In 2009, inspired by discussions during sessions of the Safecraft Working Group, VIKING’s development teams asked themselves a tough but exciting question: What if it were possible to build a lifesaving craft that combined all of the advantages of ... continue reading
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LONDON (Reuters) - The perils of the new Arctic shipping route, warmed by climate change, may diminish with a British-Russian radio navigation initiative, under development to shore up vulnerable satellite-based alternatives. The British system, being trialed in the hectic shipping lanes ... continue reading
in Ship Building and Technology 4500The P-MAX tanker Stena Polaris, owned by Concordia Maritime and time-chartered by Stena Bulk is currently sailing from Ust Luga in the Gulf of Finland to the port of Yosu in South Korea, with a cargo of 44,000 tons ... continue reading
in Ship Building and Technology 7668The international offshore drilling contractor Ocean Rig has reported it made an agreement with Samsung Heavy Industries for building of a new drillship. The approximately value of the project amounts to $ 600 000 million. The 7th generation drillship will be ... continue reading
in Ship Building and Technology 1572On August 28th Norway has launched a bid competition for official sanction to drill in the waters of the eastern Arctic. The oil and gas companies have time till January 14th to designate the areas where they want to drill ... continue reading
in Ship Building and Technology 1308Richards Bay, Africa's biggest coal export port is to be expanded to open up capacities for smaller mining companies that currently have difficulties in acquiring slots to bring their output abroad. The shipping and logistics group Grindrod and the ... continue reading
in Ship Building and Technology 1405The Federal Minister of Economy Philipp Roesler officially inaugurated German largest offshore wind farm in the North Sea on August 26th. During the whole pioneering wind farm project there were mounted 80 wind turbines, what has made BARD Offshore I ... continue reading
in Ship Building and Technology 1573The massive steel gates for the Panama Canal's new constructed locks have been transported from Italy to Colon in Colon City. The 57,6 m long, 10 m wide and 30,19 m high gates were built by Cimolai ... continue reading
in Ship Building and Technology 1523China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) has got an approval from the government to build China's first floating terminal for liquefied natural gas (LNG). The future LNG terminal will provide a rapidly enhancement of the imports. Being world's ... continue reading
in Ship Building and Technology 1484India launched its first domestically-built aircraft carrier on Monday at the Cochin shipyard in Kochi. The building of the warship named INS Vikrant, what in Hindi means "courageous", started in 2008 and was performed at the Cochin shipyard. The 40 ... continue reading
in Ship Building and Technology 1440The official opening of British 500 megawatt Greater Gabbard wind farm - world's second-largest offshore wind farm took place on Wednesday. The official cutting of the ribbon on the wind farm was performed by Energy and Climate Change Minister Michael ... continue reading
in Ship Building and Technology 1327The BSH (German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency) approved the construction site "Kaikas" for wind energy plants in the German exclusive economic zone of the North Sea. This new area with a size of about 65 square kilometers is located ... continue reading
in Ship Building and Technology 1793A Chinese firm will be awarded to construct Nicaragua canal alternative to the Panama canal. The new waterway would be built through Nicaragua to connect the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean. As a Nicaragua president Daniel ... continue reading
in Ship Building and Technology 1247German ship building company Meyer Werft will construct a third Quantum-class vessel for Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. The new ordered vessel will be launched in mid-2016. The third Quantum-class ship is expected to feature a lot of design innovations and ... continue reading
in Ship Building and Technology 1333World's leading heavy industries company Hyundai Heavy Industries has got a new order from China Shipping Container Lines (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. The order is valued at around 700 million dollars. HHI will build five 18,400 TEU container ... continue reading
in Ship Building and Technology 1208The building of new semi-submersible drilling platform by Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) will be supplied by GE's Power Conversion. HHI and GE's Power Conversion have signed a million agreement and GE will improve the construction process providing the ... continue reading
in Ship Building and Technology 1565Archeologists of the French Institute for Archeological Studies discovered the age-old port on the Red Sea Coast. The ancient harbor dates back to the years of the fourth dynasty King Khufu, that ruled once in Egypt. The scientists reported the ... continue reading
in Ship Building and Technology 1246The waters of the Pacific do not only have a heavy ship traffic but are also full of whales. The whales hidden deeply in the water are often difficult to identify and to spot. So mostly the ships are not ... continue reading
in Ship Building and Technology 1125One more Deepwater Container Terminal will be built in Gdansk. Few days ago DCT (Deep Container Terminal) and the administration of Gdansk port signed a lease agreement that gave the first impulse for construction of new terminal. DCT 2 is ... continue reading
in Ship Building and Technology 1320Swedish tanker Seagas was christened in Stockholm on 26th of March and announced as the first fuelling vessel for liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the world. Being located at Loudden in Stockholm, Seagas is able to fuel LNG to other ... continue reading
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