On Friday, De Hoop shipyard has delivered the 60 person Single Block Barge Accommodation (SBBA) to Global Marine Systems. The SBBA was installed by De Hoop on the semi-submersible seagoing barge formarly known as Smit Anambas. Last week Global Marine has acquired this 130 meter barge and it was rena
DEO Petroleum plc, the oil and gas development and production company focused on the UK Continental Shelf (“UKCS”) region of the North Sea, announces that the amalgamation agreement to combine the Licence P218 Block 15/21a Gamma Sub Area (“Gamma”) and Block 15/21g (“Spaniards”) areas has been finali
India’s largest private sector shipping company , Great Eastern Shipping Company Ltd has informed BSE that it has cancelled the shipbuilding contract for a Multipurpose Support Vessel with Mazagon Dock Ltd, Mumbai (Yard No. 26775). The said cancellation is disputed by the Yard. With this cancellatio
TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity Ltd. Company and an industry pioneer in undersea communications technology, announced it has successfully demonstrated 100Gb/s coherent transmission over trans-Atlantic distances at ultra-high 10Tb/s total capacity on a single fiber. The test was completed using a protot
BlueView Technologies, the world leader in compact acoustic imaging and measurement technology, and Outland Technology, Inc., a ROV manufacturer in Slidell, Louisana with a combined 60+ years in Electronics and Undersea work signed a Systems Integrator Agreement that enables Outland to re-sell BlueV
Three people are dead and at least 69 people are still missing after 4,200-passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia, owned by Genoa-based Costa Cruises ran aground off Italy’s western coast at Giglio island, Friday evening, less than two hours after leaving port. Passengers jumped for their lives into
Greatship Global Offshore Services Pte. Ltd. (GGOS) announced that the company has canceled contract for second Multipurpose Support Vessel with builder’s Yard No. 26775. GGOS said that the cancellation is disputed by the Yard. GGOS, a Singapore incorporated subsidiary of Greatship (India) Limited (
Chinese photoelectric cable producer for the first time exported its submarine fiber optic cables to the European and American marketplace. Production of these hi-tech products has been dominated for a long time by a few corporations in France, the United States and Japan, explained Zhongtian Techno
Ventville BV, an agent for the Siemens Water Technologies, has introduced a SeaCURE® system, developed to avoid water pollution caused by toxic organisms originating in ballast water. This ballast water management system is based on physical separation by filtration and treatment with hypochlorite p
TransAtlantic has received the delivery of Brage Viking, an AHTS vessel from the Astilleros Zamakona S.A shipyard in Spain. The vessel will be flagged up in the Danish register of ships, DIS. Brage Viking is the last new-built ship in a series of four, which have been built at the Spanish shipyard.
Total and its joint venture partner INPEX CORPORATION announced that they have taken the final investment decision for the Ichthys liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Australia, representing an investment of US$34 billion dollars. Total holds a 24% interest in the project which will develop appro
On Wednesday afternoon, Statoil temporarily shut down production at its LNG plant at Melkøya outside Hammerfest following rupture of a fire water line. The fire water unit is part of the plant’s safety system, and Statoil implemented a controlled production shut down. A water leakage at the rupture
TransAtlantic has received the delivery of Brage Viking, an AHTS vessel from the Astilleros Zamakona S.A shipyard in Spain. The vessel will be flagged up in the Danish register of ships, DIS. Brage Viking is the last new-built ship in a series of four, which have been built at the Spanish shipyard.
Pacific Fleet (PF) task unit consisting of large ASW ship Admiral Tributs, tanker Pechenga, and seagoing tug MB-37 has arrived in the Gulf of Aden to keep anti-piracy watch. PF naval mariners headed by Capt 1 rank Ildar Akhmerov will spend several months maintaining maritime security near the Horn o
