Amarcon, a member of the ABB group, today announced it has signed an agreement with GTT (Gaztransport & Technigaz) on mutual development of forecasting and advice software system onboard LNG carriers. The deal was closed during the Gastech exhibition in London. GTT (Gaztransport & Technigaz) is a Fr
The Crown Estate today published findings of a new study into the UK’s wave and tidal energy resources, to help inform industry and government about the potential for future projects. The report finds there is potential for tens of gigawatts of wave, tidal stream and tidal range projects at sites ar
The Suez Canal Container Terminal (SCCT) had two successful navigational trials to test the port access and turning basins for 15,500 TEU vessels. The first trial was on the “Eleonora Maersk” arriving from the Suez Canal’s North Bound Convoy, with a draft of 14.9 m. She berthed alongside before safe
The newly formed Palau International Ship Registry is delighted to announce that it recently processed its first two vessel registrations at a historic inauguration ceremony. At the ceremony, held in Singapore on 28 September, the cruise/passenger vessels Amusement World (12,764 GRT) and Leisure Wor
Award-winning energy services company ROVOP has secured a series of contracts worth a total of £7million for work on major offshore windfarms across Europe. The increasing demand for the services of rapidly-evolving subsea business has also led the company to announce the strengthening of its manage
At 0600 hrs WST, Karoon advised that a production test string was being installed in the Boreas-1 well offshore Western Australia. After the installation is completed in the coming days, production testing will commence and continue through the coming week. The Transocean Legend semi-submersible rig
Nakilat is flying the flag for Qatar’s marine industry at the Gastech exhibition in London this week, showcasing its world-leading gas carrying fleet of ships and Qatar’s own ship repair and shipbuilding facilities. Delegates from Nakilat and its joint venture companies are in London to promote Naki
Specialist bolt tensioner manufacturer Boltight Ltd has put together a new tool hire service that allows customers to trial hydraulic bolt tensioners, hydraulic nuts, pumps and ancillary equipment before making a final decision on whether to buy the equipment. The costs of hire can then be offset ag
GSP Falcon has completed its first North Sea project for Wintershall Noordzee B.V. The vessel installed 30 kilometers of 10 inch diameter pipeline in the Dutch sector of the North Sea. The newly installed pipeline reroutes production from the existing Q4-C platform and connects it subsea to the exis
Sentinel Marine announced that the company has exercised its option for two Khiam Chuan designed PSVs to be built in China. These 75m vessels share the same specifications as the first two in the series and are scheduled to be delivered in Q3 and Q4 2013. The new building and option agreements were
It was a momentous occasion for Navgathi Marine Design & Constructions Pvt Ltd, with the successful delivery of two cutter suction dredgers for Irrigation Department, Kerala State. The dredgers were contracted to KSINC for construction and the work was done by APM Marine. Navgathi Marine Design did
Aker Seafoods ASA has received the decisions of the Directorate of Fisheries regarding alleged lack of compliance of the regulations towards the landingnotes and contractnotes in some of the companies in the Aker Seafoods group, and also alleged breach of the processing obligations that applies to t
Mr. John Westwood, a globally-renowned commentator on the energy industries and currently Group Chairman of energy business advisory firm, Douglas-Westwood Ltd, will be presenting the Plenary Keynote at the OSEA2012 International Conference on 27 November 2012 at the Marina Bay Sands, Singapore. Foc
Minister of State for Research and Innovation, Mr Sean Sherlock TD recently announced that TechWorks Marine, an Irish SME based in Dun Laoghaire, has secured a contract to lead a European Space Agency (ESA) research project on monitoring coastal outlets. This is the first time an ESA Earth Observati
