The constant drive to innovate has taken the wind industry from its humble beginnings to its current prominence as the state of the art in energy generation. For the industry to continue to develop and lead the globe to a new era of sustainable energy, innovation must be ongoing, global, and part of
NOAA has made sea floor maps and other data on the world’s coasts, continental shelves and deep ocean available for easy viewing online… [mappress] Source: NOAA , April 17, 2012; Image: NOAA
Sonardyne International Ltd has received an order valued at over £2.1 million from international oil and gas turnkey contractor, Saipem. The order includes six SPRINT systems and associated acoustic positioning equipment making it Sonardyne’s largest sale of acoustically aided inertial navigation te
P&O Maritime has successfully secured a 37 day charter, which began in February, for the Research Vessel Prince Madog with Osiris Projects. This contract saw the Prince Madog engaging in its first hydrographic survey which utilised the recently installed RESON 7125 multi-beam echo-sounder system. Os
Finance Secretary John Swinney today welcomed the announcement of a Scottish-Japanese partnership to invest in oil and gas and renewables opportunities in Scotland and internationally. Mr Swinney met with senior executives of Japan’s Mitsui & Co. in Tokyo as details were announced of its strategic p
P&O Maritime has successfully secured a 37 day charter, which began in February, for the Research Vessel Prince Madog with Osiris Projects. This contract saw the Prince Madog engaging in its first hydrographic survey which utilised the recently installed RESON 7125 multi-beam echo-sounder system. Os
Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited today announced three and five year charters for two of its modern handysize product tankers to a major end-user. These vessels currently under pooling arrangements will commence within April/May and are expected to generate gross revenues of approximately $42 millio
The first Offshore Risk Quantification Analysis (ORQA) platform went live in Asia this month after SgurrEnergy successfully completed the installation on behalf of Hong Kong Electric Company (HEC). ORQA boasts the latest technology in data monitoring equipment designed specifically to capture meteor
Blue Water Shipping has just been awarded the extremely challenging task of providing logistics for materials and equipment to China and Brazil, where the conversion of the FPSO ” Cidade de Ilhabela” will take place over the next two years. The FPSO is being converted from a tank vessel which is 400
CTC Marine Projects, Ltd, part of DeepOcean Group Holding AS, has announced its multi-million pound contract award for Dolwin 1, Germany. The workscope, for client EMAS AMC, will include the trenching of 62.34 kilometres of a bundled HVDC power cable from 14 metres water depth and trenching of a pow
The Danish transport company has been awarded an extensive logistics contract in China and Brazil in connection with construction of FPSO unit – floating production, storage, offloading – to the Oil & Gas sector.
A new direct deep sea service to the Far East for Swedish import and export industry has been announced. The new service will include a weekly call to the Port of Gothenburg, commencing on April 18. Claes Sundmark, Sales Director at the Port of Gothenburg said: “We have worked for several years to a
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate and eleven other state entities are participating in a pilot scheme involving moderate affirmative action to recruit employees with an immigrant background. The target group for the scheme, which will run until the end of 2014, are immigrants from Europe outside o
EXMAR confirms the sale of the LPG/C CHACONIA (28,070 m³ – built 1990) and the LPG/C ELVERSELE (37,511 m³ – built 1996). The vessels will be delivered to their new owners in April and July 2012, respectively. The total net sale price amounts to USD 48,9 million. EXMAR will realise a capital gain of
