DryShips Inc., a global provider of marine transportation services for drybulk and petroleum cargoes and off-shore contract drilling oil services, announced the signing of a $141 million syndicated secured term loan facility to partially finance the construction costs of the tankers Belmar, Calida,
A team of astronauts and scientists who are living and working on the ocean floor as part of a simulated trip to an asteroid are nearing the… (Space) [mappress] Source: Space, October 26 , 2011;
Currently a hopper dredger is being built in Canada which will perform the maintenance dredging activities of the St Lawrence Seaway. Ocean’s companies, the shipbuilder and future dredging contractor, have opted for a proven design, fitted out with a Damen trailing pipe and other Damen dredging gear
Cal Dive International, Inc. announced today that it has been awarded a contract by Pemex Exploración y Producción for the installation of an 8 inch subsea pipeline located in the Abkatun Field in 47 meters of water. The contract will generate total revenue of approximately $27 million and will util
Currently a hopper dredger is being built in Canada which will perform the maintenance dredging activities of the St Lawrence Seaway. Ocean’s companies, the shipbuilder and future dredging contractor, have opted for a proven design, fitted out with a Damen trailing pipe and other Damen dredging gear
Cal Dive International, Inc. announced that it has been awarded a contract by Pemex Exploración y Producción for the installation of an 8 inch subsea pipeline located in the Abkatun Field in 47 meters of water. The contract will generate total revenue of approximately $27 million and will utilize tw
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation has announced that it will release its financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 on Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at 7:00 a.m. C.D.T. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation is the largest provider of dredging services in the United Stat
Fairstar Heavy Transport N.V. (FAIR) has been awarded a contract by Nabors Drilling to transport the DB 301 from Port Gentil, Gabon to Pascagoula, Mississippi on the Fairstar semi-submersible vessel FJELL. The USD 2.1 million contract was signed today in Houston. The FJELL will load the DB 301 immed
Royal Dutch Shell , the biggest shareholder in Woodside Energy , has given no indication that it is in any hurry to sell its 24 percent stak… By Rebekah Kebede (Reuters) [mappress] Source: Reuters, October 26, 2011
Leading oceanographic instrument manufacturer, Valeport, announces its latest innovation, the VA500 Altimeter. The VA500 is launched in Nove… SubseaUK [mappress] Source: SubseaUK, October 26 , 2011;
Cargotec has won an order to supply 54 Kalmar port equipment to Venezuelan customer Bolivariana de Puertos, S.A. The order includes 24 Kalmar DRF 450-65 reachstackers, 4 Kalmar DRF100-54 reachstackers for empty container handling, 19 Kalmar Ottawa 4×2 terminal tractors, 3 Kalmar DCF80-45 masted empt
SMart Wind, the joint venture between Mainstream Renewable Power and Siemens Project Ventures, announced the successful installation of the first meteorological mast in the 4GW Hornsea Zone. One of nine zones awarded licences by the Crown Estate in 2009 this is the first zone to install a met mast.
METS is the world’s largest trade exhibition of equipment, materials and systems for the international marine leisure industry. This year METS will hold a forum focused on Reverse osmosis (RO) technology. Reverse osmosis (RO) technology is at the heart of all marine desalination, or watermaker, syst
The new Northern Europe team will be headed by business leader Steve Brittain, with Steve Clark as operations manager and Paul Harrison as sales manager. The appointments – effective from 1 September – are part of organisational changes in the EMEA region to maximise opportunities in Scandinavia whi
