Songa Venus achieved operating efficiency of 96% during the month, the rig continued its work on the first out of 3 firm wells for Shell Development (Australia). Shell confirmed and exercised first out of 3 optional wells, this well has further been assigned to MEO Australia Limited. Songa Mercur ac
Joining their counterparts from Greece, members of the Webster Town Board have come out in opposition to plans for offshore wind turbines in… By Steve Orr (democratandchronicle) [mappress] Source: democratandchronicle, August 09, 2010;
Unions have won a tribunal case on behalf of workers at Cleveland Bridge who were made redundant following the collapse of the SeaDragon contract on Teesside. Darlington-based Cleveland Bridge announced 140 jobs losses last year after being compelled to stop work on the offshore contract. Oil firm S
Mumbai’s Jawaharlal Nehru Port, India’s busiest container harbor, was closed this morning as hundreds of containers floated in the sea following a collision between two vessels on Aug. 7. It is unclear when the port will re-open, Dock Master B.S. Kumar, said today by phone.
The 800,000-strong fishing community in Maharashtra on Monday demanded compensation for what they claimed were huge losses to their trade following the oil spill outside Mumbai. The state government and maritime authorities have banned all fishing activities in and around the Mumbai coast till the o
Travel Experts, a top five Virtuoso agency, reports that agency revenue is up 23% year-to-date 2010 over 2009. This includes all of the products and services that Travel Experts has to offer, including their Virtuoso product line. In addition, Travel Experts’ Virtuoso cruise production has seen an i
Neptune Orient Lines Ltd., owner of Asia’s largest container line by fleet size, posted its first profit in seven quarters after moving more boxes at higher rates amid a recovery in the global economy. Second-quarter net income was $99.7 million, compared with a $146.2 million loss a year earlier, t
Shipping Ministry would award 25 port projects of about Rs 800 crore under the ‘Public Private Partnership’ (PPP) scheme during the current financial year. “We would award 25 PPP port projects in the current fiscal,” a Shipping Ministry official said, adding that the collective value of these contra
OceanServer Technology announced that the National Research Council (NRC) of Canada has taken delivery of a new vehicle. NRC is the Canadian Government’s resource for research, development and technology-based innovation. The Iver2 vehicle, equipped with OceanServer’s dual port camera system, side s
Subsea 7 has secured a contract valued in excess of $100 million in the UK sector of the North Sea. The company’s work scope is to engineer, fabricate, install and commission a pipeline bundle system, according to a stock exchange notice.
CNOOC Limited announced today that Bozhong (BZ) 19-4 (shallow formation) oil field in the Bohai Bay has commenced production recently. This oil field is located in the southwest part of Bohai Bay. With an averaged water depth of about 21 meters, the field is approximately 7 kilometers northwest of B
The project teams of Nymo Yards and Master Marine presented Jack-Up L205 today. The vessel arrived Eydehavn in Norway on Monday for hook up and final commissioning before mobilising for Ekofisk Field and the client ConocoPhillips. The vessel will be the North Sea’s largest jack up accommodation unit
The cutter suction dredge Phoenix has been prepared for Phase 2 of Fremantle Ports’ Inner Harbour and channel deepening, and dredging will begin today, 9 August. Fremantle Ports Chief Executive Officer, Chris Leatt-Hayter says the deepening is essential to cater for the bigger, more efficient contai
For many years there have been little ground-breaking developments in the world of dredging according to Tore Hansen-Tangen, Executive Chairman of Viking Development Group. “The vessels have become larger, the control systems and other equipment have become more sophisticated, but the industry still
