Horizon Lines, Inc. the nation’s leading domestic ocean shipping and integrated logistics company, today announced that one of its vessels enroute to Hawaii from the U.S. West Coast rescued three sailboat passengers, including a nine-year-old boy, adrift in stormy seas in the predawn hours of Februa
Brazil’s Petrobras announces that drilling of the first well after the execution of the Transfer of Rights Agreement has been completed. Results confirm the extension of oil reservoirs northwest of the discovery well at the Franco area, in the Santos Basin pre-salt area. The well referred to as 3-BR
TGS reports net revenues of USD 180.9 million in Q4 2011, compared to USD 177.6 million in Q4 2010, a 2% increase. The Company’s operational multi-client investments were USD 61.1 million, up 55% from Q4 2010. TGS’ backlog amounted to USD 210.9 million at the end of Q4, representing the highest back
A newly developed hydraulic lifting yoke from Danish based Fyns Kran Udstyr has been tested in the world’s largest offshore wind turbine park, London Array. The new way of handling offshore wind turbine foundations is much faster, cheaper and more secure. It no longer needs to take an hour to get re
Evergas has secured additional four orders at the Sinopacific Offshore and Engineering Shipyard where the company is already engaged with its extensive newbuilding program. The vessels will be either 12.000 cbm or 17.000 cbm liquid ethylene carriers, and will be built to the highest specifications i
Baker Hughes has expanded its pipeline service portfolio to include circumferential magnetic flux leakage (MFL) inspection technology, which enables pipeline operators to identify anomalies in pipeline long seams and more effectively manage the risk associated with cracks in long seam welds and the
Oil and gas professionals focused on health and safety will gather in Dubai on Thursday February 9, 2012 for the inaugural Innovation in Oil and Gas Safety (IOGS) event, presented by Pipeline Magazine, one of the region’s leading oil and gas titles. Held at The Address Hotel, Dubai Marina, IOGS will
Peel Ports has appointed Douglas Coleman; one of the UK’s most experienced project directors, as its Programme Director for the construction of the planned in-river container terminal at the Port of Liverpool. The primary purpose of Coleman’s role is to take charge of the landmark container terminal
BG Group has today announced the appointment of Vivienne Cox as a Non-Executive Director with immediate effect. Commenting on the appointment, BG Group Chairman Sir Robert Wilson said: “I am delighted to welcome Vivienne on to the BG Group Board. Vivienne’s extensive experience and expertise, across
Ocean Energy Limited, Ireland’s leading wave energy company, is working with Wave Hub, the world’s largest grid connected offshore marine energy test site, to deploy its technology at the site later this year. Cork-based Ocean Energy, in collaboration with its partner Dresser-Rand, one of the larges
GL Renewables Certification appointed Rüdiger Urhahn as Vice President Project Management & Sales, with responsibility for worldwide customer management in the area of certification services, in January 2012. In addition to sales duties, Mr Urhahn has been given the task of overseeing all customer p
Diana Containerships Inc. , a global shipping company specializing in owning and operating containerships, today announced that the Company took delivery of two Panamax container vessels, m/v “Cap San Marco” and m/v “Cap San Raphael”, on Monday, February 6, 2012. The m/v “Cap San Marco” is a 2001-bu
FutureShip, the maritime consultancy subsidiary of classification society Germanischer Lloyd (GL), has appointed Khorshed Alam to head its newly established office in Singapore. “We are seeing greatly increasing demand for our energy efficiency enhancing solutions, such as ECO Solutions and ECO-Assi
The marine and hydrokinetic industry, which aims to harness various marine and hydrokinetic resources including ocean waves, tidal streams, river flows, ocean currents, and ocean thermal differences for power generation, stands at a critical point. The technologies are improving, major energy compan
