Specialist aluminium boatbuilder, Aluminium Marine Consultants (AMC), and Norway’s Espeland and Skomedal Naval Architects (ESNA) have entered a collaboration under which AMC added ESNA’s surface effect ship (SES) design to its portfolio. Rob Stewart, commercial director, AMC, said: “This vessel is u
New Zealand’s container port Ports of Auckland is preparing to start works to partially automate its container terminal, which would make it the country’s first port and the third straddle carrier terminal in the world to automate. When complete in 2019, automated straddle carriers will be used to l
The 2003-built, 138,500-cbm Golar Arctic has arrived in Jamaica to serve as a floating storage unit supplying fuel for the country’s 120-megawatt power plant at Bogue, Montego Bay. Supplied by the US-based New Fortress Energy, the first LNG shipment arrived at the port of Kingston aboard the Golar A
Hawaiki Submarine Cable LP and TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity company, have launched a marine route survey of Hawaiki, the 14,000 km transpacific cable system. Hawaiki will link Australia and New Zealand to the mainland United States, as well as Hawaii, with options to expand to several South Pacific
Associated British Ports (ABP) Regional Director Humber, Simon Bird has called for the region to grasp what he calls a ‘unique opportunity’ as the Humber prepares to make its voice heard in the Northern Powerhouse debate, following the appointment of Brigg and Goole MP Andrew Percy to the role of No
Neumann Contractors cutter suction dredger Nu Compact has started its dredging work at a north-western Victorian sand mine. The mine owners will be operating the dredger 24/7 for a three year period, dredging raw material from the sand extraction areas for processing, Neumann said in its announcemen
J.E. McAmis, a California based dredging contractor, wrapped up two projects in Coos Bay, Oregon this past weekend. The first included clearing the entrance channel into Charleston Harbor under an ongoing Army Corps’ project. The second project involved emergency dredging for the Port of Coos Bay at
Coast Guard Cutter Healy will moor in Seward on Wednesday following the return from the first-out-of-three scientific missions in the Arctic Chukchi Sea. The vessel will disembark 46 researchers from the University of Alaska-Anchorage and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration after 39
By Karolin Schaps and Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) – Britons living near “fracking” developments will be able to decide how a 1 billion pound shale gas wealth fund should be spent, either by accepting direct personal payments or supporting projects such as railways or flood defences, the governm
U.S.-based energy giant and LNG player Chevron informed that Dambisa Moyo and Wanda Austin have been elected to its board of directors. Chevron noted in its statement on Tuesday that Moyo’s appointment is effective October 11, and she will serve on the company’s audit committee. Austin’s appointment
A specialist engineering firm, STATS Group, in collaboration with Paradigm Flow Services and Halliburton, isolated, de-oiled, plugged and abandoned two 3.5” subsea flowlines as part of the Murchison decommissioning project located in the North Sea. After nearly 30 years of operation in the Northern
Mermaid Maritime, an international subsea and offshore drilling services company, has appointed Raza Ullah Khan as the company’s new CFO and Darren Morgan as the executive vice president of Mermaid Subsea Services. Mermaid said on Monday that the appointment of the new CFO comes as a result of a rec
Edwards Diving Services (EDS) has recently purchased VideoRay Pro 4 Plus BASE remotely operated vehicle (ROV) system from Atlantas Marine. Atlantas Marine service manager, Mike Underwood, also delivered training to EDS’ team at Vobster Quay Inland Dive Centre. The Pro 4 system delivered by Atlantas
Subsea Commercial Services (SCS) and Forum Energy Technologies have organised a two-day event that featured specialist equipment manufacturers from the US, Canada and France. Using Forum’s newly-opened purpose built test tank in Aberdeen, representatives from ITER systems, EMO Marine Technologies an
