Salamander announces that, in a consortium with three other companies, it has entered into a Rig Sharing Agreement for a semi-submersible rig for Indonesian exploration drilling. Salamander will use the rig for its upcoming drilling campaign in the North Kutei basin, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. The
GE Marine, a business unit of GE Transportation, recently announced an order for 28 of its Model 8L250 Marine engines to power 14 new tug boats commissioned by the Panama Canal Authority. This marks the third order by the authority for GE Marine engines to power its fleet. The first order for 26 GE
Ramboll has been elected as the second most attractive employer in the Nordics. This is revealed in the recently published Universum survey ‘Nordic’s Most Attractive Employers’, which is based on input from 22,000 engineering students at top academic institutions in Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denma
MPX North Sea Ltd announces that, subject to approval of the DECC, it has sold its 30% interest in Licence P1606 to its co-venturer, Iona Energy Company (UK) Limited. Sorgenia E&P (UK) Ltd, the sister company of MPX, has also sold its 35% interest in the Licence to Iona. The Licence contains the Orl
AXYS Technologies Inc. announced that it will be exhibiting at the Energy Ocean International conference and exhibition. The Energy Ocean International conference and exhibition is one of the leading renewable energy conferences held in the US from June 19-21 at the CoCo Key Hotel in Boston, MA. AXY
In cooperation with the shipping company UNI-TANKERS, the Danish Maritime Authority has launched a project seeking to strengthen and make the safety management more efficient by introducing administrative relaxations and smooth work procedures. The project goal is efficient administration and improv
Australian government announced their plans to create the world’s largest network of marine reserves. The area covered would be about 1.2 million square miles of ocean including the entire area of the Coral Sea, The Seattle Times reports. Environment Minister Tony Burke stated that the government wo
Scottish-based FoundOcean Ltd announces that it has been awarded the contract for the foundation grouting for Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm Limited, UK. “Gwynt y Môr is being built with an installed capacity of 576 megawatts in Liverpool Bay, around 13 kilometres off the North Wales coast; it is on
The Transport Ministry has confirmed that Seaport Terminal (Johor) Sdn Bhd has won the bid to privatise the Penang Port, according to bintuluport.com. In a written reply to Chong Eng (DAP – Bukit Mertajam), its minister Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha said the company won the bid via its equity ownership in
Australian listed petroleum exploration company, FAR Ltd commences data acquisition of their anticipated 3D seismic survey over some of the world’s most keenly sought petroleum exploration acreage off the coast of Kenya. The survey will cover 680km2 and is budgeted to cost $13.67M (FAR Ltd share $8.
Navingo BV, a maritime and offshore media group based in Rotterdam, has launched a new worldwide job portal specialized in the offshore wind industry. Offshore wind contractors, suppliers and job seekers are now able to find each other at OffshoreWIND.Jobs. OffshoreWIND.Jobs offers companies related
Arctech Helsinki Shipyard Inc. and Alfa-Bank have agreed on a USD 100 million construction time financing package 9 June 2012. The loan arrangement is related to the building projects of multifunctional supply vessels NB 506 and NB 507. “Ensuring the loan was important for us. With the financial arr
TØNSBERG, the world’s largest roll-on/roll-off (RO/RO) ship, built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), has been awarded the “Ship of the Year 2011″ by the Japan Society of Naval Architects and Ocean Engineers (JASNAOE). Every year JASNAOE selects what it considers to be the most technologica
Navingo BV, a maritime and offshore media group based in Rotterdam, has launched a new worldwide job portal specialized in the offshore wind industry. Offshore wind contractors, suppliers and job seekers are now able to find each other at OffshoreWIND.Jobs. OffshoreWIND.Jobs offers companies related
