Holland America Line’s ms Zuiderdam rescued eight crewmembers after answering a distress call from the sinking Bahamian inter-island vessel Excalibur, on January 03, 2015. Zuiderdam was approximately 15 miles away and the closest ship in the area. Zuiderdam altered course and was able to successfull
Vos Prodect Innovations has delivered cable protection systems (Pro-CPS) for the repair and protection of fiber optic cable in Greece. Redband, having 20 years of experience in the field of telecommunications, has used the systems of Vos Prodect. The systems have been installed on the cable by diver
Osiris has successfully passed an audit with BP Global Diving that sees them reach approved supplier status to carry out surface supplied air and nitrox diving and ROV services within UK and European waters in upstream and downstream projects. The audit took place towards the end of 2014 and was con
Oslo-listed Dolphin has announced it expects full year revenue to exceed USD 500 million for 2015, representing a growth of 15-20% compared with 2014. According to the company, the Multi-Client investments will primarily be made in prospective offshore areas. Dolphin expect to allocate 15-20% of 3D
EMAS Offshore has reported net profit of US$148.4 million for the first quarter ended November 30, 2014 (1QFY2015), a significant increase from the US$13.0 million for 1QFY2014. The higher net profit is boosted by a US$137.5million bargain purchase gain arising from the completion of the business co
SmartBay Ireland has entered into a trans-Atlantic collaboration agreement with the Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, Dublin City University and the Marine Institute Ireland. The Memorandum of Understanding was sig
Reportstack has announced the publication of market research report on Offshore Vessels and Cables Market which says that the market is expected to register substantial growth between 2014 and 2020. Reportstack’s report provides an understanding of the type of vessels required for offshore wind farm
BOWL will be undertaking a unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey, scheduled to start in early January 2015. Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited (BOWL) is the joint venture partnership formed between SSE Renewables (50%), Repsol Nuevas Energias UK (25%) and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP; 25%). Th
The search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has now covered more than 14,000 square kilometres of the seafloor, according to Australia Transportation Safety Bureau latest report. MH370 disappeared on March 8 en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board. Not a single piece
GEV Group has announced that a prototype of its turbine maintenance structure is now complete and ready for field trials. The structure is an inflatable habitat for servicing wind turbine blades, which has been developed to drive down the costs of O&M since it will will dramatically reduce the numbe
Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG (TAP) has confirmed the appointment of Ian Bradshaw as its new Managing Director starting on 1st February 2015 in Baar. Kjetil Tungland will return to Norway after having headed the joint venture project for over four and half years and having completed his Statoil secondm
The SAR on a plane crash QZ -8501 Airasia has entered the 11th day. The latest report from Indonesia’s search and rescue agency confirms that the tail has been found on the seafloor about 30 km from the plane’s last known location. According to BASARNAS the tail was found today in areas of so called
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has carried out an audit of Premier Oil and the Bream development. Bream is an oil discovery in block 17/12 in the central section of the North Sea, around 110 km from land south-west of Stavanger. The discovery was originally made by Phillips Petroleum Co
Oslo-listed Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has informed that its vessel utilisation for the fourth quarter 2014 came in at 63% compared with 50% for the fourth quarter 2013. The Company defines “vessel utilisation” as the percentage of the vessel charter period spent on contracted or multi-c
