A Japanese company, Shimizu Corporation, has presented OCEAN SPIRAL concept for a deep sea city of the future. The latest plan consists of building a submerged city of concrete, 500m in diameter, with a spherical shell and triangular acrylic plates measuring 50m on each side. The city would initiall
OSM Offshore Aberdeen Limited, a subsidiary of OSM Offshore AS and a member of OSM Maritime Group, has on January 9, 2015 agreed to enter into a long-term contract with energy company Statoil UK Limited to operate the Mariner Floating Storage Unit (FSU). The Mariner oil field lies within part-block
Upgrades to Ringgi Wharf on Kolombangara Island, Keru Wharf on Keru Island, Ngasini Wharf on Vangunu Island and Susabona and Tatamba Wharves in Santa Isabel have been successfully completed ahead of schedule and under budget in the second phase of the Domestic Maritime Support Project. The Asian Dev
Keppel Singmarine, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), has secured a contract from New Orient Marine Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Luxembourg-based Maritime Construction Services SA, for an ice-class multi-purpose vessel worth about S$265 million ($198.9 million). Sche
The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) has announced the completion of the final stages of an artificially constructed reef, located 3.8km from the shoreline of Barakah, the home of the UAE’s peaceful nuclear energy program. Developed in partnership with the National Marine Dredging Company
The Freeway, Boskalis’ newest hopper dredger with a capacity of 4,500 m³, is about to be presented to the fleet in a naming ceremony set for Friday 16 January. “The Freeway sailed past our offices in Papendrecht towards the Ketelhaven and off course all the colleagues waved to the crew,” announced B
China-based Penglai Jutal Offshore Engineering Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (PJOE) has recently been awarded a construction contract to build an offshore platform jacket for an offshore oil project in South China Sea. The company did not reveal the name of the client nor the exact location of the proj
GTT of France informed of an order for its containment system for three large liquefied natural gas carriers.
VBMS, a strategic joint venture of VolkerWessels and Boskalis, has been awarded another contract by Wintershall Noordzee B.V. The scope of work includes the installation, burial, survey and pull-ins of an 18.5km control umbilical which connects the Ravn platform to A6-A, located in the Danish and Ge
Dredging the Texas coast to keep navigation channels open for commerce and recreation often goes unnoticed, with many citizens not aware this vital process is taking place out in the Gulf of Mexico on a recurring basis. For David B. Boothby Jr., leaving a successful 31-year career in the private sec
GE Oil & Gas and McDermott International, Inc. today launched io oil & gas consulting, a new independent venture to transform the development of front-end solutions for offshore fields. io aims to deliver greater certainty into the design and planning of the offshore oil and gas field and overhaul t
TPSMI has completed TOTAL EP Diving Safety Management Systems audit to reach approved supplier status. The audit took place towards the end of 2014 and was conducted at the TPSMI’ Africa head office in Congo, where a full review of the processes, facilities and staff competencies was carried out. Th
Tug Fairmount Expedition tug has delivered the biggest component of the 120 meters high J-Lay tower for one of the world’s biggest crane vessels, Saipem 7000, offshore Burgas, Bulgaria. The tower component was loaded on Saipem’s cargo barge S42. The ocean going tug Fairmount Expedition towed the bar
Petra Energy Berhad (PEB), a provider of comprehensive range of integrated brown field services for the upstream oil & gas industry, has completed the disposal of the 51% equity interest in Bumi Subsea SDN BHD (BSSB). The company entered into Shares Sales Agreement with Farid Khan bin Kaim Khan (“FK
