The Honorable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, joined by Tilly O’Neill-Gordon, Member of Parliament for Miramichi, announced today that the Government of Canada will invest a minimum of $36.2 million over the next two years to improve safety and working conditions for fishermen at 14 fis
The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) increased containerized cargo in March by 27.8 percent compared to the same month a year ago, for an additional 72,499 twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUs). For the first time ever, the Port of Savannah moved 333,058 TEUs in a single month, surpassing its p
Klaipedos Nafta, the operator of Lithuania’s LNG terminal, said it has signed a preliminary agreement with JetGas of Estonia on station capacity reservation.
Klaipedos Nafta, the operator of Lithuania’s LNG terminal, said it has signed a preliminary agreement with JetGas of Estonia on station capacity reservation.
Swiber Holdings has secured a US$133 million contract, the third award in India in the last three months, for Engineering, Procurement, Installation and Construction (EPIC) services. The project by the same national oil company which awarded Swiber two major contracts in February and March, involves
Fugro has been hired by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency, part of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, to execute the geotechnical site investigation and geological modelling of sites I and II of the future Borssele wind farm park. The 1,400MW wind farm zone is located off the Zealand coast at the sou
TTS Group ASA has, through its Business Unit Offshore, entered into three new agreements for delivery of offshore and deck cranes with a total order value of approximately 105 MNOK ($13.2 million). The main contract is with Singapore’s Triyards Marine Services for delivery of two active heavy compen
Rockland Scientific Inc. (RSI), has ordered a small instrumentation winch from the MacArtney Underwater Technology Group (MacArtney) at Ocean Business 2015. The winch system is specifically designed for use with the RSI VMP-250 vertical turbulence profiler. MacArtney and RSI delivered the first VMP-
KrisEnergy Ltd. has announced that the Key Gibraltar jack-up rig has started drilling of the Rossukon-3ST sidetrack exploration well in G6/48 in the Gulf of Thailand. KrisEnergy yesterday informed that its third exploration well at the Rossukon prospect in the G6/48 block, in the Gulf of Thailand ha
L’Institut Polaire Français Paul-Emile Victor (IPEV, the French Polar Institute) has chosen Kongsberg Maritime subsea hydroacoustic package for the mid-life upgrade of the R/V Marion Dufresne. The delivery includes new Kongsberg Maritime hydrographic equipment in addition to a Simrad EK80 scientific
Amec Foster Wheeler has been awarded a contract by BP to provide operations, maintenance and project support for the Forties Pipeline System (which includes the Unity offshore platform and onshore pumping stations in Aberdeenshire and Perthshire) and the Central Area Transmission System terminal in
Venture Global LNG said that it has engaged two manufacturing and engineering companies for its Calcasieu Pass project in Cameron Parish, Louisiana.
Venture Global LNG said that it has engaged two manufacturing and engineering companies for its Calcasieu Pass project in Cameron Parish, Louisiana.
Bluestream Offshore has ordered a fourth Saab Seaeye Panther XT Plus ROV to undertake tasks normally performed by hydraulic vehicles. “Our clients want high-spec equipment to take on more complex construction work at a lower cost,” says Bluestream’s managing director, Rolf de Vries. “For instance, w
