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Norway: Solstad Announces Charter Contracts for its Construction Vessels

Norway: Solstad Announces Charter Contracts for its Construction Vessels

Solstad Offshore could today announce contracts for several of its construction vessels.

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South Korea: Seadrill Orders Two Drillships from Samsung

South Korea: Seadrill Orders Two Drillships from Samsung

Seadrill has entered into turnkey contracts to build two new ultra-deepwater drillships at Samsung in South Korea.

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South Korea’s Samsung to Build Two More LNG Carriers for Golar

South Korea’s Samsung to Build Two More LNG Carriers for Golar

Golar LNG Limited announces that the Company has entered into firm contracts with Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd for a further two LNG carriers.

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UAE: Drydocks World Enters Strategic Agreement with Saipem

UAE: Drydocks World Enters Strategic Agreement with Saipem

Drydocks World’s new global strategy was developed to create additional and increased capacity and efficiencies in all its four important business segments which are; Repairs, Conversion, New building and Engineering.

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China Merchants Reveals Intention to Buy Ten New VLCCs

China Merchants Reveals Intention to Buy Ten New VLCCs

China Merchants Energy Shipping has revealed the intention to increase its competitiveness by purchasing 10 new VLCCs.

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Deep Sea Supply Secures Four Long Term Contracts in Brazil

Deep Sea Supply Secures Four Long Term Contracts in Brazil

Deep Sea Supply announces that the company has been awarded long term contracts with Petrobras for the four vessels Sea Fox, Sea Jackal, Sea Vixen and Sea Stoat.

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RES Americas completes 227.5MW wind farm project

RES Americas completes 227.5MW wind farm project

Renewable Energy Systems Americas (RES Americas) has completed the 227.5MW Crossroads wind farm in the US state of Oklahoma.

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Statkraft to idle 430 MW gas-fired power plant in Germany

Statkraft to idle 430 MW gas-fired power plant in Germany

Statkraft announced its Emden based 430 MW gas-fired power plant will be put in cold reserve and the workforce will be reduced Statkraft

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Jacobs wins contract for new natural gas-fired cogeneration plant

Jacobs wins contract for new natural gas-fired cogeneration plant

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC) has been awarded a contract to provide design services for the decommissioning, historic preservation and construction of the Old Main Utility Building (OMUB) Power Plant

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Repsol makes a new offshore oil discovery in Sierra Leone

Repsol makes a new offshore oil discovery in Sierra Leone

Repsol and its partners, Anadarko Petroleum and Tullow Oil, have made a new hydrocarbons discovery offshore Sierra Leone. The Jupiter-1 well

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CAMAC Energy working toward three exploration blocks in Kenya

CAMAC Energy working toward three exploration blocks in Kenya

CAMAC Energy Inc. (NYSE Amex: CAK), a U.S.-based energy company engaged in the exploration, development and production of oil and gas

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Japan: ClassNK Releases New Guidelines for Gas Fuelled Ships

Japan: ClassNK Releases New Guidelines for Gas Fuelled Ships

As regulations curbing atmospheric pollution and greenhouse gas emissions grow stricter amid stronger calls for a greener shipping industry,

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The Netherlands: Maasvlakte Gets First Waiting Berth for Small Container Ships

The Netherlands: Maasvlakte Gets First Waiting Berth for Small Container Ships

Last Friday, the first waiting berth for short sea and feeder vessels went into use on the Maasvlakte. It involves the former Tor Line berth

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UK: IMO – Polar Code Guidelines and Standards Under Construction

UK: IMO – Polar Code Guidelines and Standards Under Construction

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is developing a mandatory Polar Code in order to set standards for ship construction and operation in polar waters,

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Monaco: Scorpio Tankers Announces Newbuilding, Sales and Charter Agreements

Monaco: Scorpio Tankers Announces Newbuilding, Sales and Charter Agreements

Scorpio Tankers Inc. announced today that it has signed a contract with Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co., Ltd. of South Korea to construct a 52,000 DWT MR product tanker

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Inchcape Shipping Services Launches Operations in Saudi Arabia

Inchcape Shipping Services Launches Operations in Saudi Arabia

Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), the world’s leading maritime services provider, today announced the launch of new operations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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Swire Pacific Acquires Norwagian Seabed AS

Swire Pacific Acquires Norwagian Seabed AS

Swire Pacific Offshore Operations (Pte) Limited (SPO) announced the acquisition of Seabed AS, based in Bergen, Norway.

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Russia: RS Gets Recognision as Classification Society for Marine and Inland Waterway Vessels

Russia: RS Gets Recognision as Classification Society for Marine and Inland Waterway Vessels

Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) is now officially recognised by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union

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Construction under way at BWL's new 100 MW gas-fired power plant

Construction under way at BWL's new 100 MW gas-fired power plant

The Lansing Board of Water & Light (BWL) has begun the first of several huge “pours” of concrete at its gas-fired power plant project site in REO Town. The structure will also house the BWL’s company headquarters.

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Pennsylvania county approves waste coal power plant

Pennsylvania county approves waste coal power plant

Officials in Washington County, Pennsylvania, have approved plans for a coal-fired power plant that would burn some of the region's massive "gob piles

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