Prosafe has signed a contract with Lundin Norway AS (‘Lundin’) for the use of its new build accommodation rig Safe Boreas to provide accommodation support at the Edvard Grieg Project in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. On site operations are planned to commence Q2 2015, with a firm period of 6
Coastal Energy Company has entered into a Small Field Risk Service Contract (“RSC”) with Petroliam Nasional Berhad (“PETRONAS”) for the development and production of petroleum from the Kapal, Banang and Meranti cluster of small fields (the “KBM Cluster”) offshore Peninsular Malaysia. Coastal (with 1
Danish shipowners and seafarers have a feeling that they spend more and more time on administrative work. But does it make sense and create value? The Danish Maritime Authority has uncovered this in a comprehensive study, carried out by Cowi. 796 seafarers and several shipowners have been involved.
At its harbour location Nordenham, Rhenus Midgard delivered, stored and handled about 30 km of submarine cables on behalf of Nexans in May. The submarine cables of the world’s leading manufacturer in the cable industry will connect a part of the 111 wind turbines of Denmark’s largest offshore wind f
The first ship associated with the new Grand Alliance service, docked on July 2 at the Port of Tacoma’s Washington United Terminals. This ship call is the first of three new calls each week at Washington United Terminals as result of the new Grand Alliance business announced in March. Port, terminal
International Marine & Dredging Consultants (IMDC) celebrated its 30th anniversary in May. For just over three decades IMDC has been providing, on a worldwide base, specialised, water-related engineering and consultancy services for public authorities, engineering offices and contractors. Starting a
The Underwater Centre in Fort William and Unique System (UK) Ltd finalized the representation of The Underwater Centre agreement, according to Your Subsea News. Unique System (UK) Ltd, of Unique Maritime Group Company, will highlight the services and the facilities of the centre to the industry. Uni
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has signed an agreement with Statoil for the manufacture and supply of subsea production equipment to support the Gullfaks South field development. The contract has an estimated value of $200 million in revenue to FMC Technologies. Gullfaks South will b
The U.S. based FMC Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has signed an agreement with Statoil for the manufacture and supply of subsea production equipment to support the Gullfaks South field development. The contract has an estimated value of $200 million in revenue to FMC Technologies. Gullfa
On Wednesday a malfunction on the internet cable IMEWE caused the internet blackout which continued on Thursday as well, according to dailystar.com. Telecommunications Minister Nicolas Sehnaoui stated: “There is a crisis due to an internet blackout and we are unable to fix the broken cable near Alex
A further milestone has been reached in the assembly of the first of the UK’s new Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers by Babcock at Rosyth, where the massive Super Block 03 (SB03) has been moved 90 metres north to meet Lower Block 02 (LB02) in a major hydraulic skidding operation, as part of Ass
Ultrabulk has placed an order with a major Japanese ship yard for the construction and delivery of one new generation super ECO-designed handysize bulker of 38,000tdw size for delivery in 2014, with Ultrabulk’s option to extend the order with one additional vessel. The vessel(s) will be equipped wit
In a period of only ten days Hydrex diver/technician teams have flown all over the planet to perform a wide range of underwater operations on five different continents. The services offered ranged from routine inspections and maintenance work all the way through to highly technical major repairs. Am
In a break with tradition this year, the Central Dredging Association’s trademark conference and exhibition, CEDA Dredging Days 2012, will be held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on 12-13 December. This unique opportunity takes advantage of the substantive dredging programmes in the Middle East o
