Student assessment and instructor training were hot topics of discussion at this year’s Kongsberg Maritime European Simulation User Conference (UC), which took place in Tønsberg, Norway, 24th – 27th September. The annual UC was this year co-hosted by Vestfold University College, which recently opene
Ocean Rig UDW Inc., a global provider of offshore deepwater drilling services, announced today that it has signed a contract to construct a 7th Generation Ultra Deepwater Drillship at Samsung Heavy Industries. This 7th Generation drillship is a sister ship to the three currently under construction a
Neptune Marine Services Limited has entered into an alliance with Beacon SubSea Limited, a subsea intervention service company that operates in Thailand. The alliance will allow Neptune and Beacon SubSea to use their combined service capabilities and experience to provide engineering and total servi
The first CAL 64000-1500 Litronic®, a heavy lift offshore crane developed by Liebherr-Werk Nenzing GmbH, is now ready for operation. The crane is installed on the “Innovation”, a vessel belonging to HGO InfraSea Solutions, which installs offshore wind power stations in the North Sea wind park Global
Stefan Eliasson was appointed MMT’s new Managing Director in 2012. After 11 successful years at the Swedish shipping company TransAtlantic and after years of business relations with Ola Oskarsson (founder of MMT), Stefan Eliasson became the new leader of MMT. Stefan has extensive experience of the s
Scana Industrier ASA has through its subsidiary Scana Subsea, been awarded a contract to deliver finished machined riser forgings. The value of the contract is approx. 83 mill. SEK. The high Pressure Production Risers are intended for a TLP platform on the Norwegian continental shelf. The scope incl
Stefan Eliasson was appointed MMT’s new Managing Director in 2012. After 11 successful years at the Swedish shipping company TransAtlantic and after years of business relations with Ola Oskarsson (founder of MMT), Stefan Eliasson became the new leader of MMT. Stefan has extensive experience of the s
Stefan Eliasson was appointed MMT’s new Managing Director in 2012. After 11 successful years at the Swedish shipping company TransAtlantic and after years of business relations with Ola Oskarsson (founder of MMT), Stefan Eliasson became the new leader of MMT. Stefan has extensive experience of the s
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has been awarded the contract from Jurong Shipyard Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Sembcorp Marine to supply main generating engines and thrusters for six new deep water drill ships to be built in Brazil at Estaleiro Jurong Aracruz. T
At Heerema Fabrication Group’s yard in Hartlepool, United Kingdom the BP Andrew process module is completed and has set sail to its final offshore destination in UK’s central North Sea 4 October 2012. Early 2011 Heerema Hartlepool started the fabrication of the 750 tons process module with a length
Senior maritime representatives from 11 countries embarked on the 2nd Maritime Public Leaders’ Programme (MPLP) today at the Nanyang Technological University’s (NTU) Infrastructure Systems and Maritime Studies Division, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Organised by the Maritime and Por
Fifty years ago, Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring appeared on bookshelves. Silent Spring described the potentially devastating impacts of widespread use of chemicals, like the pesticide DDT. Thanks in part to Carson’s work, use of pesticides is now regulated, and the use of DDT is banned in the United
Ferguson Group’s accommodation service vessel, ASV Pioneer, has been deployed in the Mediterranean Sea on a six-month contract with Titan-Micoperi in support of the Costa Concordia Salvage operation. The Ferguson Group specialists in the rental of containers, accommodation modules and engineering mo
Student assessment and instructor training were hot topics of discussion at this year’s Kongsberg Maritime European Simulation User Conference (UC), which took place in Tønsberg, Norway, 24th – 27th September. The annual UC was this year co-hosted by Vestfold University College, which recently opene
