Caley Ocean Systems is upgrading the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s (WHOI) R/V Atlantis research vessel’s A-frame handling system, to handle the new ‘Alvin’ deep submergence vehicle. The Caley A-frame handling system was originally designed and installed in 1983 to launch and recover the Woo
TenneT Offshore GmbH announces a tender for subsea cabling survey services in Germany. Subsea survey work will be comprised of geophysical and geotechnical explorations of pipeline routes, including: *Preparation and submission of plans and procedures regarding route surveys. *Route surveys regardin
COSCO (Guangdong) Shipyard Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of the Company’s 51% owned COSCO Shipyard Group Co., Ltd has successfully delivered a bulk carrier of 57.000 DWT named “CONTI FLINT” to its European buyer. The delivery documents were signed by and between COSCO Guangdong and the European buyer on Ma
Chevron Corporation is delivering strong financial results and progressing the projects that will drive the next significant growth phase, executives said today at the company’s annual security analyst meeting in New York. “Financially, 2011 was a record year for Chevron. We generated the strongest
GL Garrad Hassan has appointed Christoph Thiel as its new Head of Business Development and Sales. Mr. Thiel will be responsible for managing global sales and business development for GL Garrad Hassan worldwide, working from the Head Office in Hamburg. He started in his new position on 1 March 2012.
Cefas, executive agency of Defra acting on behalf of the UK Government, has been tasked with delivering a programme of R&D data collection to support implementation of Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs) within the UK Continental Shelf. MCZs are intended to conserve or improve the UK marine environment
Kongsberg Seatex, Kongsberg Maritime’s position reference specialist division is launching two brand new Motion Reference Units (MRU) at Oceanology International 2012. Both products are part of the company’s market leading fifth generation range of MRUs and have been designed specifically for survey
MSC Cruises continues its rapid expansion with the announcement that the company has finalized negotiations with STX France and signed a contract to take over a 140,000 ton cruise ship following the termination of the agreement with the original owner. The new ship is named MSC Preziosa and will bec
Ocean Installer, a subsea construction company based in Stavanger, Norway has received a Letter of Intent (LOI) from Xcite Energy Resources Ltd for the installation of pipelines from a jack-up rig to a dynamically positioned shuttle tanker at the Bentley field. The potential contract is for the inst
Ocean Installer announces receipt of a Letter of Intent (LOI) from Xcite Energy Resources Ltd (“XER”) for the installation of two oil export pipelines from the Rowan Norway jack-up to a shuttle tanker. The LOI received for XER for the Bentley fields is for the installation of two oil export pipeline
In conjunction with Gardline’s client’s London Array, a competition is being launched with schools in the Thanet area, to name a wind farm support vessel. This vessel which will be based out of Ramsgate, Kent, will be the third crew transfer vessel being supplied by Gardline to service the London Ar
Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) has reported year-on-year growth in South East Asia – despite what WSS Area Director Niall Denholm describes as a ‘stressed market’ for the shipping industry. “Our products and services portfolio is expanding and we see that our business within the region has continued
Rialto Energy Limited, the exploration, appraisal and development company with operated assets offshore Cote D’Ivoire, West Africa, announces the start of drilling of the Gazelle-P3 production well on the CI-202 block. Rialto is Operator of the Block with an 85% working interest. The Gazelle-P3 well
Colombo Dockyard PLC (CDPLC) launched the 1st of a series three Multipurpose Platform Supply Vessels (MPSVs) for Greatship Global Offshore Services Pte Limited of Singapore on 5th March 2012. The ceremonial Launching was done by Owner’s Representative Mr. P.R. Naware (Executive Director) in the pres
