The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced on July 3 that it will exercise an option for chartering the diesel icebreaker Vladimir Ignatyuk from Russia’s Murmansk Shipping Company. The Ignatyuk will again create a channel through the sea ice of Antarctica’s McMurdo Sound needed to resupply and
Dockwise, a marine transport services provider headquartered in Breda, The Netherlands, has announced that, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Dockwise White Marlin B.V., Dockwise now controls 93.63% of the outstanding shares of Fairstar Heavy Transport N.V. (“Fairstar”). Following various trades y
As a response to China’s growing deep sea mining industry, India announces plans to invest into the development of their mining industry over the period of five years, Hindustantimes.com reports. The minister of state for science and technology Ashwini Kumar stated: “We will like our presence felt i
This week VOSCF, a joint venture between Sovcomflot and Van Oord, successfully installed a Gravity Based Structure (GBS) for the offshore platform Berkut in the Arkutun Dagi field offshore Sakhalin Island. The GBS was designed and constructed by Kvaerner in the Russian mainland port of Vostochny in
Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has joined the FPAL community – an industry-governed supplier management system for the oil and gas industry. Following the successful completion of the application process, the global aircraft charter specialist is now fully registered as an FPAL supplier – making its
Subsea 7 S.A. announced today that its Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Simon Crowe will leave the Group to pursue other interests with effect from the end of July. Simon will be succeeded by Ricardo Rosa who will take up the position of CFO for Subsea 7 SA on 9th July 2012. Ricardo Rosa was until [&h
Subsea 7 S.A. announced today that its Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Simon Crowe will leave the Group to pursue other interests with effect from the end of July. Simon will be succeeded by Ricardo Rosa who will take up the position of CFO for Subsea 7 SA on 9th July 2012. Ricardo Rosa was until [&h
Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world’s biggest shipbuilder and a leading marine engine manufacturer, announced today that it will supply 18 gas emission reduction systems for three drillships ordered by Rowan in June 2011. The eco-friendly Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) system can reduce NOx emi
WGP has completed the fifteenth Life of Field Seismic (“LoFS”) survey over the Valhall field in the North Sea for BP. This is the fourth LoFS at Valhall to be carried out using the Group’s Portable Modular Source System (PMSS™). As per previous surveys, the PMSSTM was mobilised onto the M/V Stril My
WGP announced that it has completed the fifteenth Life of Field Seismic (“LoFS”) survey over the Valhall field in the North Sea for BP. This is the fourth LoFS at Valhall to be carried out using the Group’s Portable Modular Source System (PMSS™). As per previous surveys, the PMSSTM was mobilised ont
Petroceltic International plc (“Petroceltic” or “the Company”), the upstream oil and gas exploration and production company focused on North Africa, the Middle East and the Mediterranean, announces that its wholly owned Italian subsidiary, Petroceltic Italia S.r.l., has been awarded two exploration
Manson Construction Co. of Seattle announced the sale of the Company to an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) owned S-Corp. Verit Advisors, a Chicago-based investment banking firm, was engaged by Manson and its shareholders to provide expertise in structuring a solution that optimized the company’
On 3 July, the Port of Rotterdam signed a contract with a construction consortium to extend the Botlek Tank Terminal (BTT) [HES interest 50%] site by approximately 5 ha. This will double the area occupied by the existing terminal, allowing the total storage capacity to be expanded from 200,000 to ap
Multi Maritime has, in close cooperation with the ferry operator Fjord1, launched a new green ferry concept. The ferry is a “plug-in” LNG hybrid, which incorporates several features to reduce the ferry’s environmental footprint. The concept has been developed as a part of Fjord1’s bid for operating
