Two German companies have joined forces to sustainably optimize electricity generation from wind energy. For the first time ever, PCS Power Converter Solutions from Berlin and VEM Sachsenwerk from Dresden are offering a thoroughly tested and perfectly integrated combination of full power converters
On August 16, the Ocean christened its trailing suction hopper dredge, the Ocean Traverse Nord. It was built this past year at Ocean Industries shipyard at Isle-aux-Coudres. The 25-million-dollar shipbuilding project, the largest ever in Eastern Canada and Ocean’s first dredge, created over fifty ne
Reliance Globalcom, Telecom services provider with international subsea cable assets spanning over 73,000 route kilometers, announced that it will upgrade its European Network with Ciena’s technology. According to ciol.com, the company will use Ciena’s 6500 packet optical platform and WaveLogic cohe
The world’s first community-owned tidal turbine will be made and deployed in Scotland, after a fabrication contract between Scottish firms Steel Engineering and Nova Innovation was announced today by First Minister Alex Salmond. During a visit that formed part of the Scottish Government’s Summer Cab
Dril-Quip, Inc. today announced that Dril-Quip do Brasil LTDA, its wholly owned subsidiary, has been awarded a four-year contract by Petrobras, Brazil’s national oil company, for the supply of subsea wellhead systems and associated tools to be used in the drilling of deepwater wells offshore Brazil.
Dril-Quip, Inc. has been awarded a four-year contract by Brazil’s oil and gas company Petrobras, to supply subsea wellhead systems and associated tools to be used in the drilling of deepwater wells offshore Brazil. The company’s Brazilian subsidiary, Dril-Quip do Brasil LTDA, will begin delivering p
The world’s largest Goliath gantry crane ordered by Engevix Construções Oceânicas (‘Ecovix’) arrived at its destination in Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil last week. Konecranes received the crane order in October 2011. In its combination of lifting capacity of 2,000 tons and rail span of 210 me
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, will present some of its leading power technologies at the Cigré conference in Paris. Running from August 27-31, 2012, the biennial event is a key platform for the discussion of global trends, technologies and future developments in the power s
Tamares Telecom, the provider of new international communications from and to Israel, and Xtera Communications Inc. (Xtera), a leading global provider of optical networking solutions, announce that the Tamares Telecom network providing seamless connectivity from Israel to international communication
During April 2012 EGS (International) Ltd were contracted to carry out a pre-installation cable route survey between the Orkney Islands and the Scottish north coast at Caithness. The scope of work involved a geophysical survey of a 70km long 560m wide cable route corridor, a geotechnical survey alon
On August 21, the ODS Petrodata daily newswire reported that Grup Servicii Petroliere (GSP) in in negotiations to sell its pipelay vessel GSP Falcon. Contrary to this report, GSP advises there are no negotiations underway for its pipelay vessel GSP Falcon to be sold. GSP Falcon is currently operatin
Malaysia’s Nam Cheong Limited has sold two Anchor Handling Towing Supply (“AHTS”) vessel and a 3,000 dead weight tonne (“dwt”) Platform Supply Vessel (“PSV”) for a total sum of USD43.81 million. One of the 5,150bhp AHTS vessels was sold to a repeat Norwegian-based customer that will own, operate and
Voith displays numerous new and further developments at this year’s SMM, the leading maritime industry trade fair held in Hamburg. A full-scale Voith Schneider Propeller as well as a full-scale Voith Inline Thruster catch the visitor’s eye. In addition to the new SteamTrac waste heat recovery system
NIWA’s research vessel Tangaroa mapped the seabed off the coast of Otago in July this year, revealing the structure of nine canyons in the Great South Basin. The seabed of the Great South Basin has not been mapped in detail before, and this recent survey is providing new information about geological
