SMIT today announces that the Supervisory Board shall nominate Mr. H. J. (Herman) Hazewinkel (59) as new and fifth member of the Supervisory Board for appointment on SMIT’s Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on 6 May 2009. SMIT earlier expressed its intention to expand the Supervisory Board in i
Shell will no longer invest in renewable technologies such as wind, solar and hydro power because they are not economic, the Anglo-Dutch oil company said today. It plans to invest more in biofuels which environmental groups blame for driving up food prices and deforestation. Executives at its annual
Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) has completed installation of the 9,500 t topsides and living quarters atop the floating Spar of the Shell Perdido project. The installation took place at a water depth of almost 2,500 meters in the Gulf of Mexico. HMC’s Thialf is one of only two vessels in the world
Describing 2008 as the best year in its history, Peter Berdowski, CEO of Royal Boskalis Westminster, said the company was “able to reap the fruits of the strategy we pursued in previous years.” “However,” said Berdowski in a statement issued to coincide with the release of the company’s results for
Van Oord in The Netherlands says it was involved in a wide range of projects in its domestic market in 2008. These were clustered around four main themes: coastal protection, river management, port expansion and infrastructure facilities. Said Van Oord: “The Dutch market is increasingly working with
Two French yachtsmen escaped safely after their newly-purchased boat collided with a merchant ship. The crew were on their way back to France after picking up the boat in Falmouth when the collision happened in thick fog 15 miles off the Lizard. A rescue helicopter called to airlift the crew was sto
China plans to step up naval patrols in disputed waters in the South China Sea to protect its interests, Chinese state media quoted an official as saying. The fisheries administration chief cited an increase in illegal fishing and other countries’ “unfounded claims” in seas that China claims as its
On Wednesday 18 March 2009, SMIT entered into an agreement to acquire all shares of Minette Bay Ship Docking Ltd in Prince Rupert, Canada. Minette Bay is active in the port of Prince Rupert with three ASD tugs. Minette Bay honorably performed the shipdocking services for Ridley Island Coal Terminal
On Monday, 23 February 2009 in Maassluis, Cummins and Holland Diesel Motoren (HDM) have both put their signatures under a dealer agreement that will bind the two companies for the coming years. HDM will act as a dealer for Cummins products in the offshore oil & gas market. At the end of the morning,
Future Pipe Industries (FPI) has successfully conducted a series of tests at the Qinetiq shock test facility in Scotland to become a qualified and approved supplier to the Royal Navy. Having a shock test certificate is mandatory to be considered as an approved supplier for navy ships. During the qua
Faria WatchDog®, Inc. announces that its WatchDog 750 long-range identification and tracking (LRIT) ship terminal has successfully completed the compliance and test requirements for operation on the Iridium satellite network. Faria WatchDog, Inc. is a leading supplier of satellite vessel monitoring
21 months after placing the order of the fall pipe and mining vessel ‘Simon Stevin’ with the shipyard Construcciones Navales del Norte in Sestao (Spain), the vessel was launched on 13 March 2009. The 191 m long vessel will be used for precise rock dumping to a depth of 1,700 m. The system for the [&
Maersk Tankers, owned by the Danish conglomerate A.P. Moller – Maersk Group, is prepared to enter into the CO2 transportation market to help promote Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), one of the technologies identified as key to mitigate the effects of climate change. “With this initiative we want to
Iridium is pleased to announce that on Wednesday, March 4, 2009, the company completed the replacement of the operational Iridium satellite lost in the collision three weeks ago with a non-operational Russian satellite. The unique architecture of Iridium’s fully-meshed network of 66 satellites enabl
