The German navigation system manufacturer Raytheon Anschütz has won a contract about the supply of NautoSteer Advanced Steering Gear Control Systems to two prototype cruise ships. The cruise ships are being built at Fincantieri’s Monfalcone shipyard for the British-American Carnival Corporation. Car
SSP Offshore announces that it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (the “MOU”) with a new strategic partner to jointly pursue floating storage, production and offloading (“FPSO”) projects in Brazil and internationally based on the Corporation’s proprietary round SSP designs. The new strat
PSV ‘Blue Prosper’ went straight into service offshore Scotland after it was delivered from Ulstein Verft on Thursday 6 September. After arriving in Aberdeen on Sunday, the Blue Ship Invest-owned ship commenced its first spot contract on Monday 10 September, and has been in service since. The captai
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Wintershall Norway AS a drilling permit for well 16/1-16, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 16/1-16 will be drilled from the drilling facility Bredford Dolphin at position 58°54’47.767’’ north 02°15’54.649’’ east for Wintershal
The Hellas Committee of Germanischer Lloyd (GL) met on Wednesday at the Hotel Grande Bretagne, Athens. The annual Committee Meeting, now a longstanding tradition in its 35th year, very much reflected the mood of the industry, with great challenges foreseen for traditional markets, but opportunities
SSP Offshore announces that it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (the “MOU”) with a new strategic partner to jointly pursue floating storage, production and offloading (“FPSO”) projects in Brazil and internationally based on the Corporation’s proprietary round SSP designs. The new strat
OceanWorks International announces the appointment of Mr. Billy Mckeown as General Manager for Aykor Teknolojik Ürünler Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Şirketi (OceanWorks Aykor) in Istanbul, Turkey. As General Manager, Billy’s function will be to manage the organisation’s operations from the Istanbul loca
EnQuest has completed the acquisition of a further 15% interest in blocks 9/2b and 9/2c including the Kraken oil discovery (‘Kraken’) from First Oil. EnQuest now operates Kraken with 60% stake while First Oil owns 15%. The remaining 25% is held by Nautical Petroleum. Kraken is a large heavy oil accu
Bowtech Products Ltd. (‘Bowtech’), a market leader in underwater and harsh environment vision systems, has announced that they will be exhibiting for the first time at the Rio Oil and Gas 2012 exhibition, on the Subsea UK Pavilion, Annex 3/4, No 11, September 17-20th at the Riocentro Convention Cent
On 21st, August of 2012 , 58.7m AHTS ADS ARENDAL built by Yuexin Ocean Engineering has been Delivered to Lion AHTS AS Company successfully. Applying the preliminary design of KHIAM CHUAN MARINE, the vessel is built under the survey of Bureau Veritas. It measures in length of 58.7m with 14.6 breath m
On August 31st, China Harbour officially signed Commercial Contract for Takoradi Port Infrastructure Development Project with Ghana Port Authority. The value of contract was around US 150 million dollars, with the construction duration of 36 months. The project mainly included demolition & reconstru
Huisman, specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, has announced its plans to build a new production facility in Brazil and recently initiated the land fill works. The new facility will be located alongside the river Itajai-Açu in the city of Navegantes in Santa Catarina state, a state i
According to the Scottish Government, Moray First Marine Ltd, a marine company, has announced a tender for the supply of remotely-operated vehicle for survey services. The deadline for submission of tenders is 20 September 2012. Moray First Marine is a company that utilizing its various experiences,
BMT Nigel Gee, a subsidiary of the BMT Group, has announced its latest design, developed in partnership with Claydon Reeves. With her state-of-the-art Extreme Semi-SWATH (XSS) hullform, Oxygen redefines the explorer yacht genre, offering outstanding speed and seakeeping performance with the luxury a
