Aberdeenshire-based materials technology specialist, Aubin Group, has won a Queen’s Award for Enterprise. The company received the award for international trade, recognising significant success in global markets. With the support of local partners, the firm now exports to over 16 countries, across a
The INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project has lifted the first topside modules onto the hulls of its two major offshore facilities. The lifts mark the start of the topsides integration phase for the central processing facility (CPF) and the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit. This
AML Oceanographic has been selected to supply CTDs for Ocean Networks Canada’s ‘Smart Oceans’ program. AML Metrec•X instruments will be deployed on cabled observatory platforms off Canadian coasts to provide data imperative to improving environmental monitoring and marine safety. AML’s UV•Xchange an
On Thursday, April 16, 2015, Huisman, a specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, officially opened its new production facility in Navegantes, Santa Catarina state, in the south of Brazil. The facility is used for the manufacturing of offshore equipment for the Brazilian market. It is lo
With the HS 8130 HD Liebherr presented a new duty cycle crawler crane during the recent customer days in its factory in Nenzing. Special focus lies on performance optimization and safety as well as the quick and easy transportation and mobilization of the machine. The new duty cycle crawler crane is
XPD8 Solutions, an oil and gas service company headquartered in Aberdeen, has won a contract with Tullow Oil for work in Ghana. According to the company, the contract with Tullow for work at Jubilee field offshore Ghana is worth about £375,000 ($563,000). Over six-months, XPD8 will migrate Tullow Oi
Crowley Maritime and Svitzer Salvage have reached an agreement to merge their salvage divisions to create a new company named “Ardent.” The company will be equally owned by Crowley and Svitzer, and will start operations on May 1, 2015. Svitzer, an emergency response company, and Crowley’s Titan Salv
The Korea-Japan Cable Network (KJCN) has selected Ciena for a 100G network upgrade. This upgrade will allow KJCN to meet the needs of on-demand networking services and traffic growth driven by mobile broadband, cloud computing and HD video. Ciena’s GeoMesh submarine solution will enable KJCN to incr
Jan De Nul Group has secured two contracts with Dong Energy to execute cable installation works for the Burbo Bank Extension Offshore Wind Farm in Liverpool Bay. A first one for the installation of the export cables, and a second one for the installation of the infield cables. Jan De Nul Group will
AquaComms, a provider of subsea network solutions, has brought its contract into force (CIF) with TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity company and an industry pioneer in undersea communications technology which has begun manufacturing on the America Europe Connect (AEConnect) subsea cable system. AEConnect
Royal IHC has announced an extension to its range of vessels with the introduction of the IHC Workhorse. According to the company, this new design for a hybrid anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel has been developed specifically for the offshore sector. It follows the IHC Packhorse platform supp
Sweden’s Clinton Marine Survey AB has appointed Robin Dymlind as the company’s lead geophysicist at its Gothenburg office. According to Clinton, Dymlind will be responsible for the company’s processing department. Dymlind has over 9 years of background in marine offshore surveys and has worked as ge
The Panama Canal Expansion Project, nearing its completion, is based on six years of research, which included more than 100 studies on the economic feasibility, market demand, environmental impact and other technical engineering aspects. To date, the Expansion Program is 88 percent complete. After t
ECA Group, a Groupe Gorgé subsidiary, has recently won two export contracts valued at more than €10 million for Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USV). For the first contract, the company informed that its customer exercised an option for two additional Inspector Mk2-type USVs after ordering two in early 2
