A&P Tyne ship repair yard has made a good start to 2012 with a multi-million pound order book for the first quarter of the year. The Hebburn yard, which suffered a disappointing end to 2011 with the unexpected loss of an aircraft carrier contract, has bounced back and is now bustling with activity a
The marine environment and bird life in and around Walney Offshore Windfarm have been carefully studied before construction of the wind farm was authorised. During the two years of construction, additional work has been done to check that construction activities remained within acceptable limits for
Octanex N.L. announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Octanex NZ Limited (Octanex NZ), has been granted a 100% interest in a fourth petroleum exploration permit, PEP 53473. The permit is located in the offshore Taranaki Basin of New Zealand. The permit lies between the PEP 51906 and PEP 52593 per
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced that it has signed an agreement with Statoil for the manufacture and supply of subsea production equipment to support the Fram H-Nord development. The contract has a value of approximately $70 million in revenue to FMC. FMC’s scope of supply includes one subsea produ
Hydroid, Inc., a subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime and the leading manufacturer of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its founding with a milestone: The company recently delivered its 200th REMUS 100 AUV. In December 2011, Hydroid delivered its 200th REMUS 1
Naval personnel attached to SLNS Dakshina of the Southern Naval Command on information received arrested 05 persons stealing iron from an historic ship wreck in the Southern seas off Boossa on 18th March 2012. A piece of iron weighing 20 kilograms sawn off from the sunk ship and diving equipment wer
The River Waal is the main commercial shipping route in the Netherlands. In order to allow vessels to load to maximum capacity, it is of utmost importance that the water depths are guaranteed at all times. In order to monitor this, RWS Oost-Nederland surveys the riverbed with Multibeam Echosoundings
DEXAWAVE, the Danish wave energy generator developer, has received a DKK 10 million grant. The funding secured from the Danish state investment fund Vækstfonden will be used to build a full-scale prototype of its pontoon-based wave energy converter. The DEXAWAVE wave energy converter has a simple co
Range Resources Limited to announce that it has entered into an Agreement with the Puntland Government with respect to obtaining a 100% working interest in the highly prospective Nugaal Basin Offshore Block. The Block is an extension of the onshore Nugaal Region which has the potential for deltaic d
Sonardyne International has retrieved its first Pressure Inverted Echo Sounder (PIES) off the coast of Hawaii. This new long life sensor logging node is designed to accurately measure the average sound velocity through a column of water from the seabed to the sea surface. The information gathered wi
Unique Maritime Group, one of the world’s leading integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution providers, announced the supply of a full package of survey equipment for a new hydrographic survey vessel, with purpose of conducting a detailed mapping of Qatar’s coastal waters. The package included
As instruction from PetroVietnam, PTSC G&S has been assigned to provide the 2D seismic services to all the Clients in Vietnam using the seismic vessel Binh Minh 02. In 2011, PTSC G&S carried out three 2D seismic surveys for PVN, PVEP POC and Idemitsuwith. In order to expand the services to a 3D seis
SeaBird Exploration PLC has been awarded a USD 3 million contract for seismic survey by a major oil company in South America. The survey will be carried out by the Harrier Explorer en route to Brazil where the vessel will commence a long term charter in early Q2 2012. SeaBird Exploration PLC is a [&
An oilfield service company Expro International, has agreed to sell its Connectors & Measurements (C&M) business, including the Tronic and Matre brands, to Siemens AG at a valuation of US$630 million. Expro’s C&M business is a market leader in the design, manufacture, assembly and installation of su
