Eidesvik doubles up on Kleven PSV order
Norway’s Eidesvik Offshore has exercised a NOK 440 million ($71.2 million) option to build a second LNG fueled PSV at Kleven Maritime. Scheduled for delivery from Kleven’s Ulsteinvik shipyard in 2012, the
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Canada awards design contracts for research vessels
Canada’s Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Gail Shea, has announced the award of contracts for the design of four new scientific research vessels the Canadian Coast Guard. A $2.5 million contract for
Body of capsized tug captain found
The body of the 46-year-old captain of the tug Fairplay-22, which capsized in Rotterdam on November 11th, was found today on the beach close to Hoek van Holland, the Netherlands. Owner of
Salazar meets with shallow water drillers
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar was in Louisiana today for a meeting with shallow water drillers. He was accompanied by Assistant Secretary Tom Strickland, and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation
Ezra to add four platform supply vessels to fleet
Singapore’s Ezra Holdings Limited says it will add four high-end multi-purpose platform supply vessels (PSV’s) to its fleet in the light of the positive outlook for the offshore oil and gas sector.
WSF takes experts’ advice, up to a point
Though Washington State Ferries (WSF) says it will work to implement a majority of 36 recommendations made by an independent expert panel to improve ferry operations, it is not rushing to deal
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Incat building LNG-fueled, gas turbine powered cat
Australian high-speed catamaran pioneer Incat is set to notch up another first. Under construction at its Hobart, Tasmania, shipyard is Hull 069, a 99 m cat that, says Incat, will be “the
Panel finds flaws in management of deepwater drilling risks
The numerous technical and operational breakdowns that contributed to the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and spill from the Macondo well in the Gulf suggest the lack of a suitable approach for
ACP starts commissioning new tugboat series
Calovebora, the first in a series of thirteen Z-Tech tugboats built for ACP (the Panama Canal Authority) by Cheoy Lee Shipyards of Hong Kong is now in Panama. The 26-engine order for