Recently, MirTac added three offshore contractors to its Star user group: the Fugro Marine Services BV business unit in Brazil, Scaldis Antwerp and Holland Offshore. The Star fleet management software is used worldwide on rigs, subsea solutions, ships and maritime offices linking locations seamlessl
TDW Offshore Services (TDW) announced that it completed an offshore pipeline pressure isolation operation ahead of schedule in just 18 hours, resulting in minimum downtime, reduced costs, and no impact on the environment. TDW conducted the operation on behalf of a Malaysian company. The isolation wa
Ramboll has acquired Danish wind energy consultancy LAC engineering, which was established in 2008. The company specialises in the optimisation of the relation between the energy production and a cost-effective design basis for on- and offshore wind turbines. Globally, few companies offer the same c
Yesterday MEYER WERFT delivered the 126,000-gt Celebrity Reflection to Celebrity Cruises (Miami, USA) in the Dutch port of Eemshaven. The Celebrity Reflection is the fith ship out of a series of five cruise ships the shipyard is building for Celebrity Cruises. MEYER WERFT and Celebrity Cruises have
The U.S. Environmental Agency yesterday announced the completion of construction activities for the cleanup of the North Penn 2 Superfund Site in Hatfield, Montgomery County, Pa. The construction completion is an important milestone in protecting human health and the long-term goal of restoring cont
A diplomatic conference to consider a new agreement aimed at implementing the provisions of an international treaty on fishing vessel safety has opened in Cape Town, South Africa, under the auspices of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the United Nations specialized agency with responsi
The Port of Felixstowe, a subsidiary of Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH), launched its Asian customer roadshow in Hong Kong last week. The guest-of-honour, Caroline Wilson, the newly appointed British Consul-General to Hong Kong and Macao, made her first public appearance in her new role at the event.
No Limit Ships Shipyards has been commissioned by the German Wasser- und Schiffahrtsamt to build a purpose-designed No Limit 1640 survey ship for the WSA department Cuxhaven. The vessel has a limited draught, which allows it to inspect shallow waters and groynes in the River Elbe, while its robustne
Fugro Survey Pty Ltd. has been awarded the combined geophysical and geotechnical survey contract by Chevron Australia for the Gorgon expansion project. The work scope is approximately 5 months and will utilise the Fugro owned vessel Fugro Synergy starting in approximately November 2012. The Gorgon P
Tap Oil Limited provides the following update on the Manora-5 exploration well. Manora-5 is the first of three wells planned in the 2012 exploration drilling campaign. The Manora-5 exploration well is located in the G1/48 concession in the Gulf of Thailand, three kilometres north of the Manora Oil D
ABS, the leading provider of classification services to the global offshore industry, has granted approval in principle (AIP) to a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) and regasification articulated tug barge concept introduced by Waller Marine Inc. The vessel has the ability to load LNG from existing LN
Chris Ransome & Associates, Inc., a specialized hydrographic survey company, announces this year’s speakers for the half-day dredging seminar, “Dredging Your Docks 2012,” to be held on Nov. 7, 2012, at Brady’s Landing Restaurant near the Houston Ship Channel. This year’s line-up and topics include:
M-I SWACO, a Schlumberger company, yesterday announced the release of the RHADIANT† ultra-high temperature non-aqueous drilling fluid system. This system eliminates drilling fluid product degradation, prevents wellbore control issues such as barite sag and provides a thin filter cake for enhanced lo
Fugro Survey Pty Ltd. has secured a geophysical and geotechnical survey contract by Chevron for the Gorgon expansion project offshore Western Australia. The work scope is approximately 5 months and will utilise the Fugro owned vessel Fugro Synergy starting in November 2012. Gorgon is one of the worl
