The top management at Wintershall is acquiring additional support: the Board of Executive Directors of Wintershall Holding GmbH is currently being expanded from four to five board departments and Mario Mehren, currently a division head at Wintershall, will take over the new position from 1.10.2011.
DryShips Inc. and OceanFreight Inc. announced today that DryShips has acquired 3,000,856 shares of OceanFreight Inc. The shares were acquired from entities controlled by Mr. Anthony Kandylidis, the CEO of OceanFreight, under a purchase agreement entered into on July 26, 2011. These shares represent
Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) signed a contract with offshore pile driving specialist Menck for the construction of a 3500kN hydraulic underwater hammer. The new hammer, the MHU-3500S, will be the world’s biggest and heaviest. At 25 meters long and with a 192 ton ram delivering 3500 kJ of energy,
Pharos Offshore Group has started construction of a newly designed remotely operated vehicle (ROV) specifically for the offshore wind farm cable market. The new Inter Turbine Array Trencher, the ITAT 800™, is an 800 HP (600 kW) self-propelled trenching ROV that can be more easily manoeuvred by the o
ATP Oil & Gas Corporation yesterday announced first oil production at its Mississippi Canyon (“MC”) Block 941 A-2 (#4) well in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The MC Block 941 A-2 well is located on the Mirage Field and is the third well brought on production at the Telemark Hub location utilizing the
The board of directors of Ackermans & van Haaren NV announces that the consolidated net result (part of the group) is 93.4 million euros for… More info: AvH [mappress] Source: AvH, August 25, 2011;
On Aug.11th, the 66.6m AHTS-REDFISH 3 ,built by Yuexin Shipbuilding Company for Malaysian owner, has been delivered successfully which is the sixth delivered project this year. The other five vessels are,the sister vessel of REDFISH 3- REDFISH2, 69.9m AHTS BODY TIDY built for Tide Water Company,45m
As part of ongoing expansion in China, global marine technology company Kongsberg Maritime has officially opened its new factory in Zhenjiang, China. The opening ceremony of the 25,000 m² facility took place 18th August 2011, with numerous local dignitaries, partners, employees, management from Kon
TDW Offshore Services AS announced that it has successfully completed a series of pipeline pressure isolation operations offshore western Borneo in Malaysia for Sarawak Shell Berhad. The operations were carried out on the Jintan, B11 and F6 platforms in the South China Sea, as part of Sarawak Shell
TDW Offshore Services AS announced that it has successfully completed a series of pipeline pressure isolation operations offshore western Borneo in Malaysia for Sarawak Shell Berhad. The operations were carried out on the Jintan, B11 and F6 platforms in the South China Sea, as part of Sarawak Shell
Nordic Yards, the manufacturer of technologically sophisticated, innovative special ships and maritime structures, is sending the special Arctic tanker “Nordic AT 19” on its test voyage Yesterday. The ship, commissioned by the Russian mining company Norilsk Nickel, will be handed over by the dockyar
Dolphin Geophysical announces the appointment of Emil Janson as Marketing & Sales Manager UK & EU. Emil has excellent and extensive contacts throughout the region and beyond. He has had a career dedicated to marine seismic with 30 plus years’ experience in both seismic sales, Multi-Client developmen
The potential of gas reception would reach 300 million cubic meters per day from South Pars gas fields, managing director of the South Pars Gas Complex (SPGC), Ali Akbar Shabanpour announced. According to the report of the public relations of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC), the expected gas
INTTRA, the leading global provider of e-commerce solutions for the ocean freight industry, has reported an 18.8% increase in growth in ocean e-commerce usage through July 2011 compared to the same period last year. This growth is more than double the rate of global container market growth of 8.1%,
