Indian Infrastructure magazine, in collaboration with the Centre for Infrastructure Policy and Regulation of Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, is organising its ninth annual conference on “Ports in India : Capacity Expansion and Improving Efficiency: The Way Forward’’ on January 31-February
Kleven Maritime has signed a contract with Myklebusthaug Offshore, Norway, on the building of a new multipurpose offshore service vessel. The vessel is to be built at Kleven Yard in Ulsteinvik, Norway, and will be the first vessel to incorporate new, advanced technology leading to significantly redu
Kleven Maritime has signed a contract with Myklebusthaug Offshore, Norway, on the building of a new multipurpose offshore service vessel. The vessel is to be built at Kleven Yard in Ulsteinvik, Norway. This will be the first vessel to include ABB’s Onboard DC Grid system which leads to significantly
DSME started construction of the fifth Royal Dock, which will be the biggest floating dock in the world, on 1st November. The steel cutting ceremony was held at Daehan Shipbuilding (DS) in the South Korean province of South Jeolla. The No.5 Royal Dock construction has been undertaken because of the
German based electricity grid operator Tennet warns government that they can’t keep up with the pace of offshore wind grid development. They said that construction of further cables at this rate is not doable due to lack of cash and skilled staff at Tennet and at their suppliers Tennet has nine grid
Rockhopper Exploration plc , the North Falkland Basin oil and gas exploration company, has completed coring operations at sidetrack well 14/10-9z. The sidetrack was drilled to a total depth of 2600m md. A total 60m of core was cut through Casper and Sea Lion bringing the total amount of core cut dur
A PowerDigger 3D GPS machine control system from Leica Geosystems enabled a Kentucky contractor to see excavation work underwater by viewing a display screen in the operator’s cab. Last summer, M. Bowling Inc, Henderson, KY, excavated 130,000 cubic yards of earth to widen and deepen the Ohio River
More than 500 years after Ferdinand Magellan’s expedition crossed the Pacific Ocean on its way to circumnavigating the globe, robot … (msnbc) [mappress] Source: msnbc, November 22, 2011; Image: liquid robotics
Leading international oilfield services company Expro has achieved the Shell Goal Zero award for 1,980 days without any recordable incidents as of July 31, 2011 for its Malaysian operations. The award is given to the contractor at every 180-day cycle when the period is achieved without any recordabl
With a Vancouver-based company now licensed to open the world’s first undersea mine off the coast of Papua New Guinea, a new Canadian-led… By Randy Boswell (vancouversun) [mappress] Source: vancouversun, November 22, 2011; Image: Nautilus Minerals
The Energy Institute (EI) has published new guidelines for improving reliability and obsolescence in subsea systems with the support of Subsea UK. These guidelines provide a framework for reliability assessment and use of field data as well as the management of obsolescence to help support continued
Octanex N.L. advises that the acquisition phase of the new Kingfisher 2D seismic survey has been completed. The Kingfisher survey, located in the WA- 421-P permit, is the first of six 2D and 3D seismic surveys being acquired within six of the Company’s eight Southern Bonaparte Basin permits offshore
Mercon launches a new product during the EWEA Offshore Wind in Amsterdam on 29/30 November and 1 December, together with partner ALE. Visit their stand and learn all about their new innovation EMI – for Eco Metmast Installation. EMI is an eco-friendly and economical way to install metmasts offshore.
TOP Ships Inc. , an international maritime shipping company that provides transportation services for crude oil, petroleum products, and dry bulk commodities, announced today that it has sold the M/T IOANNIS P, a 46,346 dwt tanker vessel built in 2003. The sale of the M/T IOANNIS P will result in a
