Metflex Ltd introduced a new range of high performance rubbers designed specifically for demanding subsea applications. Called MetflexSubsea NRX (Natural Rubber Extreme), the API 17 compliant, natural rubber materials are available as moulded shapes for pipeline pigging connectors, protective shield
In an event that gathered the main regional authorities, Angel Cabrera, president of Chilean port company Empresa Portuaria Iquique (EPI) -Iquique’s port authority-, and Alfredo Leiton, general manager, officially launched the Port Iquique Terminal 1 tender process. This project includes important e
Trelleborg’s offshore operation has been awarded one of its largest single orders for drill riser buoyancy modules (DRBM), by one of the world’s major shipbuilders, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) in Korea. Consisting of RiserGuard™ and riser buoyancy, the contract is for a four-rig
The Australian Marine Conservation Society and tourism operators called on the Federal Government to end dumping of dredge spoil in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef. The State and Federal governments have recently fast-tracked the world’s biggest coal port, less than 50kms from the Whitsunday Is
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine allocated €4,688,000 for the Dunmore East Harbour dredging project. The build-up of silt meant that larger vessels were finding it difficult to get into the harbour, so this work will resolve that. The dredging of the harbour has been an issue that
Indonesia is planning to use the Dutch ‘Building with Nature’ concept on a large scale for the restoration of its coasts. Indonesia is already working with Deltares and Wetlands International on the pilot project for natural mangrove restoration on the northern coast of Java. The approach there is b
ABS has achieved an industry first with the completion of the Rowan Companies’ Rowan Renaissance drillship. This newbuild, which was built in the Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) yard in Ulsan, South Korea, is the first in the world to have earned ABS’ Integrated Software Quality Management (ISQM) not
Van Oord, the Netherlands based contractor for dredging and offshore projects, had a better business result in 2013 than in 2012. The year closed with an almost equal turnover of EUR 1,641 million (2012: EUR 1,676 million). At EUR 130 million, the net profit was considerably higher than in 2012 (EUR
Cameron has received an order from Freeport-McMoRan Oil & Gas to supply a 25,000 psi blowout preventer stack and 25,000 psi manifold. Cameron delivered the industry’s first and only 13-5/8″ 25,000 psi blowout preventer to Freeport-McMoRan in 2011. After successful and extensive use in the Gulf of Me
Cameron announced today that it has received an order from Freeport-McMoRan Oil & Gas to supply a 25,000 psi blowout preventer stack and 25,000 psi manifold. Cameron delivered the industry’s first and only 13-5/8″ 25,000 psi blowout preventer to Freeport-McMoRan in 2011. After successful and extensi
Niels Winther supports on-going preparations for the inter-array cable installation work at DanTysk wind farm. Planning and cable installation are carried out by Visser & Smit Marine Contracting (VSMC). Most recently the barge Stemat 87 arrived at the Danish port of Esbjerg. The barge carried cables
McDermott International, Inc. has announced that one of its joint venture companies, Qingdao McDermott Wuchuan Offshore Engineering Co., Ltd., in Qingdao China, has been awarded a contract by Jord Oil & Gas Systems B.V. for process module fabrication work. The award will be included in QMW’s first q
The UK National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has signed a licence deal with Canadian company, Rockland Scientific International (RSI), giving RSI the rights to manufacture and sell a novel probe guard designed and tested by NOC engineers and scientists. The probe guard is designed to protect RSI’s Micr
DNV GL has increased the ownership stake in StormGeo, a leading global provider of weather-based decision support services. Private equity group Reiten and TV2 have sold majority shares to EQT Mid Market. As part of the transaction EQT will enter into a partnership with DNV GL (second largest shareh
