The Port of Kiel has gained container wayport status by being added to the liner service network of Gothenburg-based shipping company TransAtlantic. With immediate effect, ships serving on the company’s Bothnia Line between Kerni/Oulu in Finland and Zeebrugge/Antwerp in Belgium are making a weekly s
Seatools in Numansdorp is a specialist in the field of underwater Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV). It is currently building two fallpipe ROVs (for rock dumping) with a dynamic positioning system. The new ROVs will enable highly accurate pre-programming of the routes along which rocks are to be dump
The largest privately owned company in Brazil’s E&P sector in terms of daily production in barrels, QGEP Participações S.A., today provided a drilling update on Block BM-S-12. Queiroz Galvão Exploração e Produção (QGEP), its wholly owned subsidiary, holds a 30% participating interest in this block,
Inmarsat, a world leader in global mobile satellite communications, has selected Metaswitch to expand and enrich its FleetBroadband maritime communications service, the first maritime communications service to provide cost-effective broadband data and voice, simultaneously, through a compact antenna
Port of Melbourne Corporation (PoMC) is set to commence maintenance dredging in the South Channel of Port Phillip Bay from next Monday 6 February. This work is required as a routine part of port operations to ensure safe navigation and will involve the removal of sediment which has built up over tim
A new low friction, non-porous, wear resistant tungsten carbide coating from Hardide Coatings has enabled UNITECH Offshore AS to design a unique ROV-operated subsea high-pressure connector with integrated ball valve for use in critical production applications including wellhead control, gas lift and
A new low friction, non-porous, wear resistant tungsten carbide coating from Hardide Coatings has enabled UNITECH Offshore AS to design a unique ROV-operated subsea high-pressure connector with integrated ball valve for use in critical production applications including wellhead control, gas lift and
The General Organisation of Sea Ports (GOP) held a two-day regional executive seminar entitled ‘Safety of Navigation and the Obligations of a Competent Authority with respect to Aids to Navigation.’ The seminar was held under the patronage of H E Shaikh Daij bin Salman Al Khalifa, Chairman of the Ge
On January 31th 2012, at 18h39m50s, the FPSO OSX-1 successfully initiated the production of first oil for its anchor client OGX, the Brazilian EBX Group oil and gas company responsible for the largest private-sector exploratory campaign in Brazil. The FPSO OSX-1 is in charge of carrying out the Exte
Gert W. Munthe has been elected Chairman of Aibel AS, with immediate effect. Munthe has already served on the Board of Aibel for several years. “Aibel is a company in a fantastic period of development. As Chairman, I am looking forward to helping this excellent progress continue,” he says. Broad exp
Wijnne Barends from Delfzijl took delivery of the first Sea-River Liner 3700 , mv ‘Lady Anna’, from Groningen Shipyard. The vessel was delivered after successful sea trials last week. The trials proved the possibility of powering and manoeuvring a 3700 dwt MPC vessel with only one 749 kW main engine
IEV International Limited (“IEV International”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of IEV Holdings Limited (“IEV”), received the second award this month to supply its Marine Growth Prevention (“MGP”) technology to new structures located offshore India. In this award from McDermott Middle East Inc., IEV Inte
Broward County Administrator Bertha Henry announced recently that Steven Cernak, Port Director and Chief Executive Officer for Port of Galveston, has been selected as Chief Executive/Port Director for Broward County’s Port Everglades Department. Cernak will replace Phillip C. Allen, who is retiring
Fugro Subsea Services Limited is a leading manufacturer and operator of ROVs and provider of subsea engineering, construction support and inspection, maintenance and repair services. Its Robotic Technologies business line has announced the introduction of three-dimensional sea current profiles to it
