InterMoor, an Acteon company, has completed its first permanent mooring work in the Lufeng oilfield, South China Sea. This project was also the company’s first for Chinese installation contractor China Offshore Oil Engineering Co. Ltd. The Nanhai Sheng Kai floating, storage and offloading unit (FSOU
The Georgia Ports Authority announced yesterday that the authority posted increases across all reporting categories for the first two months of fiscal year 2013. At its Oct. 8 meeting, the GPA board heard a report from Executive Director Curtis Foltz detailing 5.6 percent growth in tonnage across Ju
Ravestein B.V. has been awarded the contract for the design and construction of a backhoe dredger type Ravestein 900B for Jan De Nul Group. The vessel will be delivered in January 2014. This will be the second contract for building a Ravestein 900B in short time, after successful delivery of the bac
Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), the world’s leading maritime services provider, is teaming up in a new strategic partnership with offshore logistics and freight forwarding specialist Palumbo S.P.A. to form ISS Palumbo S.r.l. The new partnership combines ISS’ worldwide network with Palumbo’s core c
OGX has been granted the required environmental authorization by IBAMA (the Brazilian Institute for Environment and Renewable Natural Resources) to begin drilling in BM-C-37 and BM-C-38 blocks, in the Campos Basin. “The environmental authorization for drilling in these blocks will enable us to proce
OOO LUKOIL-Nizhnevolzhskneft (a wholly-owned LUKOIL subsidiary) and Saipem SPA (Italy) last week signed a contractfor transportation and installation of production facilities as part of the infrastructure development at the Vladimir Filanovsky field in the Northern Caspian Sea. The agreement provide
Leading Qatar based companies N-KOM, Ras Laffan Port and Milaha will use the forthcoming Seatrade Middle East Maritime (SMEM) 2012 conference and exhibition in Dubai, to underline their increasing presence in the regional and international shipping channels. The strong Qatari participation will be e
Jes International Holdings Limited, a shipbuilding group based in China has received an order to build a UT 755 LN design Platform Supply Vessel. The order comes from an unnamed Norwegian client, and represents the first PSV order in Jes International’s 30 year long history. “As the shipping industr
Aibel’s new building at Risøy is now complete. Today, the company celebrates the opening of its new, modern and eco-friendly offices for more than 600 people. Aibel is a leading service company, with many long-term assignments in the oil and gas industry. The company has more than 5,500 employees gl
Mainboard-listed JES International Holdings Limited, a major shipbuilding group based in the PRC, announces that it has entered into a shipbuilding contract for one unit of UT 755 LN Platform Support Vessel through its wholly owned subsidiaries JES Universal Co. Private Limited and Jiangsu Eastern H
The ability to work flexibility within a quarantined environment is helping Hertel to deliver insulation, corrosion protection and fireproofing to pre- assembled racks and equipment for the world’s largest natural gas project – the Gorgon Project – at Barrow Island in Western Australia. The first ph
Prysmian Group, the world leader in the energy and telecom cables and systems industry, is participating in the creation of Norstec, an association uniting the main players in the energy industry at the global level with the aim of supporting the production of renewable energy using offshore wind fa
Electranova Capital, the new energy technology fund launched by Idinvest Partners, in partnership with the global utility EDF and the support of Allianz, has invested in the Norwegian company Seatower, which develops the Cranefree technology for offshore wind foundations. Seatower’s Cranefree concep
According to SubseaUK, the chief executive of Aberdeenshire-based deck machinery specialists ACE Winches, Alfie Cheyne has been elected as Global Director of the Year 2012 by the Institute of Directors at the UK Finals. The ceremony was held at the Lancaster Hotel in Hyde Park, London on October 5,
