With the aim of providing significantly more cost-efficient services, Hamburg Süd and Seago Line announce that they are to enhance their cooperation in the trade between North Europe and Eastern Mediterranean. Both lines had responded to unfavourable market developments in this trade in August 2011
Cook Island’s approach to deep sea mining should be adopted by other Pacific nations, says a Cook Islands environmental lawyer and … (radioaustralia) [mappress] Source: Radio Australia , December 01, 2011;
EnerMech AS, a mechanical engineering specialist, has been selected by Reflex Marine as the Accredited Service Centre in Norway for FROG and TORO personnel carriers. Reflex Marine’s FROG personnel carrier has become widely adopted in Norway. Customers of FROG & TORO personnel carriers in Norway now
Oceaneering International, Inc. announced that Marvin J. Migura, Executive Vice President, will deliver a presentation at the Wells Fargo Securities 10th Annual Pipeline, MLP and E&P, Services & Utility Symposium in New York, NY on Wednesday, December 7, 2011. The presentation slides will be accessi
The importance of the west of Shetland province as a significant new gas frontier is the theme for Oil & Gas UK’s forthcoming breakfast briefing which features guest speakers from an international oil and gas operator, a European integrated oil and gas company and a major bank. Sponsored by The Roya
Covering the period of 2006 to 2011, Jordan’s major cargo gateway documents five years of progress and growth in trade, productivity, safety, employee relations, infrastructure investment and environmental performance, as container volumes have more than doubled and employee compensation has more th
Yantai CIMC Raffles and COSL Drilling Europe (CDE) today signed the contract for deepwater semi-submersible platform, the COSLPROSPECTOR, in Beijing. The COSLPROSPECTOR is a DP3 vessel with an operating depth of 1,500 metres, a drilling depth of 7,600 metres and a designed operating temperature of m
Optech Incorporated, the world’s leading manufacturer of advanced lidar and camera survey instruments, announces that it has been awarded the MAAPS 2011 Geospatial Excellence Award for Technology Innovation. The award was given to the ALTM Aquarius, an innovative compact solution for mapping coastal
DCT Gdansk, the Baltic’s most modern container terminal, is now capable of operating more efficiently than ever. New post-Panamax STS cranes from Liebherr delivered to DCT on 8th of August 2011 and assembled on site were deployed in mid November, more than 2 weeks ahead of schedule. DCT tested 5 cra
On 30 November 2011, Van Oord performed the naming ceremony for its new Damen Multi Cat 3213 ‘Oceanus’. The Oceanus is the biggest Multi Cat ever built by Damen Shipyards and the first of its type. A sister vessel ‘Cronus’ is to be delivered April 2012, one month before the contractual delivery date
The combination of low charter rates and high fuel prices is creating a strong interest in fuel saving measures. DNV has now updated the Fuel Saving Guideline for Bulk Carriers, which was released in April this year, and has issued three new guidelines covering tank, bulk, and container vessels. DNV
Located on mid-ocean ridges, hot vent ecosystems are characterized by extreme environments and unique organisms, which don’t depend on sunlight – a rare feat! Photosynthesis is the way plants convert energy to food, but deep-sea hydrothermal vent communities are sustained by microorganisms, which ca
EBI Cranes LLC offers a unique marine crane for the offshore oil & gas industry. The Hammer Head Hose Handling Crane is different in that it’s blocks are side by side allowing for better hose handling specifically with regard to hose-end alignment. With the Hammer Head Hose Handling Crane, one may m
The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation announces two new research fellows for 2012. Joao Monteiro from Portugal and Badi Samaniego from the Philippines are the latest recipients of the ‘Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation Research Fellow’ grant. They join eleven previous grantees from
