Stockholm, Sweden, August 5, 2008: Atlas Copco Tools and Assembly Systems LLC, USA, acquires privately-held Industrial Power Sales, Inc., USA. The acquisition brings Atlas Copco Tools and Assembly Systems closer to its customers in the southeastern region of the United States. Industrial Power Sales
Van Oord and Royal Boskalis Westminster nv have been awarded a contract by the Dutch Directorate General for Public Works and Water Management to reinforce a weak link in the ‘Delflandse coast’. The contract is worth EUR 120 million of which Van Oord and Boskalis have an equal share. The project ent
World Cup winning England Intenational and Wasps rugby player Joe Worsley (on the right, grinding with team-mate Tim Payne) has just announced his plans to be sailing during the next Cowes Week. He may look fit and young enough, but it’s actually his testimonial year next year, having played for 10
Sparkling sun, glistening seas and a decent breeze. The sixth day of Skandia Cowes Week showcased the best champagne sailing conditions, helping along the celebration of women in sailing on Liz Earle Ladies Day. Charles Dunstone and his crew on the TP52 Rio were in blistering form to win the New Yor
News – August 8, 2008 Daily.com.au reports that Sunshine Coast dredging contractor Hall Contracting Pty Ltd is playing a key role in the expansion of the new iron-ore port facility being established by Fortescue Metals Group at Port Hedland in Western Australia. “Fortescue has been the outstanding A
Norway’s Simtronics has landed a contract to supply a turnkey gas & flame detection, deluge valve and logic control system for a project in the Middle East. Petrochemical Industries Design & Engineering Company (PIDEC) has asked Simtronics to supply the equipment as part of the ABADAN Refinery Renov
Engineering work carried out on the hull of the Skarv FPSO at the Samsung Heavy Industries yard in South Korea is “excellent”, an inspection performed by Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has revealed. The PSA said it had carried out the audit to verify that BP Norge’s engineering of the Ska
Total has reported a new gas find during drilling offshore northwest Australia with its Mimia 1 well in the WA 344 P permit area which it acquired in November last year which is near the giant Ichthys discovery. Operated by Total E&P Australia, drilling on the Mimia 1 well completed in July and the
OTTAWA – Canada will deploy the Halifax-based frigate HMCS Ville de Quebec to the coast of Somalia to help protect UN ships delivering much-needed supplies from pirates, Defence Minister Peter MacKay announced Wednesday. “Food supplies are urgently needed in Somalia but deteriorating security has ma
Van Oord en Koninklijke Boskalis Westminster nv hebben van Rijkswaterstaat opdracht gekregen voor de versterking van de zwakke schakel ‘Delflandse kust’. De contractwaarde is € 120 miljoen; het deel van Van Oord en Boskalis bedraagt 50% elk. Het project omvat de engineering en de realisatie van extr
The maxi-catamaran Gitana 13 was re-launched on Tuesday (5 August) in Hong Kong after over a month on the hard and around 2 weeks’ refit. Gitana 13 is now set to go on its last challenge in the team’s 2008 record campaign: the Tea Route – 15,000 miles from Hong Kong to London, passing via […]
The fleets battled on today with gaping holes in the wind and big ripping tides. The forecast was for a south-southwesterly breeze, but clearing skies led to a weak easterly sea breeze developing, which led to the course setters having to rework many of the courses. Back on shore, there was a defini
StatoilHydro has recently awarded contracts for towed multi-streamer surveys for 2009, totalling NOK 1200 million. The contracts, covering surveys on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, the Faroes and Ireland, has been awarded to PGS Geophysical, CGG Veritas and Wavefield Inseis. The award to PGS Geoph
StatoilHydro has, together with its partner Sonatrach, made a fifth discovery in the Hassi Mouina licence in the Sahara desert in Algeria. The existence of gas was confirmed in exploration well TNKW-1 in the southern part of the licence. ”This is an interesting discovery and shows that there is a re
