Bowtech Products Ltd., a market leading manufacturer and supplier of cameras, LED lighting, emergency relocation strobes, connectors, fiber optic multiplexers and slip rings for use in underwater or hazardous area applications, to any ocean depth, has announced that they have completed a supply cont
International law firm Pinsent Masons has appointed Akshai Fofaria as a Partner in the firm’s Energy and Natural Resources team. Fofaria joins from Jones Day’s well-respected Africa team based in Paris. The move will see him relocate to London but continue to focus on projects work in the oil and ga
Pallas Shipping has developed a new vessel concepts in the form of a tanker that is designed according to the latest environmental and safety requirements. The Tanker, which has a cargo capacity of about 1700 tons are designed to operate as a bunkering vessel which place high demands on maneuverabil
Eco Marine Power Co. Ltd. (EMP) on Friday announced that lab testing of its Aquarius MRE System – a revolutionary wind & solar power solution for ships – will commence in a test facility in Osaka, Japan from early June. This is a significant move forward as it takes the project into the prototype te
Interim guidance to private maritime security companies (PMSCs) was agreed by IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC), when it met at the Organization’s London Headquarters for its 90th session from 16 to 25 May 2012. A special high-level segment of the MSC saw an intense debate, over the first day an
The Philippines Department of Energy (DOE) has approved BHP Billiton a 12 months extension to the current Exploration Sub-Phase 4 of SC55, located offshore Palawan. The company in April filed a request for an 18 months extension to their contractual deadline to complete drilling of the commitment we
The AIN SNAN was delivered after a nine-month building phase in January of this year. The UMM SALAL, the first of nine UASC new builds in this size class already went into service in June 2011. During the course of the first five months of this year all nine vessels have been delivered from the [&he
On 22 May 2012 LNG tanker Grand Aniva replenished fuel supplies in the Russian port of Nakhodka and became the first gas carrier to perform bunkering operation in Russia. Previously only oil tankers of Sovcomflot entered this port. Gas tankers working for the Sakhalin-2 project usually took the bunk
The works on construction of floating dock by the order of company Estaleiros Navais de Peniche SA (ENP) became principally new for JSC Shipyard Zaliv. According to the words of sales/marketing director Mr. Y. Dovgiy works over this order coherently fitted with Zaliv’s diversification politics due t
Offshore handling systems specialist, Caley Ocean Systems has been awarded a contract to supply oceanographic winches and A-frame systems to Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for a new oceanographic research vessel. The state-of-the-art, ocean-going, vessel is capable of surveying to the full ocean dep
Offshore handling systems specialist, Caley Ocean Systems has been awarded a contract to supply oceanographic winches and A-frame systems to Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for a new oceanographic research vessel. The state-of-the-art, ocean-going, vessel is capable of surveying to the full ocean dep
The captain and navigation officer of the grounded Costamare boxship Rena have been jailed for seven months in New Zealand. Master Mauro Balomaga and colleague Leonil Relon lost their court-imposed anonymity as the verdicts were handed down in Tauranga District Court on Friday. In late February, Bal
Costain has signed up to a health and safety accord designed to set standards for the offshore wind and marine energy sector. The agreement was signed for Costain by Chief Executive, Andrew Wyllie, and on behalf of Gravitas Offshore, the consortium comprising Costain, Hochtief and Arup, by Managing
Costain has signed up to a health and safety accord designed to set standards for the offshore wind and marine energy sector. The agreement was signed for Costain by Chief Executive, Andrew Wyllie, and on behalf of Gravitas Offshore, the consortium comprising Costain, Hochtief and Arup, by Managing
