Bourbon, Paris based ship operator, announced a vessels new building program to renew the old and obsolete continental offshore fleet and meet demand in deepwater operations.

Maersk Tankers, Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and Det Norske Veritas (DNV) have agreed to collaborate on the design and risk assessment of tankers for shipping CO2.

The container ships “CMA CGM Lamartine” and “CMA CGM Callisto” recently have been delivered to the CMA CGM Group.

To provide the Turkish shipbuilding sector with an impulse, the Turkish government will make a Credit Guarantee Fund.

EnSolve Biosystems, Raleigh, USA, specialist in maritime bioremediation technology, has introduced a new line of products designed to facilitate cleanup of oil from shorelines, beaches, marshes and open waters.

The newly founded Haugesund Simulatorcenter will receive a range of offshore simulators. Kongsberg Maritime's simulation division will deliver a 360 degree visual offshore vessel simulator with interface to a range of specialised task simulators for team training of complex offshore operations in 2011.

The Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and the governors of ten US East Coast states signed a Memorandum of Understanding that formally establishes an Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Consortium to promote the efficient, orderly, and responsible…