Falck Safety Services (Falck), has recently enhanced its fire training asset, installing a new three-storey fire rig, located at Aberdeen Airport. The new investment, working in partnership with The Fire Training Group (FTG), will enable Falck to continue to provide offshore workers with fire traini
C-MAR, an international marine and offshore services provider, and the Shanghai Maritime University (SMU) have officially launched the Dynamic Positioning training facility (DPC-SMU) at a ceremony in Shanghai, China. C-MAR will provide dynamic positioning (DP) training to Chinese nationals and vesse
Stork, a provider of asset integrity management services focused on the oil & gas sector, has won a three-year frame agreement with Bibby Offshore for subsea mechanical and environmental and decontamination services. The agreement, which comes with two one year extension options, will allow Stork to
Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) NV (HCME) has unveiled new ZX26U-5 mini excavator as part of its impressive new line-up at Intermat 2015 show in Paris, France. Designed to be user-friendly, offering high levels of performance, comfort and easy maintenance, the Zaxis-5 model can be easily tra
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (April 20 – April 26). The Houston-based oilfield services major, Schlumberger, is slashing another 11,000 jobs as it fells the impact of downturn in oil prices and lower E&P spending. In January this
Komatsu Europe International N.V. has introduced the PC360LC/NLC-11 hydraulic excavator to the European market. This new excavator was showcased at Intermat 2015 in Paris (April 20-25). Built on proven EU Stage IIIB engine technology, Komatsu’s EU Stage IV engines are productive, dependable and effi
Falkland Oil and Gas Limited (FOGL) reported that the 4/20-1 “Isobel Deep” well located offshore the Falkland Islands, has been temporarily suspended due to problems on the blowout preventer (BOP). Following the successful setting of the 13 3/8″ casing at a depth of 1273.9m metres, a problem was det
Asia-America Gateway submarine cable system has experienced a new cut on April 23, affecting internet bandwidth from Vietnam to international destinations, FPT Telecom informed. According to the report, the local traffic in the country is not affected. The breakdown occurred in the SH1 segment of th
Gardline CGG (GCGG), a Joint Venture between Gardline Geosurvey and CGG, has completed the Gippsland 2D Infill survey for Geoscience Australia on Friday 24th April. The project was conducted and completed by the Gardline CGG-operated vessel MV Duke, on time, within budget and without any incidents d
Huisman Equipment has installed the 650mt Pipelay Tower onboard DOF’s Skandi Africa. In addition, Huisman also installed the crane house of the 900mt Crane onboard the vessel. The vessel arrived to Huisman’s yard in March 2015. The Skandi Africa is a newbuild DP3 construction support vessel, designe
N-Seatec has been awarded an order for delivery of a complete deepwater CTD winch system. System will be an extended version of the earlier delivered CTD Winch-045 units but suitable for 3000m waterdepth. Scope of delivery will be including: electrical rotating davit device; cable counter, lighting
Huisman, the specialist in lifting, drilling, and subsea solutions, has completed the installation of 650mt Pipelay Tower onboard DOF’s Skandi Africa. Earlier this month, the company also installed the crane house of the 900mt Crane onboard the vessel. All the equipment installation work is being do
Van Oord, a Dutch contracting company that specializes in dredging and land reclamation, has just published its annual report 2014. The annual report 2014 looks back on an exceptional year, according to CEO Pieter Van Oord: “The year was special because for the first time in our history, our turnove
Forum Energy Technologies has posted first quarter 2015 revenue of $348 million, a decrease of $56 million, or 14%, from the first quarter 2014. The Houston-based oilfield products company recorded net income for the quarter of $29 million or $0.31 per diluted share compared to $37 million or $0.38
