Refueling U.S. Navy vessels, at sea and underway, is a costly endeavor in terms of logistics, time, fiscal constraints and threats to national security and sailors at sea. In Fiscal Year 2011, the U.S. Navy Military Sea Lift Command, the primary supplier of fuel and oil to the U.S. Navy fleet, deliv
Customers at the Port of Felixstowe are benefitting from fast vessel turnarounds on the quayside as a result of a program of continuous improvements. Felixstowe set a new record for the number of container moves in a 12 hour shift with the recent call of the Maersk Sarnia. A total of 3431 exchanges
Lloyd’s Register has established a world-class Group Technology Centre (GTC) in Singapore to deliver innovation and solutions to the energy and maritime sectors. It has also reached an agreement with the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) to collaborate on R&D projects as a key par
Last Thursday, on September 20th 2012, Vroon Offshore Services (VOS) took delivery of VOS Atlanta. This new addition to the VOS fleet was delivered from Fujian Southeast Shipyard in China. VOS Atlanta is a 59-metre “A class” anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel and the second of three vessels be
Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Kurt Bock, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF held a working meeting at the Gazprom headquarters. Different aspects of cooperation in the oil and gas sector were addressed in the course of negotiations. The parties hav
Lloyd’s Register has established a world-class Group Technology Centre (GTC) in Singapore to deliver innovation and solutions to the energy and maritime sectors. It has also reached an agreement with the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) to collaborate on R&D projects as a key par
McDermott International, Inc. announced that William H. Schumann, III has been appointed to its Board of Directors, effective September 24, 2012. Mr. Schumann will also serve on the Company’s Audit and Governance Committees. Mr. Schumann retired from FMC Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of sub
Survitec Group has played a key role in the refurbishment of US registered seismic survey vessel Fairfield New Venture, which is owned by the seismic data specialist Fairfieldnodal. Survitec’s engineers have ensured the vessel is now fully compliant with LOLER (Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipme
I.M. Skaugen (IMSK) announces that earlier today (September 26, 2012) a vessel operated by the company’s wholly owned subsidiary Norgas Carriers Private Limited of Singapore was involved in an incident off the coast of Indonesia. IMSK’s subsidiary Norgas Carriers Private Limited activated an emergen
Bahamas Petroleum Company, the oil and gas exploration company with licences in The Commonwealth of the Bahamas, announced its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2012. Highlights: Letter received from The Government of the Bahamas (the “Government”) regarding licence compliance, confir
Compagnie Générale de Géophysique – Veritas (CGGVeritas) announced on 24 September 2012 that it had entered into an agreement with the Dutch group Fugro to acquire the businesses of its Geoscience division (excluding multi-clients library and OBN businesses) (the “Geoscience Division”) for a price o
The largest navy base in Australia is about to become a home for the world’s first demonstration wave energy project, writes Science Network Western Australia. Namely, Australian Department of Defence and Carnegie Wave Energy Limited have signed an agreement for Perth Wave Energy Project on Garden I
Customers at the Port of Felixstowe are benefitting from fast vessel turnarounds on the quayside as a result of a program of continuous improvements. Felixstowe set a new record for the number of container moves in a 12 hour shift with the recent call of the Maersk Sarnia. A total of 3431 exchanges
The dredging industry is constantly progressing: broadening its core activities, daring to take on the challenges of maritime infrastructure development, discovering new technologies… So too is the IADC, the umbrella organization that represents these innovative contractors. The IADC has a new house
