NYK has drawn upon the lessons learned from the tremendous tsunami damage sustained by vessels after the Great East Japan Earthquake in March of last year to create tsunami-response guidelines for ships in port. The guidelines, the first to be developed for Japan, were presented on May 23 at a meeti
Saipem has awarded Ocean Installer a subcontract for the installation and recovery of a Pipeline Initiation System at the Scott Field development in the UK North Sea. Saipem is contracted to undertake pipelay operations at the Scott Field development, and has subcontracted the installation and recov
Fugro N.V. announces it is undertaking a review of all options for its marine streamer seismic data acquisition business and associated activities. This review is initiated on the basis of Fugro’s position in the market; that Fugro has no current plans to increase the size of its high end, modern, s
Thailand’s PTTEP has received written consent from the Republic of Mozambique’s Minister of Mineral Resources related to the indirect acquisition of Cove Energy’s interest in Rovuma Offshore Area 1 which would arise on the takeover of the company. The receipt of this written consent can confirm that
China Shipping Container Line Company, the world’s 8th-largest container shipping company by capacity, will begin cargo service to the US Gulf Coast and Florida through a slot charter arrangement on the weekly Pacific Express 3 string operated by CMA-CGM, which will include calls at APM Terminals Mo
Emperor cable cleats from Yorkshire-based manufacturer, Ellis are being installed on a wind farm project that when complete will power over 470,000 homes. The cleats, which were specified by JDR Cable Systems, are being used on the London Array Offshore Wind Farm, which is currently being built 20km
Virginia Tech College of Engineering researchers are working on a multi-university, nationwide project for the U.S. Navy that one day will put life-like autonomous robot jellyfish in waters around the world. The main focus of the program is to understand the fundamentals of propulsion mechanisms uti
Troms Offshore Supply has today received its new build no 773 at STX Søviknes shipyard in Norway. The ship will be given the name MV Troms Sirius in a naming ceremony to be arranged in Stavanger on Thursday 31st May. Troms Sirius is a Clean Design diesel electric PSV (Platform Supply Vessel) with a
Papua New Guinea’s next government has been asked to dismiss the Nautilus Deep Sea mining project, reports Radio Australia. According to Wenceslaus Magun, the national coordinator of the environmental group Mas Kagin Tapani Association, nearly every mining project in PNG has been an “environmental d
Troms Offshore Supply has received its new build no 773 at STX Søviknes shipyard in Norway. The ship will be given the name MV Troms Sirius in a naming ceremony to be arranged in Stavanger on Thursday 31st May. Troms Sirius is a Clean Design diesel electric PSV (Platform Supply Vessel) with a deck a
Recently the 9,150 tonnes Statoil jacket set sail from the Heerema Vlissingen yard to its final destination at Valemon gas field on the Norwegian Continental Shelf in a water depth of approximately 135 metres and about 160 kilometers west of Bergen, Norway. In less than 2 years, after contract award
The largest jacket ever designed and fabricated at Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) ready for installation at Statoil operated gas field offshore Norway
Japan Petroleum Exploration Co. Ltd (JAPEX) and Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) announced that Kangean Energy Indonesia Ltd. (Operator), a wholly-owned subsidary of Energi Mega Pratama Inc. (JAPEX and MC each makes a 25% investment in Energi Mega Pratama Inc.) based in Republic of Indonesia, has started
A leading subsea trials and training centre has welcomed back a former student who is now a leading industry expert, more than thirty years after he qualified on the saturation closed bell mixed gas course. Derek Beddows, Upstream Diving Technical Authority for BP returned to The Underwater Centre i
