The first foundation of the offshore wind farm Thornton Bank 2 has been successfully installed off the coast of Belgium. The around 50 metre high and 550 ton steel foundation (a so-called jacket foundation) was manufactured in Hoboken near Antwerp, and in the past few days it was transported via pon
On June 2, 2011, Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH (NSW) has been awarded a major order by TenneT TSO GmbH (TenneT), a German-based transmission network operator, for the supply and installation of 2 x 13 kilometers of 155 kV AC submarine transmission cables. The cable will provide the network connect
Horizon Lines, Inc. America’s leading domestic ocean shipping company, has received recognition from the Chamber of Shipping of America (CSA) and the United States Coast Guard (USCG) for its record of safety and stewardship. CSA presented Horizon Lines with the Jones F. Devlin Awards for safety at t
A small group of Aptos High School students is considered the best in the world when it comes to engineering a robot that can stop a deepwat… (santacruzsentinel) [mappress] Source: santacruzsentinel, June 23 , 2011;
Global engineering group, Cavotec, has won an order to supply 24 MM200C automated mooring units, specifically designed for use in container port applications. The project is one of the largest Cavotec has registered to date for this innovative mooring technology. Under the multi-million euro contrac
Deep Sea Supply today took delivery of “Sea Badger”, a newbuilding AHTS from ABG Shipyard, India. “Sea Badger” is the 7th delivery in a series of 9 newbuilding AHTS vessels from ABG. The Deep Sea Supply fleet now consists of 13 AHTS and 8 PSVs, in total 21 vessels. In addition to this, Deep Sea [&he
There was a real vibrancy to the 14th edition of Seawork. While the business of maintaining Europe’s marine infrastructure is important work, the prospects surrounding marine renewable energy are proving exciting. By making the most of these opportunities for business, Seawork continues to reinforce
The Transport Select Committee’s call for a Government re-think of its policy on Coast Guard modernisation and the withdrawal of the Emergency Towing Vessels (ETVs) and Maritime Incident Response Group (MIRG provision, has been wholly welcomed by the UK’s professional association of harbour masters,
There was a real vibrancy to the 14th edition of Seawork. While the business of maintaining Europe’s marine infrastructure is important work, the prospects surrounding marine renewable energy are proving exciting. By making the most of these opportunities for business, Seawork continues to reinforce
The National Subsea Research Institute (NSRI) is unveiling the future focus for ground-breaking research in the exploitation of oil and gas… (Subsea UK) [mappress] Source: Subsea UK, June 23 , 2011;
Airborne has announced the choice for the sea harbour of IJmuiden, the Netherlands, as location for its new design and manufacturing plant for Airborne Composite Tubulars. A brand new facility will be build, directly next to the quay of the harbour to allow for directly offloading to offshore sea ve
On 17 June 2011, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) granted an Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) to the Rowan Stavanger mobile living quarters and drilling facility, operated by Rowan Drilling Norway AS (Rowan Drilling). This AoC only applies for use as a living quarters facility. The AoC
Elko announced on May 4, 2011, that the Luna well will be drilled by the ‘Maersk Resolve’ jack up drilling unit. The rig had been secured by Noreco, the license operator, under a letter of intent. At that date the rig was expected to be available for Luna in mid August 2011 but this date […]
On June 22, DFDS has sold its subsidiary DFDS Seaways Maasvlakte B.V. in the Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, to the Rhenus Group. It has taken over operation of the terminal, right away. The acquisition will be supplementing the group’s existing capacity at Waalhaven in one of the growth centers
