Airborne Oil & Gas recently won a contract with Petronas, for the qualification of several offshore flowline systems. Petronas has selected Airborne’s Thermoplastic Composite Pipe concept to become one of their principal offshore flowline solutions for hydrocarbon production. Rosli Tompang, Senior M
Commuters on the West Gate Bridge witnessed a spectacular sight early this morning when the purpose built vessel, Zhen Hua 26, passed under the bridge with a 104.5m high new Ship to Shore container crane aboard for delivery to Patrick’s East Swanson Dock terminal. The vessel was guided by two sea pi
Trimble has announced that its latest generation of GNSS receivers for marine construction and hydrographic survey now support Fugro’s Marinestar positioning services. Using satellite-delivered Marinestar corrections with Trimble® SPS855 and SPS555H GNSS receivers, contractors can conduct dredging w
Nautilus Minerals is to raise approximately CAD$34 million through a private placement of common shares to assist with the continued funding of its Seafloor Production System. The placement will involve the issue of approximately 37.7 million shares to a number of investors at a price of CAD$0.90 pe
Norway’s Island Offshore, leading suppliers of ship-borne marine services to the world offshore industry, has awarded Veripos a further three-year contract for continuing provision of precision GNSS positioning services for 16 DP vessels in addition to another 6 due to begin service in the near futu
The last of the 111 transition pieces has now been installed on monopile no. 111 in Anholt Offshore Wind Farm. This means that all foundations for Anholt Offshore Wind Farm are in place, and DONG Energy is well on its way in the construction of Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm. The next step is
Nord Stream conducts an extensive environmental and socio-economic monitoring programme in relation to the construction and operation of the natural gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea. Reports are published aligned to national legislations in each country through whose waters the pipeline passes. At the
Scana Propulsion has signed a contract with Kleven Maritime to supply propulsion systems for a supply ship of the type SALT 100 PSV for the shipowner Ugland Offshore in Grimstad. Also, the contract includes an option for one additional vessel. The vessel is designed by Salt Ship Design and the prope
Wärtsilä Hamworthy, the global leader in environmental and liquid cargo handling solutions for the marine and oil & gas markets, has won a contract to supply sewage treatment plant to Eiffage Consortium for an accommodation platform for the second phase of Total’s OFON field off Nigeria. The order i
Based on its recent analysis of the wave energy generation market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Eco Wave Power with the 2012 European Frost & Sullivan Award for New Product Innovation for developing and implementing an all-round solution for effective energy harvesting from waves. “Driven by the ener
Two Van der Velden® ATLANTIC rudders in combination with Van der Velden COMMANDER™ ram-type steering gear have been installed on board the dredger Ambiorix. Van der Velden Marine Systems will exhibit at the SMM 2012 International Trade Fair in Hamburg. The fair will be held from 4 until 7 September
Island Offshore, leading suppliers of ship-borne marine services to the world offshore industry, has awarded Veripos a further three-year contract for continuing provision of precision GNSS positioning services for 16 DP vessels. This is in addition to another 6 due to begin service in the near futu
A new federal interactive online mapping tool used by emergency responders during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill has been expanded to include the Arctic, and will help address numerous challenges in the Arctic posed by increasing ship traffic and proposed energy development. NOAA and the Department
DHI Group’s research into long-term scour predictions has borne fruit in the form of a specialty tool – WiTuS. With WiTuS, it is now possible to model long-term predictions on scouring around monopile type foundations – structures which form the bases of majority of the current and planned offshore
