Rem Offshore ASA has entered into a charter agreement with Lundin Norway AS for the PSV vessel “Rem Leader”. The vessel is of VS 499 LNG design. The vessel will be delivered from Kleven Verft AS on 3(rd) January 2013. The firm contract period is 5 or 6 wells, estimated to approx 500 days. In [&helli
A judge in the U.S. District Court in Yakima today issued a ruling that Canadian mining and smelting company Teck Metals Ltd. is liable under United States environmental law for contaminating the Columbia River with millions of tons of smelting waste. Official statement from Jim Pendowski, manager o
The Royal Research Ship Discovery has returned to the National Oceanography Centre’s Empress Dock in Southampton for the last time. The ship, the UK’s oldest research vessel, will be taken out of service after a distinguished half-century of service to UK marine science. This final science expeditio
At a glittering gala function held in the Atlantis, the Palm, Dubai on Monday, 26 November 2012, For second year in running Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (India) Pvt. Ltd., won the prestigious “Best Ship Manager Award” for the year 2012 at the event hosted by Seatrade Middle East- Indian Sub-conti
CARIS Asia Pacific recently held an open training course in Adelaide, Australia for the new release of Bathy DataBASE 4.0. The course attracted a number of new and current users ranging from port authorities, charting agencies and private survey companies. Participants received hands-on experience w
TGS announces that it has signed a Letter of Intent with Dolphin Geophysical AS to charter the 16 streamer new build vessel, M/V Sanco Swift, for 3D multi-client projects in Europe during the 2013 summer season. The charter will begin in July and last for approximately three months. The details of t
Buccaneer Energy Limited has an update on the “Endeavour – Spirit of Independence” jack-up rig and Buccaneer’s offshore Alaskan projects in the Cook Inlet. The Endeavour is owned by Kenai Offshore Ventures, LLC (“Kenai Offshore”), which is a joint venture between Buccaneer, Singapore based Ezion Hol
Investment climate in Ukraine’s port industry can be significantly improved due to wide prospects, which were opened for potential investors in the industry. This became possible thanks to adoption a number of decisions related to the fundamental reforms in the industry. This opinion was expressed b
Dana Petroleum, on behalf of the Western Isles license partners, has signed two agreements with Sevan Marine for the application of a Sevan FPSO for the development of the Western Isles project: A Technology License Agreement granting rights to use Sevan Marine’s patented technology for the cylindri
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has won a contract to supply water jets to power Marine Alutech Oy Ab’s new Watercat™ M18 AMC high speed troop transport craft, that are currently under construction for the Finnish Navy. The boats, classified as U700, are designed and built by the Mari
Dana Petroleum, on behalf of the Western Isles license partners, has today signed two agreements with Sevan Marine for the application of a Sevan FPSO for the development of the Western Isles project: A Technology License Agreement granting rights to use Sevan Marine’s patented technology for the cy
MosaicHydro, in partnership with CARIS and RESON, is offering a five-day training course for surveyors new to multibeam surveys. Whether you are an experienced single beam or multibeam surveyor or new to marine surveys, this course will teach you to be an effective multibeam operator and postprocess
The Department of Energy and Climate Change has approved the Western Isles project which will develop two discovered oil fields called Harris and Barra in the Northern North Sea, 160km east of the Shetlands and 12km west of the Tern field. The nine-well Western Isles development is expected to produ
MosaicHydro, in partnership with CARIS and RESON, is offering a five-day training course for surveyors new to multibeam surveys. The five-day training course will take place April 29 to May 3, 2013 in Ventura, California. The training course will include in-depth classroom training on multibeam theo
