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"Gaschem Nordsee"
Ship&Offshore
14.04.2009
Shipbuilding

First LPG/LEG tanker for Harpain

Meyer Werft in Papenburg delivered the LPG/LRG tanker "Gaschem Nordsee" to the shipping company Harpain.

Ship&Offshore
09.04.2009
Shipbuilding

EU approval for HERCULES-Beta project

The HERCULES-Beta research project proposal was recently approved by the European Commission.

Ship&Offshore
08.04.2009
Shipbuilding

Training facility for Lloyd's Register Asia

Lloyd's Register Asia has opened its first dedicated marine surveyor training centre in Shanghai, assuring that the Group's global marine team will continue to deliver the high technical standards demanded by the modern maritime industry.

Ship&Offshore
08.04.2009
Ship Operation

Rig-build contract

Rowan Companies' manufacturing subsidiary, LeTourneau Technologies, Inc. ("LTI") has signed contracts valued at appr. US$185 million with a Brazilian construction consortium to provide the rig kit, rig design and drilling equipment for two LeTourneau Super 116E jack-up rigs.

Prof Choo Yoo Sang
Ship&Offshore
06.04.2009
Shipbuilding

New Lloyd's Register Educational Trust Professor

Professor Choo Yoo Sang, Director for Research at the National University of Singapore's Centre for Offshore Research and Engineering (CORE) has been appointed Lloyd's Register Educational Trust Professor with effect from 1 April 2009.

Ship&Offshore
06.04.2009
Shipbuilding

Agreement to develop a FLNG near Kitimat

Canadian operator Teekay Corporation (“Teekay”), headquartered at Vancouver, has signed an agreement with investment company Merrill Lynch Commodities, Inc. to jointly develop a project to convert the LNG carrier "Arctic Spirit".

Ship&Offshore
03.04.2009
Shipbuilding

Hand-over and commissioning of the fourth Indonesian Corvette

After finishing of outfitting details and performing successful sea trials, the fourth SIGMA CLASS Corvette, "KRI Frans Kaisiepo", built by Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding (DSNS), Vlissingen, The Netherlands, was handed-over and commissioned to the Navy of the Republic of Indonesia.

Ship&Offshore
03.04.2009
Shipbuilding

Nakilat and Damen to join forces

Qatar Gas Transport Company Ltd. (Nakilat), Doha, and Damen Shipyards Group, based in Gorinchem, Netherlands, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to form a joint venture to manage a new shipyard in the port of Ras Laffan.

"Southside"
Ship&Offshore
01.04.2009
Shipbuilding

Double ended ferry for South Ferry

South Ferry, Inc., Shelter Island, has taken delivery of the vehicle/passenger ferry "Southside".

Ship&Offshore
30.03.2009
Ship Operation

First turbine installed

At the offshore wind farm Horns Rev 2 in the North Sea situated 30-40 km off the west coast of Denmark the first turbine was installed by the Danish project developer Dong Energy, Siemens, who delivers the turbines, and the Danish supplier of construction services A2Sea.