Norway-based Techno Dive has signed an agreement taking the responsibility for underwater operations at Aibel Yard Haugesund. The yard area at Risøy outside Haugesund city is 234,000 square meters in size. The frame agreement has a duration of over 2 years starting from January 01, 2017, the company
The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has carried out an audit of Shell’s management of the integrity of flexible risers, transfer lines and associated safety equipment on Knarr FPSO. Knarr is located in the North Sea west of Måløy, approximately 50 kilometers north-east of Snorre. It has been
The Dutch Port of Rotterdam, along with a number of investors, has taken part in developing the Rotterdam Port Fund, a new EUR 75 million closed-end investment fund aimed at fast-growing, innovative companies that contribute to a transition of the port economy. The Netherlands-based NIBC Bank is joi
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has summarized the activities undertaken at the Orkney-based centre throughout 2016.
Upward movement of the spot LNG prices has not affected Petronet LNG, according to the company’s director of finance R.K. Garg.
Mumbai-based Great Eastern Shipping (G E Shipping) has signed a contract to buy a 150,000 dwt Suezmax crude carrier. The company said that the 2000-built vessel is expected to join its fleet in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2017. Earlier in December, G E Shipping took delivery of a secondhand Su
Norwegian offshore vessel owner Farstad Shipping on Tuesday got more time from secured lenders to complete its financial restructuring. Last Tuesday, December 20 Farstad and a majority of its subsidiaries resolved to stop service of interest and amortizations to its financial creditors in order to p
Dutch sustainable biofuel leader GoodFuels Marine and dredging company Boskalis have successfully concluded extensive testing of UPM BioVerno wood-based renewable diesel. The tests were carried out on a vessel working on the “Marker Wadden” nature restoration project in the middle of the Markermeer
Siem Offshore’s second well intervention vessel Siem Helix 2 has joined the company’s fleet on December 21, 2016. The vessel was delivered to the company at Flensburger Schiffsgebau, Germany, Siem Offshore informed through social media. Siem Helix 2 joins its sister vessel Siem Helix 1 as the larges
Amid the tightening of international regulations on emissions from shipping, the Port of Yokohama has taken another step in its LNG bunkering plan as it completed a feasibility study on the project, according to Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT). In an effort to
Oil company Lundin has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) in Norway to drill an exploration well in the Barents Sea with the Leiv Eiriksson drilling rig. The well 7120/1-5 will be drilled in Lundin-operated production licence 492, comprising blocks 7120/1 and 7120/2. The Bare
N-Seatec has received an order for the design and delivery of two Launch and Recovery (LARS) systems. Units are required for launch and recovery of the subsea sensor platforms, the company noted. Both units will be equipped with a custom made hydraulic launching platform. A winch system,with spooler
The video shows the launch of the Van Oord’s E169 fall-pipe subsea rock installation (SRI) vessel ‘Bravenes’ at Sinopacific’s Zhejiang Shipyard in China. Van Oord awarded the design and equipment contract for ‘Bravenes’ to Ulstein in September 2014 and contracted Sinopacific for the construction of
By Rob van Hoorn nC Surface Technology Anti-fouling is one of those areas in the maritime industry that is subject to constant development. Especially in areas where traditional coatings have difficulties to hold their own on the host-surface, nanotechnology is a solution that will succeed by nature
