the US Agency for International Development USAID to help ......
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Published 5y-2d-22h-14m ago
The Southampton Magistrates Court in the UK has charged two individuals in connection with a failed attempt to hijack an oil tanker in the English Channel off the Isle of ......
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Published 5y-2d-22h-29m ago
The US Navy has released a request for proposals RFP for the design, development, and fabrication of the Naval Sea Systems Command NAVSEA Program Executive Office ......
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Published 5y-2d-23h-18m ago
The South Korean Navy recently took delivery of a new guided missile frigate from Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering DSME . The future ROKS Gyeongnam is the ......
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Published 5y-2d-23h-28m ago
The Philippine Coast Guard has deployed vessels and personnel to attempt to locate a small boat that has gone missing in the waters between the southern island provinces ......
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Published 5y-3d-1h-32m ago
Seattle based Saltchuk Marine has acquired Centerline Logistics amp 8217 harbour ship assist operations in California and the Pacific Northwest. Eight ship assist tugs ......
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Published 5y-3d-1h-48m ago
German shipyard Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft FSG has laid the keel for a new freight only Ro Ro ferry ordered by UK based IVP Ship Invest. The newbuilding will ......
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Published 5y-3d-1h-57m ago
Interlake Holding Company has completed its acquisition of two vessels formerly owned by Michigan based companies operating on the Great Lakes. The purchased vessels are ......
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Published 5y-3d-2h-20m ago
The Russian Navy has commissioned its first Project 20385 corvette into service. Built by the Severnaya Verf shipyard of United Shipbuilding Corporation USC , ......
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Published 5y-3d-2h-39m ago
China amp 8217 s Jiangsu Zhenjiang Shipyard has handed over two newbuild ASD tugs in a series to separate local port operators in Jiangsu Province. Zhen Gang Tuo 4001 and ......
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Published 5y-3d-3h-3m ago
Carrington Slipways, “the best little shipyard in the world”. A phrase that I heard often from shipowners right through to the yard workers themselves. A family owned ......
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Published 5y-1w-21h-39m ago
Two recent naval exercises demonstrate the potential for Russia China cooperation in the Indian Ocean, and how the two present a much greater threat to a continued US ......
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Published 5y-1w-21h-44m ago
Stable Seas recently released its third annual Maritime Security Index with one very important addition. This year, the geographic scope was expanded to include Australia ......
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Published 5y-1w-21h-49m ago
Gas shipping companies Epic Gas and Lauritzen Kosan have entered into a transaction agreement to combine their fleet and business activities under a single entity. The ......
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Published 5y-1w-22h-55m ago
South Korean shipowner Pan Ocean has confirmed its plans to acquire a newbuild vessel to expand its LNG transport business, the company said in a recent regulatory ......
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Published 5y-1w-23h-3m ago
United Shipbuilding Corporation amp 8217 s USC Admiralty Shipyard has cut the first steel for a new freezer trawler ordered by Russian Fishery Company. The vessel will be ......
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Published 5y-1w-23h-13m ago
U Ming Marine Transport Corporation, through fully owned subsidiary U Ming Marine Transport Singapore, recently held a virtual naming ceremony for its newest very large ......
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Published 5y-1w-23h-21m ago
US based Eagle Bulk Shipping has purchased two modern scrubber fitted Ultramax bulk carriers from unnamed owners. The first vessel, which was built in 2015 and will be ......
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Published 5y-1w-23h-32m ago
BW LPG has completed conducting sea trials of the very large gas carrier VLGC BW Orion following a recent retrofit programme that replaced the ship amp 8217 s ..
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Published 5y-1w-23h-40m ago
China amp 8217 s Mawei Shipyard has cut the first steel for two new heavy lift vessels in a series ordered by Dutch shipowner Spliethoff. The vessels will each have a ......
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Published 5y-1w-1d-3m ago
A Danish flagged containership has lost power and gone adrift off Portugal amp 8217 s southern coast after a fire broke out in its engine room on Saturday, December 26. ......
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Published 5y-1w-1d-1h-23m ago
Chinese operator Zhoushan Putuo Huandao Passenger Transport has awarded Jianglong Shipbuilding a contract for the construction of a new steel aluminium sightseeing vessel ......
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Published 5y-1w-1d-2h-9m ago
Huntington Ingalls Industries HII has delivered a batch of newbuild Remus 100 unmanned underwater vehicles UUVs to the German Navy. The UUVs have an endurance of 12 ......
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Published 5y-1w-1d-2h-19m ago
The Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography has placed an order for two Project 17050 research vessels from local builder Nevsky Shipyard. The ......
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Published 5y-1w-1d-3h-28m ago
Rafnar, through Athens based subsidiary Rafnar Hellas, has delivered a new rigid inflatable boat RIB to the Hellenic Coast Guard. The 11 metre RIB is the fifth in a ......
