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Lifting gantry is introduced A new 5000 kN hydraulic lifting gantry is being introduced by Enerpac South-East Asia to deliver industry-best standards of safety and stability when lifting heavy loads to heights exceeding 12 metres.		Gazprom loaded first cargo Gazprom has loaded the first cargo of oil produced from the Prirazlomnoye field – the only Russian project for hydrocarbons development in the Arctic shelf.

COSCO builds ERRVs and PSVs COSCO Corporation (Singapore) Limited has won contracts worth approx $100 million to build four emergency response/rescue/field support vessels (ERRVs) and two platform supply vessels (PSVs) of the PX121 design.		New crane barge arrived A new sophisticated crane barge arrived yesterday evening at Giglio Island in order to carry out operations related to the fourth stage of the Costa Concordia removal project.

Contract for icebreaking ship Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd. and Sovcomflot Shelf (SCF Shelf) on behalf of Sovcomflot Group have signed contract for construction and long-term operation of the multifunctional icebreaking supply vessel for Sakhalin-2 offshore platforms.		First containership arrives U.S. Coast Guard marine inspectors conducted safety and security examinations on the first-ever container ship to arrive in Cleveland Saturday morning.

Inspection facility in Dubai DP World has inaugurated the largest and latest container inspection facility at its flagship Jebel Ali Port in Dubai. The new facility is one of the largest inspection facilities in the region, spanning over 7,000 square metres and providing 59 customs,		High Technology D-class ships Swire Pacific Offshore Operations (Pte) Ltd. (SPO) held launching and naming ceremony for its new D-Class vessel, the Pacific Dragon on Good Friday.


MOL operated iron ore carrier Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. announced that on April 19, 2014, the MOL-operated iron ore carrier BAOSTEEL EMOTION was impounded by Chinese authorities in Zhejiang province, China.		Implementation of QMS The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) is gearing towards the implementation of the Quality Management System (QMS) on the facilitation of Vessel Entrance and Clearance (VEC) procedures at the Iloilo Commercial Port Complex.

Detailed engineering design Arup has won contract from Husky Energy to carry out the detailed engineering design for the White Rose Extension Project concrete gravity structure.		EU Members delevop plans The European Parliament endorsed on April 17th a Directive for Maritime Spatial Planning which should help the EU Member States develop plans to better coordinate the various activities that take place at sea, ensuring they are as efficient and sustainabl

Enhanced safety concept Jacopo Buongiorno and others at MIT’s Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering are working on a new floating nuclear power plant concept that could provide enhanced safety, easier siting, and centralized construction.		CMA CGM opens two agencies Since the creation of CMA CGM Madagascar in 2003, the CMA CGM Group, the world’s third largest container shipping company, has continued to develop on the island to move closer to its customers and partners and meet economic growth forecasts in the Malaga

Heavy lift vessel is on the way The heavy lift vessel “Oleg Strashnov” is steaming its way toward Vattenfall’s DanTysk offshore wind farm in the North Sea.		The worst fears came true The worst fears come true as the death toll from the capsized South Korean passenger ferry rises to 28 with more than 270 people still unaccounted for.

MAN is ready for Tier 3 “We are ready for IMO Tier III”, said Dr Stephan Timmermann, MAN Diesel & Turbo Executive Board Member responsible for Marine Systems and After Sales.		5 generator was set on Kugira 2 Dresser-Rand, a global supplier of rotating equipment solutions to the oil, gas, petrochemical, and process industries, installed five generator sets on Europe’s largest caisson-building floating dock- the KUGIRA II in Setúbal, Portugal.

$6.5 mln heaviest icebreaker The Government of Canada has awarded a $6.5 million contract to Babcock Canada Inc. for critical refit work for Canadian Coast Guard ship CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent. The shipyard portion of the work will be carried out by Chantier Davie Canada Inc., a sub-c		751 foot bulk carrier is moved U.S. Coast Guard is in the final stages of reviewing a salvage plan, that is scheduled to begin Friday morning, to move the 751-foot bulk carrier, Ornak, that is aground near First Landing State Park in Virginia Beach, Va.

Amended 'Clean force' charter Dynagas LNG Partners LP, an owner and operator of LNG carriers, has entered into a new 13-year time-charter contract with Gazprom Marketing & Trading Singapore for the Clean Force, a fully winterized, 149,700 cbm Ice Class LNG carrier built in 2008.		1st frigate of Indonesian Navy The keel-laying ceremony for the Indonesian Navy’s first Damen SIGMA Frigate has taken place at the PT PAL (Persero) Shipyard in Surabaya, Indonesia.

Liquefied natural gas prices rise Prices of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for May delivery to Asia fell 11.8% to an average $15.559 per million British thermal units (/MMBtu) as the market continued to cool off ahead of the summer peak demand season, according to the latest Platts Japan/Kor		Diesel electric solutions Siemens Industry has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract to supply its Blue Drive low voltage diesel electric propulsion solution for the Multipurpose Subsea Support and Construction Vessel (MSSCV) to be built by BAE Systems Mobile, AL, shipyard