YORKSHIRE’S drive to become a world-leading manufacturing base for wind turbines surges ahead today with proposals for a massive £400m waterside energy park creating 20,000 jobs.
On 24 June 2010, European experts from the dredging sector and other related industries met in Rotterdam during the first Maritime Technology Day, organised by the Dredging Networking Group. The seminar’s central theme was Condition Monitoring. Prominent speakers such as Prof. Dr. Cees van Rhee from
TGS announced today the early termination of a 2D vessel charter for the M/V Northern Genesis. This five year charter began in March 2007 and was previously due to expire in March 2012. Under current market conditions it is possible to charter more suitable 2D vessel capacity resulting in increased
Following a successful run of deliveries to Bourbon’s Liberty 200 series of AHTS vessels, the offshore services specialist has now placed orders for a further four state-of-the-art MacGregor anchor-handling systems from Cargotec Cargotec has won a contract to supply four sets of MacGregor anchor-han
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has signed an agreement with Gazprom Dobycha Shelf LLC for the manufacture and supply of subsea production equipment to support the Kirinskoye field. The award has a value of approximately $190 million in revenue to FMC Technologies. Kirinskoye is a sub
Meling Supply orders at Kleven Maritime – 1 multifunctional platform supply vessel, design VS 485, for delivery in February 2011 Kleven Maritime has entered into contract with Meling Supply AS for the building of one multifunctional platform supply vessel, design VS 485, designed by Wärtsilä Ship De
AECOM Technology Corporation, a leading provider of professional technical and management support services for government and commercial clients around the world, announced today that a joint venture in which it participates with HydroQual, Inc., has been selected to provide dredge design, engineeri
The Japanese government extended a $432 million soft loan to Egypt for a 220-MW wind farm project in the Gabal El-Zeit area on the western… [mappress] Source: zawya, July 07, 2010;
Statoil and HitecVision have signed an agreement under which HitecVision will acquire Statoil’s subsidiary Tampnet AS. Tampnet operates a large high capacity communication network between offshore installations. Established by Statoil in 2001, Tampnet has since grown to serve 34 oil and gas fields a
Odense Steel Shipyard Ltd. A/S has entered into an agreement on the sale of AB “BALTIJOS” LAIVŲ STATYKLA and UAB “BALTIC ENGINEERING CENTRE”… [mappress] Source: bsr, July 07, 2010;
British company Red7Marine has become the owner of Damen’s new Stan Tug 1205, the first in a new ship series which was only just unveiled to the market. Damen Shipyards had decided to show its new tug series at the Seawork Show held in Southampton in mid-June. But already on the second day of the [&
The development of offshore wind and linked infrastructure is vital to the UK meeting its EU 2020 renewable energy targets, the country’s Department of Energy and Climate Change said in a 2009 Renewable Energy Strategy report handed to the European Commission late Monday. Up to 33 GW of offshore ren
The development of offshore wind and linked infrastructure is vital to the UK meeting its EU 2020 renewable energy targets, the country’s Department of Energy and Climate Change said in a 2009 Renewable Energy Strategy report handed to the European Commission late Monday. Up to 33 GW of offshore ren
A consortium, including LUKOIL Overseas (a 100% subsidiary of OAO LUKOIL) and Vanco International of USA, has won a tender for exploration and development of two blocks, Est Rapsodia and Trident, in the Romanian sector of the Black Sea. The respective stakes of LUKOIL Overseas and Vanco in the conso
