VOSTA LMG has announced that Rikke van Berk has assumed a new position as Director Technology at VOSTA LMG. Before joining VOSTA LMG, Mr van Berk gained a lot of knowledge and work experience by working for several major players in the dredging industry over the the last 25 years. Said the company:
Huisman, the Dutch-based worldwide specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, has currently expanded its heavy lifting product range with a customised range of Wind Turbine Installation Cranes. Building on the successful operation of the existing Huisman heavy lifting equipment for the in
Thomas Thune Andersen will leave his position as CEO of Maersk Oil and partner in Firmaet A.P. Møller as of the end of August. New CEO of Maersk Oil will be Jakob Thomasen who recently has been head of exploration and business development in Maersk Oil. Furthermore, he will become a member of the Ex
The current status of new class rules and complementary solutions for safer operation of offshore service vessels (OSVs) were presented by Germanischer Lloyd’s Helge Rathje at the 3rd International Conference on Technology & Operation of Offshore Support Vessels in Singapore. “Our aim is to formulat
Sevan Marine revealed it has been awarded a design study contract for the significant Rosebank discovery in the UK West of Shetlands region. Work will be carried out in the second half this year focusing on how one of the Sevan Marine round-hulled floating production platforms could be used to tap t
Finnish police say a ransom demand has been made for a missing Russian-manned cargo vessel, the Arctic Sea. The demand – which has not been confirmed as genuine – was put to the ship’s Finnish owners, Finland’s National Bureau of Investigation said. A Finnish radio station said it had been told the
Port authorities hit out at Dutch government Two nature organisations have succeeded in halting works designed to allow the port of Antwerp to receive mega-container ships… More: Flanders Today
An artificial surf reef off Boscombe beach (Bournemouth, UK) will increase the size of the waves for surfers, but how do you actually build an artificial surf reef? Here are some facts and figures about the project – and have your say… More: BBC News
The Federal Government has at last awarded a three-year contract for the dredging of the lower River Niger project at a cost of N33 billion… More: The Sun News
The investment in the port could transform the city – and Italy. At the end of this year, despite the global economic crisis, Taranto will be in a position to handle 800,000 containers a year, which could grow to 6-7 million or more if… More: Asia Times
THE Spanish-led consortium awarded the contract to design and build a new set of locks in Panama Canal has delivered the $450m performance bond required to proceed with the landmark project… More: LLoyd’s List
PT Hess Indonesia said it believed it has found a huge gas reserve in the Semai V field in the Arafuru sea off Papua. The Semai V field may hold gas reserve as big as that of Tangguh, Hess operation superintendent Joseph Witjaksono said. The Tagguh gas field in the Bintuni Bay of Papua has […
The Swedish Coast Guard has again filmed the Norwegian coaster Langeland, lying at a depth of about 100 metres in the Koster Fjord on the Swedish west coast. The film footage shows that hatch cover sections are missing and that the hatch cover was not entirely secured. In addition, the stone cargo h
A cargo ship may have travelled through the English Channel after being hijacked by pirates, coastguards say. A search has begun to find the 15 Russian crew of the Maltese-flagged Arctic Sea, which reports say was boarded by hijackers in the Baltic sea.
