On 18 October 2012, DCNS celebrated the launch of FREMM multimission frigate Normandie in the presence of Jean-Yves Le Drian, French Minister for Defence, and Pierre Moscovici, Minister for the Economy and Finance. This latest success is a further demonstration of DCNS’s industrial vigour and vitali
Antrim, an international oil and gas exploration and production company headquartered in Calgary, Canada, announced preliminary results of drilling operations from well 211/21-N94 (the “Contender Well”) in UK Northern North Sea Block 211/22a Contender Area (the “Contender Block”, Antrim interest 8.4
Alan Barlow is stepping down as chairman of EEEGR, the East of England Energy Group, after a two-year stint helping steer the association through a period of change and development. He became the first executive chairman of the 380-member group in 2010 and the formal announcement of his departure ca
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has won a contract to power the U.S. Navy’s future fleet of hovercrafts, known as the Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC). The Group will work with Textron Marine & Land Systems, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. company, which has been sel
China Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group Holdings Limited announces the establishment of Rongsheng Offshore & Marine Private Limited (“Rongsheng Offshore & Marine”), the Group’s new offshore engineering base, in Singapore. The company will focus on research and development, marketing and “Engineering,
Plexus Holdings PLC, the AIM quoted oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® friction-grip method of wellhead engineering, announces that it has secured a £2 million contract to supply for the first time its high pressure high temperature (‘HPHT’) POS-GRIP fri
China Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group Holdings Limited announced the establishment of Rongsheng Offshore & Marine Private Limited, the Group’s new offshore engineering base, in Singapore. The company will focus on research and development, marketing and “Engineering, Procurement and Construction” (
Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. announced that IKM Subsea recently added two Forum Sub-Atlantic Remote Operated Vehicles (ROVs) to their existing fleet. IKM Subsea plans to deploy immediately Sub-Atlantic Mohican and Comanche vessels in the North Sea and Singapore respectively. This recent addition
Fednav Limited, Canada’s largest international dry bulk maritime transport group, last week marked the first visit of its ship, Federal Sable, to the Lantic Sugar Terminal at the Port of Montreal. This event highlights the exceptional partnership between these two Montreal institutions. Federal Sabl
Sterling Resources Ltd. announces that it has signed a sale and purchase agreement with ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Romania (“EMEPR”) and OMV Petrom for the sale of its 65 percent interest in a portion of the Block 15 Midia in the Romanian Black Sea (the “Sale Portion”). The Sale Portion i
The official steel cutting ceremony for SCF Group’s second LPG carrier (Sibur Voronezh), ordered for operation under contract to the petrochemical company SIBUR, took place on October 15th at Hyundai’s Mipo shipyard in South Korea. In March 2012 Russia’s leading shipping company, SCF Group, signed a
The New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership has been awarded £3m from the Government’s Regional Growth Fund to establish a business growth fund. The New Anglia Business Growth Fund will create around 500 jobs by offering business growth grants of between £25,000 and £100,000 to SMEs in Norwich, Ipsw
On October 17, 2012 a ceremony of laying of a 16 mWt new generation icebreaker of project 21900M for FSUE “Rosmorport” was held at the Vyborg shipyard in the presence of the Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation Viktor Olersky and deputy General Director for fleet of the FSUE “Rosmorport”
Increasing energy efficiency standards, safety concerns and demand for design innovations are set to bring naval architects and engineering professionals to one of the world’s foremost international maritime conference ‘Mastech 2013’ on naval architecture, shipbuilding and oil and gas to be held in
