Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions provider, has now been contracted to supply Wärtsilä 50DF dual-fuel propulsion engines to 100 Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Carrier vessels. This notable milestone was recently passed with the supply of a LNG carrier in a South Korean shipyard. The 100
Oceaneering International, Inc. announced that M. Kevin McEvoy, President and Chief Executive Officer, will meet with institutional investors at the RBC Capital Markets’ Global Energy and Power Conference in New York, NY on Tuesday, June 5, 2012. The conference handout will be accessible after the c
Offshore Marine Management (‘OMM’) has successfully completed a contract for Prysmian Powerlink as preparations continue for the installation of BorWin2, which will connect new wind parks off the coast of Germany. Using the 2,000 tonne multipurpose vessel Bourbon Enterprise, OMM cleared the route pr
On 22nd May 2012 Cai Mep International Terminal (CMIT) set two important new productivity benchmarks for container terminals in Vietnam. While handling Maersk Line’s vessel, the 116,100 DWT, 9,038 TEU MV Mette Maersk, CMIT handled 2,100 containers during an 11 hour, 30 minute port stay. Gross crane
Norwegian survey and positioning specialists, iSURVEY Group AS, has chosen to invest in a SPRINT (Subsea Precision Reference Inertial Navigation Technology) system from Sonardyne International to support its ROV surveys and deep water marine construction activities. The purchase follows trials of th
Norwegian survey and positioning specialists, iSURVEY Group AS, has chosen to invest in a SPRINT (Subsea Precision Reference Inertial Navigation Technology) system from Sonardyne International to support its ROV surveys and deep water marine construction activities. The purchase follows trials of th
On May 29, before launch of the Posidonia 2012 in Greece, leading shipbuilding enterprise SINOPACIFIC Shipbuilding Group held an introductory meeting and social gathering in Athens. It highlighted the promotion of the CROWN 63, CROWN MHI 82 and CROWN 121 ultimate fuel-saving and environment friendly
Pacific Drilling S.A., a fast growing company dedicated to becoming the preferred ultra-deepwater drilling contractor, has received a letter of award for the Pacific Sharav drillship, revealed the company’s CEO Chris Becket. CEO Chris Beckett commented on the increasing demand for ultra-deepwater un
The first catamaran hydrographic survey vessel, Makar, constructed by the Alock Ashdown (Gujarat) Limited set sail for Mumbai on its maiden voyage from Ghogha in Gujarat. AAGL received the order by winning the competitive tender, involving public sector as well as private sector shipyards, issued by
Earlier in the year MPI Offshore Limited was presented with the Inaugural Offshore Renewables Award at the Annual Offshore Support Journal Awards event held in London. The company was given the award for its new generation of wind turbine installation vessels. MPI Offshore’s new generation of offsho
DOF Subsea announced that it has secured new contracts for its vessels. Fugro has extended the contract on the construction vessel Skandi Carla until July 2017. The Skandi Carla is capable of conducting ROV operations down to 2,500m and it has excellent work platform for intervention, repair and mai
Fugro has extended the contract on the construction vessel Skandi Carla until July 2017. DOF Subsea Asia Pacific has entered into contracts in Malaysia and Australia where the vessels Skandi Singapore and Geobay will be utilized. The total value of the new contracts are about USD 65 million. [mappre
MMT (Sweden) has been awarded parts of two separate hydrographic survey contracts for the EU financed project MONALISA for the Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA) and the Finnish Transport Agency (FTA). MONALISA is a Motorways of the Sea project which aims at giving a concrete contribution to effi
Smart grid technologies are often portrayed as being vital to efforts to increase renewable energy production, yet this aspect of the smart grid is the least developed. While there are multiple companies currently active in this market, their efforts have largely been relegated to PowerPoint present
