Aberdeen-based Veripos, the leading supplier of GNSS positioning services to the world offshore industry, has appointed Angus Scott as Regional Manager of its Europe, Africa and Middle East (EAME) division. Reporting to company Managing Director Walter Steedman, he will be responsible for continued
AC drives manufacturer Vacon will deliver liquid-cooled AC drives with a total power of 2.7 MW for active heave-compensated winches onboard a Norwegian-built IMR ship. The delivery will take place in March 2012. Vacon and Norwegian winch manufacturer AXTech signed a contract for 17 liquid-cooled 690
On Oct.25th, 2011, the 32m ASD TUG named POSH HUMILITY (Hull No.YX3112) built by Yuexin Shipbuilding Company for Posh finished a successful sea trial. The speed reaches 12.34 knots and the ahead bollard pull reaches 64.5 T as well as the astern reaches 62.7 T. Applying the design of ROBERT ALLAN LTD
The Board of Directors of DONG Energy has today approved the interim financial report for the first nine months of 2011 with the following outlook and key performance indicators compared with the first nine months of 2010: — EBITDA was DKK 11.7 billion, up from DKK 10.6 billion in the first nine mon
Italian yacht builder ISA and German design firm Egg & Dart join forces on a relatively new design, an Explorer 58-meter superyacht called “Ranger”. Egg & Dart are actually handling both the exterior and interior designs while ISA will build the vessel. The 58M Ranger is an Explorer styled yacht but
Today, the plan for development and operation (PDO) of Atla was approved by the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. This will be the first field development Det norske participates in. It represents Det norske´s debut, and the first out of many to come over the next few years. The plan for development
The Board of Directors of DONG Energy has today approved the interim financial report for the first nine months of 2011 with the following outlook and key performance indicators compared with the first nine months of 2010: EBITDA was DKK 11.7 billion, up from DKK 10.6 billion in the first nine month
Today, the plan for development and operation (PDO) of Atla was approved by the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. This will be the first field development Det norske participates in. It represents Det norske´s debut, and the first out of many to come over the next few years. The plan for development
T.D. Williamson, Inc. (TDW), a global provider of pipeline equipment and services, announced completion of the first-ever subsea STOPPLE® Train isolation. The patented STOPPLE® Train plugging system links two plugging heads into a “train” capable of providing the added assurance of double block at e
Clipper Group partner Per Gullestrup says the nationality of seafarers taken hostage in piracy attacks has had a marked impact on the international response to the crisis. Some 94% of crew members taken hostage so far by Somali pirates have come from developing countries, he adds. “I can guarantee t
From 8th to 11th November, 2011, RESON, a market leader in underwater acoustic sensors, state-of-the-art echo sounders, multibeam sonar systems, transducers, hydrophones, and PDS2000 software, will be exhibiting at EUROPORT 2011, at Ahoy in Rotterdam. RESON will be exhibiting their new specialised S
The South Asia, Middle East and North Africa (Samena) Telecommunications Council has appointed Gulf Bridge International (GBI) as the inaugural Subsea Working Group chair and the David Ross Group as the co-chair at this week’s conference: “The Role of ICT in Driving Economic Growth.” The working gro
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced today changes to its Executive Leadership Team. Bill Schumann, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has chosen to retire from FMC Technologies after 30 years of service with the Company, effective August 31, 2012. In addition, he will step down as Ch
Aibel Thailand has been awarded a letter of intent by Modec. The work is to deliver modules to an offshore production vessel. The estimated value of the contract is 20 million US dollars (approximately NOK 110 million). “This is an important contract to our office in Thailand. It secures work for us
