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Ship&Offshore
17.12.2008
Offshore

Keppel FELS completes Jindal’s 2nd jackup

Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) in Singapore is set to deliver a jackup rig ahead of schedule to Virtue Drilling, an associate company of India’s Jindal Drilling & Industries (Jindal).

 

Ship&Offshore
16.12.2008
Shipbuilding

Keel laying of first patrol vessel for the Royal Netherlands Navy

On 8th December the Dutch State Secretary for Defence Jack de Vries layed down the keel of the first patrol vessel for the Royal Netherlands Navy in the dock of Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding. During the ceremony the names of the four patrol…

Ship&Offshore
15.12.2008
Offshore

Bourbon training center with AHTS simulator in Singapore

The French shipping company Bourbon has inaugurated its Bourbon Training Center Asia and its AHTS simulator in Singapore in the premises of Bourbon Offshore Asia.

Ship&Offshore
11.12.2008
Shipbuilding

Handover of two Austal-built high speed catamarans to Middle East

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has welcomed the delivery of its two Austal-built 88 metre high speed vehicle-passenger catamarans, “Riyadh” and “Cairo” during a handover ceremony in Jeddah attended by King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and the Egyptian President Mohammed Hosni Mubarak.

Peter Hogan
Ship&Offshore
10.12.2008
Shipbuilding

Austal appoints Chief Operating Officer

The Australian shipbuilding company Austal, based in Henderson, has appointed Peter Hogan to the position of Chief Operating Officer - Australian Operations.

Ship&Offshore
10.12.2008
Shipbuilding

Vacon to build new factory in USA

The global AC drives manufacturer Vacon will build new office and factory premises in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, the United States. The new premises will be completed by the end of 2009, allowing Vacon to meet its goal of continuous and profitable…

Ship&Offshore
09.12.2008
Ship Operation

Longer quay for cruise liners at the Port of Valletta

Voset Malta plc, operators of the Valletta Waterfront and the Valletta Sea Passenger Terminal is investing over 2 million Euros in a project to extend its primary quay.

 

Ship&Offshore
09.12.2008
Shipbuilding

New line of air conditioning units for workboats

Dometic Corporation, Environmental Division, a business unit of Dometic Group in Pompano Beach, unveiled a new series of rugged marine air conditioning units designed specifically for the requirements of offshore supply vessels and other workboats.

 

Ship&Offshore
09.12.2008
Shipbuilding

MacGREGOR supplies specialist solutions

The first two of six seismic vessels under construction for Polarcus at the Drydocks World–Dubai shipyard in the United Arab Emirates will feature MacGREGOR observation platform technology.

 

SkySails
Ship&Offshore
05.12.2008
Shipbuilding

Zeppelin to take stake in SkySails

Zeppelin Power Systems GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg and the towing-kite manufacturer SkySails GmbH & Co. KG, also of Hamburg, are joining forces to market SkySails propulsion systems.