Good progress continues to be made in removing the last of the oil from the submerged number 5 starboard fuel oil tank on the grounded container ship Rena, Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) says. MNZ Salvage Unit Manager Arthur Jobard said salvors had maintained continuous pumping of heavy fuel oil from Re
Teekay Offshore GP L.L.C., the general partner of Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. (Teekay Offshore or the Partnership), yesterday reported the Partnership’s results for the quarter ended September 30, 2011. During the third quarter of 2011, the Partnership generated distributable cash flow of $52.1 mi
VideoRay LLC, the leading manufacturer of Inspection ROVs, and Teledyne RD Instruments, the leading manufacturer of acoustic Doppler navigation products, announce that collaborative efforts to integrate Teledyne RDI’s Doppler Velocity Log (DVL) on board VideoRay’s Pro 4 have proven successful. Throu
Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Tommy P. Beaudreau yesterday announced that BOEM would hold the first oil and natural gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico since the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill. This announcement is
Recently, the Marketing Director of Yuexin Shipbuilding, Mr. Eric Lim ,signed a contract of two 77 m DP2 Offshore Support/ Oil Recovery Vessels. The vessel measures 77.8m in length with a molded breadth of 17.6m, a molded depth of 7.8m and the maximum draft is 6.4m. With 3600T dead weight, the vesse
The Group reported a profit after tax of NOK 254 million in the third quarter of 2011 compared to NOK 344 million in the same period of 2010. The Group’s profit after tax for the first three quarters of 2011 was NOK 774 million. The corresponding figure for 2010 was NOK 1 630 million. The […]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District issued this statement following the meeting yesterday with the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control Board of Directors: “We are pleased with the unanimous decision of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, announces that Sir Frank Chapman has today joined the Board as a non-executive Director. Sir Frank is the Chief Executive of BG Group and a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Sir Simon Robertson, Rolls-Royce Chairman, said: “I am delight
A clear statement has now been made: the trimodal container terminal in Industriepark Frankfurt – Höchst, which has always been associated with the Duisburg-based Contargo Group, has documented its participation in the European network of the container logistics provider even more strongly by its re
Airborne has been awarded a contract by Saipem SA for the engineering, fabrication & delivery of a 2500 meter downline for the Guara & Lula project. The 3 inch ID downline will be used at around 2200 meter water depth for the Pre-Commissioning of the Guara & Lula-NE Gasline Project. By winning this
Operation of the International Data Exchange (IDE) for the Long Range Identification and Tracking of Ships (LRIT) has been successfully transferred to the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) in Lisbon, Portugal. At the 10th session of the Ad Hoc LRIT Group established by IMO (31 October to 3 Nove
Teekay Offshore GP L.L.C., the general partner of Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. (Teekay Offshore or the Partnership) , announced today that Teekay Corporation (Teekay) and Teekay Offshore intend for Teekay Offshore to acquire the Sevan Piranema (Piranema) floating production, storage and offloading
By a thorough and meticulous screening of what the marked had to offer D/S NORDEN A/S selected the Norwegian-based Jotron Consultas AS as their future provider of fleet management software. The two parties have signed an agreement which includes rollout of latest v.4 of the Consultas Fleet Managemen
Teekay Offshore GP L.L.C., the general partner of Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. (Teekay Offshore or the Partnership) , announced today that Teekay Corporation (Teekay) and Teekay Offshore intend for Teekay Offshore to acquire the Sevan Piranema (Piranema) floating production, storage and offloading
