OrcaLab, a whale research station on Hanson Island, B.C., and SRM Projects Ltd., a renewable energy engineering firm from Nanaimo, B.C., jointly announced that they have found common ground after SRM Project’s tidal energy investigative license application for Blackney Passage raised concerns with O
A ceremony was held at the site of Astrakhan Shipbuilding Production Association due to the completion of fabrication of the fixed platform for Zhdanov oil field being under development in the shelf area of Turkmenistan in the Caspian Sea. Astrakhan Governor Alexander Zhilkin, representatives of the
BMT Group Ltd, the leading international maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy, announced the acquisition of Western Australian marine and coastal specialists, Oceanica Consulting Pty Ltd. Oceanica will further strengthen BMT’s capacity and technical offering in Western Austra
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has unveiled plan for the maintenance dredging project at the Channel Islands Harbor federal navigation channel. This very important project consists of biennial maintenance dredging of the Channel Islands Harbor federal navigation channel and sand trap, and maintenance
On the 7th of December 2012 the naming ceremony of Anthony Veder’s new LNG carrier takes place at the Cruise Terminal in Rotterdam. The Coral Energy is world’s first direct driven dual-fuel ice class 1A LNG carrier. The development of the Coral Energy started in 2010 in close cooperation with Norweg
The ACE Winches Graduate Scheme has been fully accredited by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, meeting the standard for the development of Chartered Engineers and Incorporated Engineers. ACE Winches currently has eight graduates enrolled in the Graduate Scheme which was initiated in 2011. The
Shell Malaysia today announced early first oil production from the deepwater Gumusut-Kakap (GK) field, located about 120km offshore Sabah, Malaysia. This early production, achieved on November 18th, 2012, is ahead of the completion of the GK’s Floating Production System (FPS). This is made possible
EPA is issuing its final approval to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to construct the South Terminal project, a 28-acre marine terminal in New Bedford Harbor, the primary purpose of which will be to provide critical infrastructure to serve offshore renewable energy facilities and accommodate futur
GE Systems include some of the most advanced and respected solutions in every part of the power generation and propulsion arena GE helps the world’s navies increase operational dependability, financial efficiency and respect for the environment in terms of emissions and fuel economy. There’s a new e
SBSS will be exhibiting at OSEA 2012 held from 27th to 30th November at Marina Bay Sands Singapore. The company will be displaying advanced cable laying vessels and subsea installation technologies together with joint venture partner Global Marine Systems Ltd. With more subsea power cables and telec
APM Terminals and its consortium partners have announced plans to develop a new greenfield mega-port project and Free Trade Zone at Badagry in Nigeria’s Lagos State, 55 km (34 miles) west of Apapa and the Port of Lagos on the Benin-Lagos Expressway. At full build-out, the deep-water full-service por
The EPC conversion project FPSO P-63 (Papa Terra) has left the COSCO Dalian yard in China for its voyage to Brazil with a planned short stop-over in Singapore for refueling. Estimated arrival in Brazil is in February 2013, where the final integration of the remaining six modules will take place in Q
APM Terminals and its consortium partners have announced plans to develop a new greenfield mega-port project and Free Trade Zone at Badagry in Nigeria’s Lagos State, 55 km (34 miles) west of Apapa and the Port of Lagos on the Benin-Lagos Expressway. At full build-out, the deep-water full-service por
Subsea 7 S.A. today announced the award of a $70m contract for subsea construction services associated with pipeline replacements North East of Shetland. A key part of the project is the fabrication and installation of 27km of replacement pipeline, and associated tie-ins to the existing infrastructu
