A unique guide to the technical aspects of marine hull and machinery insurance – a market handling many millions of dollars’ worth of claims each year – has been compiled by leading marine consultancy and survey company, BMT Marine & Offshore Surveys Ltd, a member of BMT Group Ltd. Indications have
As part of its continuous process to improve quality, the Professional Diving Academy, based in Dunoon, Scotland, has recently been accredited by the British Accreditation Council. This extremely prestigious recognition demonstrates that PDA standards of management, training, and student welfare ful
Keppel Shipyard Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M), has secured new contracts totalling S$170 million for two fast-track projects. The new jobs comprise completing a Pipe Laying Vessel for Saipem S.p.A (Saipem) and converting a Floating, Storage and Offloadin
Turner Designs introduces C-FINS (Fluorometric Integrated Nautical Mapping System), integrating the C3 Submersible Fluorometer’s digital output with GPS data for data mapping. A simple software module enables C-FINS and ArcGIS® to work together allowing for real-time mapping of fluorescence, tempera
Havila Shipping ASA is contemplating a new secured bond issue with maturity in March 2017. The bond loan will be NOK 600 million. The net proceeds from the bond issue will be directed towards long term financing of the vessel Havila Subsea. DnBNOR Markets and Pareto Securities are retained as manage
Reykjavik Iceland is considering building the world’s longest sub-sea electric cable to allow it to sell its geothermal and volcanic energy to Europe, the country’s largest energy company said. “This project started last year and the current phase of research should be finished by the end of the yea
Saipem has been awarded new E&C Offshore contracts worth in excess of $2.2 billion. In Saudi Arabia, Saudi Aramco awarded the EPIC contract, in the framework of the Al Wasit Gas Program, encompassing the offshore development of the Arabiyah and Hasbah fields, located approximately 150 kilometres nor
HYPACK Inc. Middletown, CT., a leading developer of hydrographic and dredging software in the marine industry, is pleased to announce that it has appointed Unique System FZC as the exclusive distributor of HYPACK products in the Arabian Peninsula. Commenting on the appointment, sales and marketing d
Unique Maritime Group, a leading global provider of integrated support services for the offshore industries, to announced the successful completion of the first of two portable saturation diving systems for McDermott International, Inc. The complete turnkey design and build of the system was carried
HYPACK Inc. Middletown, CT., a leading developer of hydrographic and dredging software in the marine industry, is pleased to announce that it has appointed Unique System FZE as the exclusive distributor of HYPACK products in the Arabian Peninsula. Commenting on the appointment, sales and marketing d
The Penspen Group has been commissioned by Qatargas, a pioneering liquefied natural gas (LNG) producer, to develop the Detailed Design for a new Flexible Grouted Clamp and to produce a set of Flexible Grouted Clamps to enable the quick and effective repair of their large diameter subsea pipelines in
Russian shipyard Sevmash will begin sea trials for the three new generation nuclear powered submarine, which are under construction at the… (brahmand) [mappress] Source:brahmand ,March 09, 2011;
FarSounder announced the sale of their Ship ProtectionSystem (SPS) to Alphatron Marine, of Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The system will be installed on a luxury super-yacht being custom-built at a Dutch shipyard. The system is designed to provide underwater threat protection while at anchor or at the
PTTEP Australasia has engaged AGR Field Operations’ Subsea Division for expert engineering, project management and support services for the subsea well abandonment of the subsea facilities for Challis and Jabiru fields in the Timor Sea, Australia. AGR personnel will work on the project in the Perth
