Shipdock has recently secured four major contracts for the upgrading and maintenance of the jack-up vessels GMS Endurance, GMS Endeavour, Seajack Leviathan and Seajack Zaratan. These vessels, equipped with elevating legs of over 100m in height, will be keeping the shipyard busy throughout the summer
In the first six months of 2012, Denmark’s Ramboll Oil & Gas has employed 80 new oil and gas specialists. With more than 30 years in the business, the total number of Ramboll Oil & Gas employees now hits an all time high. Thanks to a continually growing demand for Ramboll’s engineering consultancy s
Celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, the SMM exhibition in Hamburg is classed as one of the top events in the shipbuilding industry’s international calendar. The exhibition showcases traditional and innovative shipbuilding, machinery and marine technology and industry experts from all over th
TenneT TSO GmbH is seeking offers for manufacturing, supply and laying of subsea AC cables, including light waveguide in the area of the DolWin cluster, designed for a transmission range of up to 400 MW and a voltage level of about 155 kV. This includes in particular the connection of cables to the
In 2011 the European leaders signed a memorandum of understanding in order to encourage offshore renewable energy development and achieve the 20% energy target by 2020. According to Oilprice.com, the plans are to join all the types of renewable energy sources across the EU to reduce energy prices, c
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has won contracts to supply thrusters for two Scottish operators, Western Ferries and Orkney Ferries. Western Ferries recently announced the construction of two new ferries which will operate on the Dunoon to Gourock route, across the Firth of Clyde. Th
Taiwan telecom provider Chunghwa Telecom announced that the first submarine cables linking Taiwan with China have been completed. As AFP reports the cables link China’s city of Xiamen with the Taiwanese Kinmen island, and are due to go into operation on Tuesday. The cable project is a joint venture
RDS, the engineering arm of drilling contractor KCA Deutag, announced that it has been selected by Statoil to perform the Front End Engineering Design (FEED) for a fixed drilling rig which will be part of the Peregrino phase II project, located off the coast of Brazil. The Peregrino FEED is another
BMT Asia Pacific, leading an integrated specialist BMT team, announced today its role in the design and turn-key delivery of a radome for the new cruise terminal building at Kai Tak in Hong Kong for Dragages Hong Kong Limited, the Main Design and Build Contractor. A radome’s typical role is to provi
During the month of August, three public forums will be held in Oregon to discuss the final phase of Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center’s (NNMREC) Pacific Marine Energy Center, a “grid connected” wave energy testing facility. According to Oregonstate.edu, this center will help experts
Thailand’s PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited or PTTEP has acquired the entire shares capital of Cove Energy Plc. The Offer process is declared wholly completed. On August 15, 2012, PTTEP received written consent to the indirect change of control in Cove from the Republic of Mozam
“Royal Princess”, the new flagship of the Princess Cruises fleet owned by the Carnival Group, the world’s largest cruise ship operator, was yesterday at Fincantieri’s Monfalcone shipyard. Delivery is scheduled for spring 2013, while its sister ship, whose construction will start this month at the sa
As the demand for ship supply services off Sri Lanka grows, so too has GAC Sri Lanka. The company has moved into new, bigger premises at Galle and Trincomalee and opened a new branch in Hambantota to accommodate increased maritime activities and better meet its customers’ needs. Director/Chief Execu
Russia’s Rosneft has begun exploration work at the East Prinovozemelsky 1 and 2 license blocks in the Kara Sea. Geological surveying has been started one year ahead of the license schedule. Work will run through October 2012. The surveying programme was devised together with ExxonMobil, Rosneft’s st
