Rigas Brivostas parvalde has announced a tender for a multi-purpose vessel. The estimated period of the project is ten months from the date of the contract award. Included in the tender are the design, construction and supply of a new multi-purpose hydrographic research survey vessel. The deadline o
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
Portus Services LLC, a private stevedore and terminal operator based in Jacksonville, FL, is expanding to Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood, FL, and investing more than $1 million in new technology and state-of-the-art cargo handling equipment. Portus recently acquired St. Johns Shipping,
Offshore operations demand work in harsh environments and challenging conditions; whether the work is done via bottom-founded barges or deepwater mobile offshore drilling units (MODU), the same essential monitoring equipment is required. With MODU, where water depths are up to 10,000 feet, floor-bot
Fr. Lürssen Werft announces that it wants to make it very clear that no agreement has been made with Drydocks World in Dubai in any way. Lürssen says that it is surprised and displeased by the press releases and the content. Contrary to the announcement of Drydocks World in Dubai, Lürssen wishes to
The U.S. Environmental Agency has announced two Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grants, totaling over $1.7 million, to improve water quality in the Cleveland area. The grants were announced yesterday by EPA Deputy Administrator Bob Persciasepe at Great Lakes Week in Cleveland. Over the last three
Panoro Energy ASA , an independent oil and gas company, announces that the drilling of the Sabiá well, offshore Brazil, is completed. Panoro Energy ASA is currently evaluating the drilling results of well 1-VBEP-1-SPS which targeted the Sabiá prospect, located in Concession BM-S-72 (Block S-M-1100)
Canada’s efforts to demonstrate world leadership in tidal energy research and technology are taking a significant step forward, as Ocean Networks Canada’s Centre of Enterprise and Engagement (ONCCEE) partners with researchers and industry to design and install the world’s first cabled underwater mon
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
As the manager of the shipping department at China Oilfield Services Ltd, Cai Dian, stated, the company plans to make its ocean engineering fleet larger by adding 50 vessels. ChinaDaily reports that COSL is now ready to venture into offshore oil development since China’s first deep-water drilling ri
Due to continuing international growth, the Korean Register of Shipping – an IACS member classification society – has opened a new global headquarters building in Busan, South Korea. The new headquarters building was officially opened today 13 September by Dr Oh, Kong- gyun, Chairman & CEO of KR, an
The Gazprom headquarters hosted yesterday a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company’s Management Committee and Vagit Alekperov, President of LUKOIL. The parties addressed implementation of the Agreement on Strategic Partnership signed on March 29, 2005 and, in particular, gas
Maritime New Zealand announces that the good progress was made on Rena this week, despite salvage operations being suspended for two days due to high winds and swells. The project remains on schedule. The total combined weight of steel removed is now approximately 430 tonnes, which is more than 20 p
Progress was made on Rena this week, despite salvage operations being suspended for two days due to high winds and swells. The project remains on schedule. The total combined weight of steel removed is now approximately 430 tonnes, which is more than 20 per cent of the total weight to be removed. Th
