Month: July 2006

Dutch-based offshore survey company Fugro N.V. has placed an order for a new vessel (Geo Caribbean) with the Bergen Mekaniske Verksted (BMV) shipyard in Norway. The vessel will be owned by Fugro…

Three Letters Of Intent have been received by Atlantia Offshore Limited, a fully-owned subsidiary of SBM Offshore N.V., from several Brazilian drilling contractors in the wake of major drilling contracts recently awarded…

Wärtsilä Corporation has introduced a new compact, high-performance waterjet that is optimized for fast vessels. The new Wärtsilä LJX waterjet offers, in comparison with other waterjets available today, a 25% reduction in…

Wärtsilä has acquired the German service company INTEC Injectortechnic GmbH from the four persons owning and managing the company. The Hamburg-based company is specialized in fuel injection equipment, providing installation and services…

Grindrod?s ship owning arm, Unicorn Shipping, has placed shipbuilding orders for two high-specification bunkering barges and secured options for more from a southern China shipyard.This had been done in response to the…

A new 2,500-tonne floating dry dock will be built by the Chinese shipbuilder Penglai Bohai Ship Co for the Ketchikan Shipyard, in Alaska, at a cost of $9.2 million for delivery in…