Dana Gas the Middle East’s first and largest regional and private-sector natural gas company has signed a set of agreements with the Sharjah and Ajman Governments to jointly develop the shared field located around 40 kilometers off the two coasts. These included a unitization agreement for managemen
A recent World Bank report ranked Kuwait in 36th place out of 155 countries in terms of the movement of goods and services through its ports, but traffic congestion at existing locations has prompted significant investment into new facilities in order to capitalise on commercial potential and secure
Bridge Energy has provided an update on the progress of the ongoing 16/1-16 well on Wintershall-operated licence PL457 which is targeting four separate reservoirs: Heimdal formation, Åsgard formation (Noor), Hugin formation (Asha), and Zechstein group. The well was spudded on 24 October 2012 and dri
The Spanish tug company, Remolcadores Ibaizabal has taken delivery of two new AVT 36/70E Escort tugs from the drawing board of Robert Allan Ltd. The tugs were constructed by Astilleros Armon in Navia, Spain. The design features a full raised forecastle running nearly half the length of the tug to pr
Fastwave Communications, developer of integrated solutions designed to enhance the productivity, efficiency and safety of remotely located personnel, assets, infrastructure and equipment, becomes a new agent to help drive WFS Technologies success in Australia. Established in 2001, Fastwave Communica
Hydrographic ships of Caspian Flotilla (CF) received two up-to-date multi-beam echo sounders under the federal target-oriented program “Global Navigation System” and State Defense Order 2012. Main purpose of that equipment is bottom examination at seaports, searching of underwater objects, sounding
Mott MacDonald has been appointed by contractor VolkerStevin as design engineer for the deepening of two berths located in the Western Docks at the Port of Southampton, UK. Together with other port upgrades, the work for Associated British Ports will increase the terminal’s container throughput capa
ABS, the leading provider of classification services to the global offshore industry, has awarded Stevens Institute of Technology US $3 million. The donation will be used to create a new civil, mechanical and naval engineering laboratory complex in the Davidson Laboratory. The new complex will bear
Swakopmund Matters, an organization that started out last year, has a mission to inform public of the potential damage of the deep sea mining offshore Namibian coast. The current projects that raise concerns of Swakopmund Matters and all Namibians are: • The project of Namibia Marine Phosphate (NMP)
Subsea 7 has signed a contract to build a new Dive Support Vessel (DSV). The new vessel will be delivered in 2015. This state-of-the-art vessel will be built by Korean company Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), one of the world’s largest ship building companies. The vessel will reinforce our leading di
Representatives of POLSTEAM and Polish Register of Shipping met in the Polish Ministry of Transport, Construction and Maritime Economy on 21 November 2012 to sign an agreement on PRS supervision of four big bulk carriers constructed for POLSTEAM by the Japanese shipyard Tsuneishi. The Shipowner deci
Subsea 7 has signed a contract to build a new Dive Support Vessel (DSV). The new vessel will be delivered in 2015. This state-of-the-art vessel will be built by Korean company Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), one of the world’s largest ship building companies. “The vessel will reinforce our leading d
A recent World Bank report ranked Kuwait in 36th place out of 155 countries in terms of the movement of goods and services through its ports, but traffic congestion at existing locations has prompted significant investment into new facilities in order to capitalise on commercial potential and secure
Falmouth Harbour Commissioners (FHC) has won a coveted South West Green Energy Award for the groundbreaking FabTest marine energy test site in Falmouth Bay. The pioneering project scooped the Best Business Innovation category in the Regen South West Green Energy Awards 2012, which were presented at
