Pacnet announced that it has delivered additional trans-Pacific network capacity between Japan and the United States to NEC BIGLOBE, Ltd. (BIGLOBE) a member of the NEC group and one of Japan’s leading Internet service providers. BIGLOBE partnered with Pacnet to directly connect its data center in Ja
Statoil has been granted consent for use of the subsea facility on Vigdis, with associated risers and pipelines, beyond the original design life, up to expiry of the production licence in 2024. Vigdis is an oil field in block 34/7 in the northern part of the North Sea, between Snorre and Gullfaks, a
Next week, key players in the tidal energy community will descend to London for the 6th International Tidal Energy Summit and Awards Ceremony (28-29 November, The Grange Tower Bridge Hotel). With over 350 attendees, 45 speakers and 25 exhibitors, ITES2012 remains the biggest and most comprehensive n
Rapidly growing and award winning energy services firm ROVOP is to create around 60 jobs to accompany the purchase of five remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). The Aberdeen-based subsea specialist will invest around £15million over the next 18 months in the workclass hydraulic machines, supplied by FM
Brazil’s Communication Minister Paulo Bernardo announced that the submarine cable project linking Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, that will cost about US$500 million, should be ready in 12-15 months, BN Americas informed. According to Bernardo, the majority shareholders are Argentina, Brazil and Urug
Centrica has awarded a contract to GL Garrad Hassan, the renewable energy consulting business of the GL Group, for the design, supply, installation and operation of an offshore meteorological mast system for their Celtic Array project in the Irish Sea. Located 15km north of Anglesey, the system incl
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has been awarded yet another important order as part of the ongoing Brazilian programme to build a number of drill units (DRUs) to serve its offshore oil industry. This latest in a series of contracts won by Wärtsilä is to supp
Dana Gas the Middle East’s first and largest regional and private-sector natural gas company has signed a set of agreements with the Sharjah and Ajman Governments to jointly develop the shared field located around 40 kilometers off the two coasts. These included a unitization agreement for managemen
Fastwave Communications, developer of integrated solutions designed to enhance the productivity, efficiency and safety of remotely located personnel, assets, infrastructure and equipment, becomes a new agent to help drive WFS Technologies success in Australia. Established in 2001, Fastwave Communica
Hydrographic ships of Caspian Flotilla (CF) received two up-to-date multi-beam echo sounders under the federal target-oriented program “Global Navigation System” and State Defense Order 2012. Main purpose of that equipment is bottom examination at seaports, searching of underwater objects, sounding
Swakopmund Matters, an organization that started out last year, has a mission to inform public of the potential damage of the deep sea mining offshore Namibian coast. The current projects that raise concerns of Swakopmund Matters and all Namibians are: • The project of Namibia Marine Phosphate (NMP)
Subsea 7 has signed a contract to build a new Dive Support Vessel (DSV). The new vessel will be delivered in 2015. This state-of-the-art vessel will be built by Korean company Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), one of the world’s largest ship building companies. “The vessel will reinforce our leading d
Falmouth Harbour Commissioners (FHC) has won a coveted South West Green Energy Award for the groundbreaking FabTest marine energy test site in Falmouth Bay. The pioneering project scooped the Best Business Innovation category in the Regen South West Green Energy Awards 2012, which were presented at
Aker Solutions, the international oil services provider, is buying Canadian asset integrity management (AIM) company Thrum Energy Inc. The acquisition will grow Aker Solutions’ AIM portfolio and increase the company’s presence in the Atlantic Canada market. Thrum Energy is a St. John’s, Newfoundland
