Today, on Wednesday 19 October, TüVIT officially awarded five stars to the new software that the Port of Rotterdam Authority has developed for handling shipping traffic. No more than five percent of all the software tested and certified by this German institute receives this maximum score. The Port
Reservoir Exploration Technology (RXT) announces that it is refocusing its ocean bottom cable (OBC) seismic operations to meet expected demand for its services in the North Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and most of West Africa, and has made two senior management appointments to lead the process. The company
Seismic specialist Reservoir Exploration Technology (RXT) announces that it is refocusing its ocean bottom cable (OBC) seismic operations to meet expected demand for its services in the North Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and most of West Africa, and has made two senior management appointments to lead the pr
Cargotec has confirmed a contract worth around EUR 25 million from a Chinese shipyard to deliver 104 MacGregor cargo handling cranes for 26 bulk carriers. The cranes will be delivered during 2012 and 2013, majority in 2013. The order is booked in the third quarter of 2011. “The ordered cranes are Ma
Davis Langdon director Peter Sell said yesterday that the UK Round 3 offshore wind programme could achieve significant cost savings… By Declan Lynch (nce) [mappress] Source: nce, October 19, 2011
Transocean today officially opened its state-of-the-art training center and offices in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The training center and offices were opened by Dato’ Wee Yiaw Hin, Executive Vice President, Exploration and Production, of PETRONAS, and Steven L. Newman, President and Chief Executive Off
The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) and the Norwegian grid operator Statnett have signed a loan totalling NOK 1,300 million (EUR 165 million) for the partial financing of the new subsea cable between Norway and Denmark and the upgrade of Statnett’s existing cable across the Oslofjord. The 16-year-matur
First Capital, a commercial finance company, announced that it has provided an Asset-Based credit facility to Ranger Offshore, Inc., a marine and subsea construction support services company to the offshore oil and gas industry. The new credit facilities consist of a revolving line of credit collate
The Forewind consortium will employ an innovative new foundation design concept next year when it installs two meteorological masts on the Dogger Bank offshore wind farm zone, located between 125 and 290 kilometres off the North Yorkshire coast. Forewind Limited, developers of the Dogger Bank zone,
Providence Resources P.l.c., („Providence‟) the London (AIM) and Dublin (ESM) listed oil and gas exploration and production company, today provided an update on its upcoming appraisal drilling programme in the North Celtic Sea Basin, offshore southern Ireland. *The Barryroe partners have been awarde
The last year has been a turbulent time for the international logistics industry and has forced cargo owners, logistics handlers and many other key stakeholders to evaluate their operations. Today, efficiency and productivity are more important than ever before and businesses are looking at implemen
TGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel announced on 30 May that Germany, the world’s fourth-largest economy and Europe’s biggest, would shutter… by John Daly (oilprice) [mappress] Source: oilprice, October 19, 2011
Catalist-listed ES Group (Holdings) Limited (the “Company”, together with its subsidiaries, “ES Group” or the “Group”) announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, ES Offshore Engineering Pte. Ltd. has won another order to construct two jack-up drilling rig blocks for a major Singapore shipyard
Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) has launched a new integrated service solution for vessels within and passing through the Straits of Gibraltar. Known as ‘Your Straits Solution’, the new initiative will enable customers to utilise the company’s services in Algeciras, Ceuta and Gibraltar from one locat
