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Contract for 2 Con-Ro ships TGE Marine Gas Engineering GmbH, Bonn, Germany, has been awarded contracts by MAN Diesel & Turbo for the design and supply of high- and low pressure LNG fuel gas packages for the two LNG-fueled on Con-Ro vessels ordered from VT Halter Marine by Crowley Ma		Work started at Felixstowe port Work has started at the Port of Felixstowe on the latest expansion of the UK’s largest container port.

New design fulfills demands Based on the outcome of four years of extensive discussions with wind farm developers, operators and maintenance companies, OSD-IMT has developed innovative new design of offshore wind farm service operation vessel, the IMT972 SOV.		New high potential oil field A new oil field with roughly 300 million tons of oil and 90 billion cubic meters of gas has been discovered in the Astrakhan region of Russia.

EMFF aid to help fishermen Operating rules for European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) aid to help fishermen to comply with new Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) requirements were endorsed by the Parliament on Wednesday.		OOCL held naming ceremony Shipping company Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) held a naming ceremony for ‘OOCL Korea’ on Geoje Island in South Korea on April 11. The vessel is the newest 13,208 TEU containership joining the OOCL fleet to operate in the Asia-Europe trade.

Designed for transfer solutions Vroon Offshore Services (VOS) B.V. Den Helder has completed a first, new “walk-to-work” vessel concept design.		First in a 14 terminal contract Damen Shipyards Galati, Romania, has launched a new ASD Tug 3212 for the Kuwait Oil Company’s (KOC).


Keel laying ceremony was held U.S. Navy and Austal USA held a keel laying ceremony for the future USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10), the Navy’s tenth littoral combat ship (LCS), in Mobile, Ala., April 16.		2nd ultra deepwatrer drillship Maersk Drilling’s second drillship, Maersk Valiant, was delivered Wednesday 16 April 2014 from the Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) shipyard in Geoje-Si, South-Korea.

Saipem signs a 7 year contact Saipem has been awarded two contracts in Angola by Total, for a combined total of more than $4 billion.		Sewol named Korean ferry sank U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship Bonhomme Richard is heading to the site where a South Korean ferry sank earlier this morning and will provide assistance in rescue operation if needed.

Major lamp-sum contract signed The consortium, comprising Heerema Marine Contractors (Heerema) and Technip, was awarded a major lump-sum contract by Total E&P Angola for the engineering, procurement, construction, installation (EPCI) and pre-commissioning for the SURF (subsea umbilical		Jack-up rig was delivered CIMC Raffles has delivered the “HYSY 932″ jack-up drilling rig to China Oilfield Services Limited (COSL) in Yantai, Shandong.

Bookbuilding period completed Avance Gas, one of the world’s leading owners and operators of very large gas carriers, has completed the bookbuilding period for the initial public offering of its shares.		$56.6 mlln for supply vessel Havyard Group AS and Fafnir Offshore have signed a $56.6 million contract for the construction of Havyard 833 WE ICE platform supply vessel.

2 Voith 32R5 propulsion tug Haifa Port Company (HPC) has awarded the international tender for a new build Voith Schneider tug to Zamakona Yards of Spain.		$2.5 mlln for Multipurpose ship Reach Subsea has entered into a contract with EXXON Mobil for the vessel Stril Explorer for light construction work in the North Sea.

Self-elevating drilling platforms Lamprell, a leading provider of diversified engineering and contracting services to the onshore and offshore oil & gas and renewable energy industries, has won a new contract from Ensco Intercontinental GmbH to build and deliver two high specification, se		Keel laying ceremony was held Spain’s Gondan Shipyard has begun construction of a sail training vessel that the yard is building for the British Marine Society & Sea Cadets (MSSC).

Contract value $6.2 million Cotemar group has confirmed that Safe Hibernia has been awarded a contract extension through to 27 July 2014 with unchanged day rate.		IMB advises investigation The ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has warned of new charter party fraud incidents and is advising that all counterparties be investigated before deals are carried out.

River-sea oil tankers project Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) and Armada Shipyard signed an agreement on classification of two river-sea oil tankers of project RST 22M ordered by Palmali Group of Companies.		Will be built at Pipavav Golden Ocean Group Limited (Golden Ocean) has entered into an agreement to purchase one ice class Panamax vessel resale built at Pipavav Defence & Offshore Engineering Company (Pipavav).