In view of declining demand on the Asia-Europe trade, Maersk Line is further reducing capacity by removing the AE5 service permanently and suspending the AE9 service until early December 2012. Maersk Line will continue to provide customers with a broad and competitive range of services on this trade
On October 11, SOCAR President Rovnag Abdullayev met with Statoil delegation led by executive vice presidents Lars Christian Bacher and Eldar Saetre. Welcoming the guests, Abdullayev emphasized that SOCAR and Statoil have a longstanding successful cooperation. Talking about the energy projects carri
During the summer navigation of this year the FSUE “Rosmorport” icebreakers were proactively used for supporting a series of research works in the Arctic Basin. Two icebreakers of the enterprise were involved in arrangement of integrated geological and geophysical research to find grounds for the co
The Scottish Low Carbon Investment Conference 2012 is a leading international forum for emerging renewable energy and other low carbon markets. At this year’s conference Ed Davey MP, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, held a speech about delivering the UK Green Investment Bank (GIB),
The public has two additional weeks to review and comment on draft rule changes to the state’s Sediment Management Standards (SMS) for cleaning up contaminated in-water sediments. The current public comment period started Aug. 15, 2012, and was slated to end Oct. 15. But the Washington Department of
MEO Australia Limited provides the following update in relation to Heron South-1 being drilled in NT/P68, operated by Eni Australia Ltd. At 07:00 Darwin time on Friday 12th October, 216mm (8 ½”) hole had been drilled from 4,186m to 4,328mMDRT (metres Measured Depth below Rotary Table) and is interpr
Underwater steel cutting continues with a team of five divers onboard the Rena each day, the Maritime New Zealand announces. The underwater work is a particularly difficult and potentially dangerous phase of the Rena wreck reduction and the divers need to navigate numerous underwater obstacles just
The first comprehensive training programme for UMC’s divers has been conducted last week, the Maritime journal reports. The training, conducted by Dutch Maritime Propeller Repairs (MPR), will help the divers conduct thorough propellers and propeller systems inspection. In order to successfully recei
Underwater steel cutting continues with a team of five divers onboard the Rena each day. The underwater work is a particularly difficult and potentially dangerous phase of the Rena wreck reduction. Divers need to navigate numerous underwater obstacles just to get into a position to cut steel This we
On 9th October, Trelleborg, officially opened its new, state-of-the-art facility in São Paulo, Brazil, for printing blankets and hoses. The facility, which is located in Santana de Parnaiba, near São Paulo, covers a total area of 5,000 square meters / 53,819 square feet and will be shared between Tr
A new submersible logger which integrates with any of Turner Designs’ Cyclops-7 Fluorometers/Turbidimeters has been developed by Precision Measurement Engineering Inc. The logger can be configured with either stainless or titanium Turner Designs Cyclops-7-NC (no connector) sensors. The logger will r
Yesterday EU Naval Force flagship, ITS San Giusto stopped and apprehended a skiff with 7 suspect pirates onboard. The EU warship, that was carrying out counter-piracy patrols as part of Operation Atalanta, had sighted the skiff carrying a ladder and up to 20 fuel drums 180 miles east of Socotra and
Geotextile positioned vertically in a dike can stop piping. That has been proven by an experiment with the textile on IJkdijk in Bellingwolde (the Netherlands). Geotextile has been used in hydraulic engineering for some time now but using it for piping is new. The experiment has shown for the first
As an established provider of specialist subsea services to the offshore energy markets, Red7Marine continues to develop its range of fully integrated bespoke equipment and has made a commitment to being considered ‘The Partner of Choice’ where subsea excavation solutions are required. Following an
