The medieval Swedish port of Visby has closed for the season. The wealthy party kids of Stockholm have long since left their summer playgro… (Bloomberg) mappress] Source: Bloomberg ,October 30 , 2011;
Barnegat Bay will get its first complete charting and depth-sounding in decades, starting this week, a critical step that paves the way for… (app) mappress] Source: app,October 30 , 2011;
A snapshot of people working world-wide with remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) on two days in February and August 2010 – and the number of vehicles in use on the same two days – is revealed by the latest statistics produced by the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA). These show that
Nexans announced 2011 third quarter sales of 1,711 million euros (at current non-ferrous metal prices), or 1,127 million euros at constant non-ferrous metal prices, which corresponds to organic growth of 3.9%. For the first nine months of the year, the organic growth in sales was 6.8% compared with
The uncharted wreck found yesterday, off Rabaul in Papua New Guinea, is likely to be a World War II Japanese submarine. Underwater vision taken by the Australian Minehunter, HMAS Gascoyne shows the wreck of a submarine, 55 meters below the surface in Simpson Harbour. The wreck is partially buried in
New Zealand salvage teams have removed more than half the oil from a container ship grounded offshore but face a tough task in pumping out… (Reuters) [mappress] Source: Reuters, October 28 , 2011;
Leading classification society ABS is further strengthening its ties to the Korean maritime industry by establishing the ABS Korea Energy Technology Center (KETC) in Busan in early 2012. This is ABS’ first energy center and will focus on applied research to a broad range of current and future techno
Tidal Energy Limited announces that JHW Law Ltd has been awarded the Construction Legal Advisory Services Contract for the demonstration DeltaStream device. The contractor’s scope of work will consist of providing legal contract support services to TEL during operation of the manufacture and constru
The Snohomish Public Utility District is a Northwest leader in evaluating renewable and green energy resources. These resources generate… (DJC) [mappress] Source: DJC, October 28 , 2011;
EPC Offshore has made a step-change in its management structure with the creation of three dedicated business streams to capitalize on growt… SubseaUK [mappress] Source: SubseaUK, October 28 , 2011;
China Oilfield Services Limited announced its unaudited results for the nine months ended 30 September 2011. During the period, the Group boosted its operation capacity in large-scale equipments with four 200-ft jack-up rigs, one semi-submersible rig and one 12-streamer seismic vessel commencing ope
IBM and The Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland (SEAI) are working together to understand and minimize the environmental impact of converting wave energy into electricity. This project, the first to use real-time streaming analytics for monitoring underwater noise generated by wave energy conversio
Fugro has been awarded the contract to conduct an Airborne LiDAR Bathymetry (ALB) survey of the Queensland Sunshine Coast (Australia) to be conducted during October and November 2011. The primary purpose of the survey is to develop a high resolution digital elevation model and other derived products
French oil major Total posted higher quarterly earnings on Friday as stronger crude prices and improved profitability in its refining busine… (Reuters) [mappress] Source: Reuters, October 28 , 2011;
