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Sharjah, UAE, headquartered Gulmar Offshore Limited reports that its diving/ROV support vessel Gulmar Atlantis is now on its maiden voyage from Singapore to start a minimum 6 months contract in Brazil."Brazil is a very dynamic market for Offshore Oil and Gas. This contract will be an opportunity to display the versatility and high-end capabilities of the vessel, in terms of ...

Jonathan Whitworth, CEO of Seaspan Marine Corporation, says Seaspan is "both pleased and thankful" for the level of support it has received for its bid to win one of two work packages offered in Canada's $35-billion National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy (NSPS). Today British Columbia's Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation, Pat Bell, said that the Seaspan ...

SeaRiver Maritime, Inc., Houston, Tex., an affiliate of ExxonMobil, has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, Philadelphia, Pa., to build two U.S. flag, 115,000 dwt Aframax size crude oil tankers. The LOI is expected to be finalized in the third quarter of this year.The double-hull tankers will be built in partnership with ...

Heavy lift specialist Dockwise confirms its first contract for the new Type 0 vessel. By the end of 2012 and immediately upon delivery of the vessel by the shipbuilder, Hyundai Heavy Industries, the vessel will transport the Jack St. Malo platform hull from Korea to the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. While initially in the form of an intent, the selection of the Type 0 v ...

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.(MOL) is adopting a new low-friction hull paint, Seaflo Neo, developed by Chugoku Marine Paint, Ltd. After analyzing the results of an onboard test with a newbuilding vessel, MOL confirmed that the new paint offers improvements in fuel efficiency compared to conventional paints. This will contribute to the reduction of CO2 emissions from vessels. ...

The Board of Directors of the Passenger Vessel Association (PVA) has unanimously voted to oppose enactment of a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives that would allow foreign-flagged passenger vessels to directly compete with their American-flagged counterparts. The PVA Board action reaffirmed support of the Passenger Vessel Services Act (PVSA) which reserves the commercial carr ...

Quality of life is a critical issue for attracting and retaining workers for offshore vessel operators. Designing vessels to improve working and living conditions on board is a good place to start. This month, classification society ABS is expected to release a valuable resource for naval architects and marine engineers: the update to its crew hability guide fo ...

Norway's Cecon ASA said today that it has signed an agreement that will see its three newbuild offshore construction vessels completed by Davie Canada Inc., the name under which Quebec shipbuilder Davie will operate following yesterday's acquisition of Davie Yards Inc.'s assets by Upper Lakes Group in association with SNC-Lavalin and Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering. ...

Singapore's Sembcorp Marine said today that its wholly-owned subsidiary Jurong Shipyard (JSPL) has filed a Notice of Arbitration against its former auditor, Ernst & Young in respect of disputed unauthorized foreign exchange transactions.This marks the latest step in a saga that goes back to October 2007, when Sembcor ...

Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. (NYSE:HOS) and Marine Spill Response Corporation (MSRC) have entered into a long-term agreement for spill response services in the Gulf of Mexico.  Two U.S.-flagged 370 class multi-purpose support vessels (MPSVs) owned by Hornbeck Offshore are being retained by MSRC and equipped with dedicated spill response capability.  T ...