Grandweld Shipyards has announced the successful delivery of the new build “Zamil 101” the first of three fast aluminum crew boats to Zamil Offshore. The vessel was part of a contract, which was signed in November 2011, to build and deliver three sister crew boats. The 33.5m fast crew boat is powere
Geospace Technologies Corporation has received and signed a Letter of Award from Statoil awarding Geospace Engineering Resources International the contract to provide 660 kilometers of seabed seismic reservoir monitoring systems for the Snorre and Grane fields on the Norwegian continental shelf. The
On November 8, Zhou Jichang, chairman of CCCC, attended Merrill Lynch China Investment Summit 2012 in Beijing as a special guest, delivering a keynote speech entitled Does China Need More Infrastructure Investment, and exchanging ideas with institutional investors from across the world. Transportati
The platform supply vessel Blue Prosper of PX121 design delivered by ULSTEIN in September has won a long-term contract with Apache for work in the North Sea. Her sister vessel, Blue Fighter, has renewed her contract with Apache. Blue Prosper was delivered from Ulstein Verft to Blue Ship Invest on 6
The Port of Melbourne Corporation successfully delivered the Channel Deepening Project (CDP) ahead of time, under budget and in compliance with the environmental approval conditions, except for three minor nonconformances, However, the achievement of CDP’s benefits to date has been affected by the 2
The platform supply vessel Blue Prosper of PX121 design delivered by ULSTEIN in September has won a long-term contract with Apache for work in the North Sea. Her sister vessel, Blue Fighter, has renewed her contract with Apache. Blue Prosper was delivered from Ulstein Verft to Blue Ship Invest on 6
Jeppesen has finalized a contract to provide its advanced optimization solutions to BP Shipping, one of the world’s largest operators of oil and liquid natural gas (LNG) tankers. The contract will result in the installation of Jeppesen’s Vessel and Voyage Optimization Solution (VVOS) on 52 BP vessel
Operator of the Maari Field, OMV New Zealand, announced the Maari Joint Venture’s decision to exercise its option to purchase the Floating Processing, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel Raroa. The Raroa has been operating at the offshore Maari oil field since 2009 and is currently leased from Tabl
AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, today announced that the Clough AMEC joint venture (Clough AMEC) has been awarded a contract extension valued in excess of Aus$20 million for the provision of engineering services to Chevron’s oil facilities at Barrow and Thevenard
At approximately 4:30 p.m. on the afternoon of November 7, an incident involving efforts to clear a clogged onshore pipe occurred at the Fletcher Cove worksite in Solana Beach. There were no injuries as a result of the accident. Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company immediately shut down work on the p
InterManager, the international trade association for the shipmanagement and crewmanagement industry, is supporting a survey which aims to identify how much of a burden red tape places on seafarers. The Association is urging its members to encourage their staff to take part in the online survey, bei
Offshore handling systems specialist, Caley Ocean Systems, has been awarded a contract to supply leading dredging and marine engineering company, Jan de Nul NV, with a 5,400Te capacity cable turntable for the MPV Willem De Vlamingh. Mid 2013, Jan de Nul is installing 245kV export cable connecting th
The Honourable Gail Shea, acting Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, and the Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Member of Parliament for Central Nova, today presented the second of the Canadian Coast Guard’s new Hero class vessels, the CCGS Caporal Kaeble V.C. The CCGS Ca
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that as the third season of dredging draws to a close later this week, a total of more than 1.3 million cubic yards of sediment contaminated with PCBs will have been removed from the Hudson River. Since dredging began on May 9, 2012, about 650,000 c
