Bluefin Robotics, a leading provider of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), announces that Mr. Eric Levitt has joined the company as Sales Director for Commercial and International Markets. His primary focus is to expand Bluefin’s worldwide footprint as an AUV innovator and world-class solutions
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, working in partnership with the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation and the National Park Service, will manage the placement of sand along eroded portions of Plumb Beach in Brooklyn as part of the first phase of coastal storm risk reduc
Reef Subsea Power & Umbilical, a subsidiary of Reef Subsea Group, has set ambitious goals for the next couple of years, targeting a GBP 80-100 million turnover. This is mainly driven by its recent big success in working on offshore wind farms. Namely, Reef Subsea Power & Umbilical signed a contract
GEP AFTP the French Society of oil and gas companies awards iXBlue for its amazing growth worldwide. iXBlue received the special 2012 prize of the jury for the international development. This award is the recognition of the market to confirm iXBlue as a key partner to bring for the critical demand o
Finnish-based Auramarine Ltd. has received an IMO type approval for its CrystalBallast® ballast water treatment system. The approval was issued by DNV on behalf of the Norwegian Maritime Directorate after the successful land-based and shipboard testing in accordance with International Maritime Organ
Greatship (India) Limited (GIL), a wholly owned subsidiary of The Great Eastern Shipping Company Limited has taken delivery of GREATSHIP RACHNA, a Platform/ROV Support Vessel built by Colombo Dockyard Plc, Sri Lanka. Greatship Rachna is a DP2 vessel, capable of supporting offshore exploration and pr
Greatship (India) Limited (GIL), a wholly owned subsidiary of The Great Eastern Shipping Company Limited has taken delivery of GREATSHIP RACHNA, a Platform/ROV Support Vessel built by Colombo Dockyard Plc, Sri Lanka. Greatship Rachna is a DP2 vessel, capable of supporting offshore exploration and pr
Mediterranean Oil & Gas Plc announces the results of an independent evaluation of Malta Offshore Area 4 (“Area 4”) currently owned 100% by MOG through its wholly owned subsidiary, Phoenicia Energy Company Limited (“PECL”). PECL entered into a farm-out agreement with Genel Energy Plc in August 2012 t
United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) will commence as of November 1st, 2012 a direct service – GEM1 – from the Indian Subcontinent, Arabian Gulf and Red Sea to Turkey. The GEM1 service will also provide an extensive coverage of other East Mediterranean and North African ports through relay services o
Conseil général de la Corse du Sud has invited bidders to submit their offers for the dredging and rock excavation works at the port of Porto Vecchio area. Nature and scope of work includes: – supply and liaising of facilities construction, – overseeing of supply and equipment required for dredging
Offshore wind farms that are not even built yet, but their link to the national electricity grid is being developed, are putting more expenses on German customers. Lex Hartman, a member of the TenneT TSO GmbH management board, told Bloomberg that German customers are paying millions of euros for the
The Scottish Government has recently announced that Forum Energy Technologies (UK) Ltd has been awarded a contract from Moray First Marine Ltd for the provision of a remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV). The contract value for the provision of an inspection class ROV is GBP 102,709. Moray Firs
A passenger ship evacuation seminar will be held on 30 November 2012, organised by the Royal Institution of Naval Architects, it will present the work of the SAFEGUARD project, which has undertaken a series of full-scale ship passenger evacuation trials to gather data for calibration and validation
Damen and Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) have signed a contract for 14 Damen ASD Tugs. An extensive process of yard prequalification and tender evaluation finally resulted in an award to Damen this summer. The series consist of two types, with 9 tugs of Damen’s recently launched 3212 model and 5 units of