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Published 5y-1w-1d-3h-39m ago
Russia amp 8217 s Onezhsky Shipbuilding has delivered a new self propelled hopper barge to local port operator Rosmorport. Named Smelaya, the 56 by 11 metre vessel has a ......
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Published 5y-1w-1d-3h-48m ago
The US Coast Guard has taken delivery of the future USCGC Robert Goldman, the 42nd Sentinel class fast response cutter built by Bollinger Shipyards. The 46 metre vessel ......
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Published 5y-1w-1d-3h-59m ago
A new lifeboat has been delivered to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution RNLI station at Littlestone in Kent. The eight metre boat has been named Jean McIvor in ......
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Published 5y-1w-1d-4h-8m ago
United Shipbuilding Corporation amp 8217 s USC Yantar Baltic Shipbuilding Plant has handed over the newbuild large landing ship Pyotr Morgunov to the Russian Navy. The ......
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Published 5y-1w-1d-4h-19m ago
When this book first arrived from the publisher, your reviewer was tempted to bin it. Its rather “sensationalist” cover reminded him of the avalanche of books about ......
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Published 5y-2w-16h ago
The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch MAIB has released its preliminary assessment of an incident wherein an explosion occurred aboard the fishing vessel ......
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Published 5y-2w-16h-9m ago
Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering DSME has completed sea trials of Minerva Psara, the first in a series of two LNG carriers being built for Greek shipowner ......
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Published 5y-2w-16h-25m ago
Russian operator Sakhalinlizingflot has taken delivery of the Project PV22 ice class ferry Admiral Nevelskoy from United Shipbuilding Corporation amp 8217 s USC Nevsky ......
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Published 5y-2w-16h-36m ago
Not long until Christmas now! As the big day gets closer, you will have seen Esvagt, Swire, Seacor, Cairn Energy, Vantage and Shearwater featuring in Part One of our ......
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Published 5y-2w-20h-54m ago
I was reading an account of a visit of a highly sophisticated ship to a repair yard for some very involved upgrading and servicing. It all seemed to run like clockwork, ......
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Published 5y-2w-21h-9m ago
Shearwater GeoServices has been awarded a 3D broadband marine seismic acquisition contract by India amp 8217 s Oil and Natural Gas Corporation ONGC in the Western Offshore ......
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Published 5y-2w-21h-34m ago
Ports of Stockholm has confirmed that the entire Stockholm Norvik Port has completed undergoing construction and is now operational. The port amp 8217 s container terminal ......
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Published 5y-2w-21h-49m ago
Royal Caribbean International has sold two of its vessels to an undisclosed third party based in the Asia Pacific region. The objects of the sale are the 1990 built ......
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Published 5y-2w-22h ago
Russia amp 8217 s Admiralty Shipyard has launched the Project 00903 ice capable research vessel Severnny Polyus at its Saint Petersburg facilities. Once completed, the ......
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Published 5y-2w-22h-21m ago
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works has completed builder amp 8217 s trials of the future USS Daniel Inouye, a US Navy Arleigh Burke class destroyer. The vessel honours the ......
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Published 5y-2w-22h-32m ago
UK naval architects Bar Technologies has been chosen to support local maritime technology business SubSea Craft in the design and build of an advanced submersible diver ......
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Published 5y-2w-22h-43m ago
The official start of operations of a new joint venture company formed between Japan amp 8217 s two largest shipbuilders has been scheduled for January 1, 2021. Both Japan ......
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Published 5y-2w-23h-1m ago
Oretol Nigeria has placed an order for a new 2,819kW cutter suction dredger and a 14 metre multi purpose workboat from Netherlands based Royal IHC. The dredger will have ......
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Published 5y-2w-23h-15m ago
French companies Louis Dreyfus Armateurs LDA and Tidal Transit have been awarded a contract by GE Renewable Energy for the provision of two crewboats for the ......
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Published 5y-2w-1d-35m ago
Polarcus has entered into a memorandum of agreement Sovcomflot group subsidiary SCF GEO for the provision of 4D marine seismic acquisition services in the Far East. The ......
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Published 5y-2w-1d-44m ago
Carnival Cruise Line took delivery of the newbuild cruise ship Mardi Gras in a live virtual ceremony at Meyer Turku yard in Finland on Friday, December 18. The 340 metre ......
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Published 5y-2w-1d-52m ago
DOF Rederi, a wholly owned subsidiary of DOF, has completed the sale of the platform supply vessel PSV Skandi Buchan to an international buyer. The 2002 built vessel ......
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Published 5y-2w-1d-1h-6m ago
Danish operator Esvagt took delivery of a new windfarm service vessel from Norwegian builder New Havyard Ship Technology on Friday, December 18. Designed by Havyard ......
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Published 5y-2w-1d-1h-14m ago
