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Brazil's Wilson Sons Limited  has, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Brasco Logistica Offshore Limitada (Brasco), signed a contract for the acquisition of 100% of the issued share capital of Bric Brazilian Intermodal Complex S/A. (Briclog) for Brazilian Reais (R$125) million). Briclog provides port services to the oil and gas industry. The closing of the acquisiti ...

Pacific Drilling S.A. (NOTC: PDSA) announced today that it has received delivery of its newest drillship, the Pacific Mistral.  The Pacific Mistral is the third of six ultra-deepwater drillships under construction for Pacific Drilling at Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries. It can operate in water depths of up to 12,000 feet and drill wells of up to 35,000 feet total dept ...

Wärtsilä has reached an agreement with Versa Power Systems (VPS), a leading developer of high-power solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) to develop and integrate Versa Power's SOFC technology into Wärtsilä products.Based in Littleton, Colorado and Calgary, Alberta, Versa Power Systems was founded in 2001 as a joint venture between the Gas Technology Institute, Elect ...

Israeli shipping magnate and philanthropist Sami Ofer died at his home late Thursday night at the age of 89. His death came after a long battle with ill health.Israel's Haaretz news service reports that Mr. Ofer's Ofer Brothers Group is currently under investigation in Israel for allegedly docking ships under its ownership in Iran. The investigation follows ...

Celebrity Cruises' new Celebrity Silhouette has been floated out from Meyer Werft's covered shipbuilding facility in Papenburg, Germany, where numerous area residents lined up to be among the first to see the fourth in Celebrity's  five-ship Solstice Class fleet.Celebrity Silhouette is scheduled to make its Ems river passage from the shipyard under tow to Eemshave ...

Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, Inc., the sole operating subsidiary of Aker Philadelphia Shipyard ASA (Oslo: AKPS), has entered into a loan agreement with Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation (Cat Financial) for a construction loan facility and contingent floor plan loan facility totaling $80 million. Under the agreement, Cat Financial will fund up to $40 million per s ...

Harley Marine Services (HMS) has been awarded the 2011 Marine Environmental Business of the Year for environmental initiatives by the Port of Seattle and Seattle Propeller Club. The award was presented at last month's Seattle Maritime Festival Luncheon held onboard Holland America Line’s Zaandam at Smith Cove Terminal. Deborah Franco, Vice President of HR, QSE and Administration accepte ...

Carnival Corporation & plc's Seabourn cruise brand took delivery of the new 450-guest Seabourn Quest yesterday at the T. Mariotti shipyard in Genoa, Italy. The intimate, all-suite ship is the third vessel constructed by Mariotti for Seabourn’s fleet, completing a three-year expansion that increased the ultra-luxury line’s capacity by more than 200 percent ...

MTU Detroit Diesel Inc. today announced a name change to Tognum America Inc., effective June 1, 2011.  Tognum America, like MTU Detroit Diesel before, is a subsidiary of the Germany-based Tognum Group and is responsible for the sales and service of MTU engines and MTU onsite energy distributed energy systems in North and Latin America. Tognum America has offices in Detroit, Houston, ...

MAN Diesel & Turbo is adding more bore sizes to its ultra-long-stroke engine program. The updated program supplements the G80ME-C9 engine, introduced in October 2010, with G70ME-C9, G60 ME-C9 and G50ME-B9 engines.The G-types have designs that follow the principles of the large-bore Mk-9 engine series that MAN Diesel & Turbo introduced in 2006. Their longer stroke red ...