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Fugro Starts NOAA Project to Update Florida’s Nautical Charts
Fugro has begun work on its first task order under a recently awarded multi-year hydrographic services contract with the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).Located off the north-west coast of Florida, the project involves …
May 20, 2020 / Curious
Keel Laying for LNG Conversion Passenger Ferry Münsterland
AG Ems and Royal Niestern Sander celebrated the official start of the section building for the LNG conversion of the passenger ferry Münsterland. Royal Niestern Sander will design and build a completely new aft ship for the passenger ship from 1986, …
May 20, 2020 / Vessels
Arctia announces end of its icebreaking season
The icebreaking season 2019–2020 ended on Sunday, 17 May, as icebreaker Otso returned to its home port of Katajanokka in Helsinki. In comparison to previous years, the icebreaking season was exceptional due to the mild winter. The icebreaking duties …
May 20, 2020 / Curious
CHI (COSCO Shipping Heavy Industries) and GTT Renew Their Cooperation Agreement
CHI (Cosco Shipping Heavy Industries) and GTT have decided to renew the cooperation agreement they signed in January 2018 regarding newbuilding, maintenance, and retrofits of LNG Carriers or LNG-fuelled merchant ships such as VLCCs, ULCVs and …
May 20, 2020 / Curious
BBC Chartering launches new Caribbean Service
BBC Chartering brings reliability and flexibility to the Caribbean Sea with a new service sailing twice a month from the port of Houston to Cartagena, Point Lisas, and Georgetown. The Company can call many other Caribbean ports on an inducement …
May 20, 2020 / Curious
Maersk Supply Service awarded subsea removal for Dunlin Alpha platform
Maersk Supply Service has been awarded a contract for the removal of the Dunlin Alpha platform’s subsea conductors and guide frames, by Fairfield Betula Limited.Maersk Supply Service will remove four 30” jacket-mounted drilling conductors and two …
May 20, 2020 / Vessels
Rosneft Improves Ice Navigation Routes
Specialists of RN-SakhalinNIPImorneft LLC (part of the Rosneft Research and Development Complex) have performed monitoring of the ice situation of the Aniva Bay and the northeast shelf of Sakhalin Island. During the expedition, unique data on the …
May 20, 2020 / Curious
Fincantieri: The subsidiary Infrastructure to Rebuild the Carlo Riva Port of Rapallo and the Breakwater of Vado Ligure
Fincantieri Infrastructure S.p.A, through its subsidiary Fincantieri Infrastructure Opere Marittime, has signed the contract for the reconstruction, reinforcement and adaptation of the historic international Marina of Rapallo, the first Italian …
May 20, 2020 / Vessels
Sleipnir Completes First Decommissioning Campaign
Earlier this month, Heerema Marine Contractors' Sleipnir completed its first decommissioning campaign of the season.It was a unique project, as Heerema's Champion installed the same modules for ConocoPhillips at the Greater Ekofisk Field in the …
May 19, 2020 / Vessels
Hamburg Süd sends art from Hamburg around the world
It took the Hamburg-based artist Jeannine Platz four days to transform one of Hamburg Süd’s red 40-foot containers into a large artwork measuring roughly 12 x 2.5 meters. What’s more, she painted the picture of the Port of Hamburg using only her …
May 19, 2020 / Curious