Konecranes recently acquired 100 percent of the shares in port crane service and modernization company Techniplus S.A.R.L. in Morocco.

Goldenport Holdings Inc., Athens, international shipping company that owns and operates a fleet of container and dry bulk vessels, announced that it took delivery of a new build geared bulk carrier vessel with 57,000 DWT capacity from the COSCO…

The Spanish producer of wind turbines Gamesa intends to open an R&D centre for offshore technology and build one turbine blade manufacturing plant, with its port logistics and operation and maintenance services based at different ports in the UK.

Flowserve Corp., provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets headquartered at Irving, Texas, announced the signing of a 10-year licensing agreement with Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center in Russia to provide the…

The current joint venture partners of Paenal Yard in Porto Amboim, Angola, Sonangol and SBM Offshore (Dutch supplier of engineered products, vessels and systems) and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) of South Korea have signed an agreement in which DSME will acquire a 30% share in the Paenal Joint Venture.

Turbine Transfers Ltd, one of the leading providers of support vessels to the offshore windfarm industry, based in Holyhead, has chosen BMT Nigel Gee Ltd as the designers of a new series of multi-purpose wind farm support vessels. BMT Nigel Gee Ltd is a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, the leading international maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy.

Conrad Industries, Inc., Morgan City, Louisiana, signed new contracts.

Deepwater Wind LLC, US based leader in development of renewable, offshore wind-power projects, is assembling a state-of-the-art wind-measuring buoy at Quonset Point that will be the first of its kind in the United States.