Links for 2008-05-30
May 30th, 2008- Hellenic National Advisory Committee considers key shipping industry issues.
- Offshore wind costs set to soar.
- Saipem scores Angola, Egypt deals.
- Van Oord awarded Yamal dredging and trenching contract.
- GulfMark Offshore to acquire Rigdon Marine.
Lloyd’s Register’s Hellenic National Advisory Committee considers key industry issues for shipping’s future and welcomes Lloyd’s Register’s strategy to establish a new marine headquarters in Southampton to develop a centre of maritime excellence for world shipping.
The construction of offshore wind farms is becoming more costly, creating further problems for the European Union in meeting its renewable energy target, reports the Financial Times.
Saipem has been awarded two new offshore contracts in Egypt and Angola worth a total value of about US$600 million.
Van Oord has been awarded a dredging and trenching project on the Yamal Peninsula in Northern Russia.
GulfMark Offshore, Inc. reports that it has entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Rigdon Marine Corporation (RMC), in a deal that values Rigdon at upwards of $550 million, based on yesterday’s $63.56 per share closing price for GulfMark stock.