South Boats Special Projects Ltd. and P&O Maritime Ltd. announce that the two companies have signed a contract for the construction of 2 x Incat Crowther designed 17.5m Wind Farm Service Vessels withoptions for further vessels. The two vessels will be built under survey to Lloyds classification at t
Offshore Marine Services Australia (OMS) has been awarded the manning contract for the drillship Deepwater Frontier. The R&B/Samsung designed drill ship was built in 1999. OMS will be providing marine crew and rig crew on-board this drillship. The drillship is expected to arrive in Australia North W
Cobalt International Energy, Inc. today provided the following update on its West Africa and U.S. Gulf of Mexico drilling programs. West Africa Drilling Program Cobalt has received notification that the Ocean Confidence drilling rig, which is currently under assignment to an Angolan affiliate of Tot
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (“OPT” or the “Company”) today announced that it will release fiscal fourth quarter and full year 2011 financial results before the market opens on Thursday, July 14, 2011. A conference call to review these results will be held at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time that day (3:00
Schilling Robotics, LLC, experts in subsea systems, and Gregg Marine, Inc., experts in drilling and geotechnical testing services, announced the successful completion of their Factory Acceptance Testing on their new Seafloor Drill. Gregg will begin field testing of their drill in the waters offshore
Athens-based shipowner Thenamaris has placed a surprise order for four 6G80ME-C9.2 engines to power 4 × 5,000-teu container vessels, to be built by Hyundai (HSHI) in South Korea. Specifications for the contract indicate a ship speed at NCR of 21.5 knots with a design draft of 12 m. Hull numbers S616
In the past week, three renown European ship owners placed three large orders for four 6,600TEU containership and ten 205,000DWT bulk carriers. Shipbuilding contract for ten 205,000DWT bulk carriers was placed on 26 June, a rarely seen large order for Chinese ship yards in the first half of 2011. Th
Offshore Solutions B.V. (OSBV), the joint venture between AMEC and Cofely Nederland N.V., has appointed Andy Waterstreet as engineering and projects manager. Mr Waterstreet joins the company from the Dutch electro-technical installation company Croon Elektrotechniek B.V., where he was a senior proje
Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. announced today that John T. Rynd and Kevin O. Meyers, Ph.D. have been appointed to its Board of Directors (the “Board”), effective June 23, 2011. Mr. Rynd and Dr. Meyers were appointed to fill the vacancies created by a prior resignation and the Board’s decision to
Ashtead Technology, a market leading asset rental business, supplying specialist equipment to the offshore subsea oil and gas sector and the… Subsea UK [mappress] Source: Subsea UK , June 28, 2011;
Fluor Corporation announced today that it has finalized a major services agreement with Woodside Energy Limited to provide engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for Woodside’s operating assets. Fluor’s initial contract term is for three years, with the option of three
Mr. Koji Sekimizu of Japan has been elected as the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), with effect from 1 January 2012, for an initial term of four years. The vote took place during the 106th session of the 40-Member strong IMO Council, which is meeting from 27 June t
Following the success of its shallow-water real-time imaging sonar, the Gemini 720i, Tritech has launched a deep-rated version, the Gemini 720id. Now available in 300m and 4000m versions, Gemini is a forward-looking sonar which utilises an array of transducers to provide a 120º field of view, for a
Bluestream’s strong comeback in the market is signalled by an order on Saab Seaeye for a new Cougar XT light-work ROV. The Netherlands based offshore subsea and rope access services company will use the Cougar XT for light construction tasks, remote tooling, HP cleaning, diver support, salvage, dril
