JULY 23, 2012—Norway’s Atlantic Offshore AS has ordered two new North Sea standby vessels (Field Support Vessels) , worth €50 million for delivery in 2014 from Zamakona Shipyards in Bilbao, Spain. The
JULY 23, 2012—Quality of life is such an important issue for attracting and retaining seafarers. Often, seafarers can spend months away from their families with little or no contact. What we take
JULY 23, 2012 — Norway’s Fjord Line has decided that two new cruise ferries will be fully LNG fueled rather than “dual fuel.” The 170 m, 1,500 passenger, 600 vehicle ferries are
JULY 23, 2012 — The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), whose members represent more than 80 percent of the world merchant fleet, is calling on IMO to speed up a study into
JULY 23, 2012 — Singapore’s Keppel Shipyard Ltd (Keppel Shipyard) has secured three conversion contracts with an initial combined value of S$103 million (about US$82 million). The contracts are from PTSC Asia
JULY 20, 2012 — Petrobras subsidiaries Tupi BV and Guará BV, together with consortium members BG Group, Petrogal Brasil, and Repsol Sinopec Brasil SA, have given the go-ahead for ten contracts totaling
JULY 20, 2012—As we reported earlier today, seven infrastructure projects at five U.S. ports have been selected by the Obama Administration to receive a streamlined federal review and permitting process under its
JULY 20, 2012 —IFS North America reports that Seaspan Shipyards has selected IFS Applications as its shipbuilding materials requirements planning (MRP) solution. IFS Applications was chosen because it provides a powerful project-based
JULY 20, 2012 — Seven infrastructure projects at five major ports are the first to be expedited under a Presidential Executive Order issued in March of this year that charges the Office
JULY 20, 2012 — A Green Tech Marine GTM R15 compact exhaust gas scrubber recently installed onboard Royal Caribbean International’s cruise ship Liberty of the Seas has now received a MARPOL “Statement