Welaptega Marine, world leader in mooring integrity verification, has been awarded a contract to inspect riser moorings on the high-profile Petrobras Cascade Chinook development in the Gulf of Mexico. Welaptega will measure mooring chains that connect four vertical risers to buoyancy tanks on the th
Spectrum announces the start of Phase II of its Multi-Client 3D survey in the Levantine Basin offshore Lebanon. The survey is carried out in cooperation with Fugro and the vessel will acquire the data by using 8 streamers. The survey is adjacent to Phase I and is to comprise 1,200 square kilometers.
Jiangsu Hantong Shipyard (HTS) named and delivered the last 57.000 DWT bulk carrier which was built for CONTI, on November 8th 2012. The vessel, named POS AZURIT and classed by LR, is a new type of supramax bulker optimised to burn less fuel oil. The efficiency improvements have been achieved by car
The RYA is concerned that leases for tidal energy projects at sites around the UK confirmed by the Crown Estate on 14 November, have been granted with no specific planning parameters that reference the safety of navigation for coastal mariners. Stuart Carruthers, RYA Cruising Manager: “We are disapp
Xiangyu Dredging Holdings Limited, the largest privately owned dredging company in China in terms of dredging volume in 2010, has been awarded “2012 China Dredging Company of the Year” by Frost & Sullivan, the globally renowned consulting company, in recognition of Xiangyu Dredging’s outstanding ach
Essar Shipping Limited (ESL) part of the Essar Group has, taken the delivery of MV Kishore and MV Ashok. Theselatest addition to Essar Shipping’s growing fleet, MV Kishore and Ashok, are MiniCape vessels which are 253 metre long, 43 metre wide and a cargo capacity of 105000 dwt. On induction of thes
DeepOcean has for the first time installed a subsea X-Mas tree from the specialised IMR vessel Edda Fauna. This is a milestone in the company’s IMR work for Statoil. DeepOcean has three ships that work year round performing several hundred different annual inspection, maintenance and repair work ann
Port and City officials have made public the latest draft Waterfront District master plan and have scheduled meetings of the Waterfront Advisory Group, in anticipation of submitting a draft plan into the formal review process by the end of the year. “Our goal has been to complete and submit a draft
Tocardo, the leading producer of tidal and free-flow water turbines, has appointed Radboud van Kleef as Chief Commercial Officer. Radboud brings over 15 years’ experience in business development and know-how to grow companies. He has worked in an international corporate environment across a variety
Deltares is performing scale test with a coral reef in the Scheldt Flume in Delft. The tests, commissioned by the University of Western Australia in Perth, are to be completed at the end of November. Aim of the tests is to find out to what extent the disintegration of the coral reef affects wave exp
Global leading energy services company Senergy has strengthened its management team with three senior appointments. The company, which provides fully-integrated project and asset development services across the energy industry, has appointed Rhys Medler to the newly created role of Vice President in
DOF ASA , a company which serves the subsea market, announces the total income for the 3rd quarter of 2012 was NOK 63.1 million (NOK 92.0 million in 3rd quarter 2011), with an EBITDA of NOK 57.6 million (NOK 54.9 million) and an EBIT of NOK 46.8 million (NOK 35.5 million) after depreciation and writ
The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission announced that the Santee Recreation Area boat basin will be temporarily closed on Dec. 3. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will dredge the basin to improve boating access. The basin and boat ramp, located just east of Santee in Knox County, will be closed for
Unique System FZE, a Unique Maritime Group Company, which is one of the world’s leading integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution provider, announces today the launch of HYPACK 2013 software in the HYPACK Training Workshop 2012. The workshop is organized by Unique System FZE and will be held f
