All American Marine, Inc. (AAM) delivered the research vessel Sea Scout to C & C Technologies, Inc. (C & C) of Lafayette, La. The 134’ x 37’ aluminum vessel is believed to be the first catamaran featuring quad propeller propulsion and was custom designed to significantly increase C & C’s surveying c
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced that it has completed the transaction to acquire the remaining 55% of the outstanding shares of Schilling Robotics LLC (“Schilling”). FMC had previously announced on January 3, 2012, its intention to purchase the remaining outstanding shares of Schilling and increase
Mermaid Maritime Public Company Limited announces that its business unit Subtech Qatar Diving and Marine Services LLC has recently been awarded three new contracts with new and existing clients. The first contract has already started and has an estimated value of USD 2.2 million. The second contract
ZNT Yard yesterday conducted the launching ceremony for the eighth Diving Support Vessel of Project A160 (yard No. 809) named Vodoloaz Sazonov. The project is made by ZNT-yard together with “Agat Design Bureau” Ltd. The vessels of Project A160, funded through the federal target program “Development
After the recent announcement from telecom company Dhiraagu that ‘ASEAN Explorer’ ship is headed to Sri Lanka to conduct cable repair, company today announced its arrival in Sri Lankan waters. Engineers from Sri Lankan Telecom (SLT) and Dhiraagu are expected to board the ship tomorrow. The ship will
The Offshore business stream of the Penspen Group, Andrew Palmer & Associates, has been contracted to provide Detailed Design services to EPC Offshore Limited (EPC) in support of Ithaca Energy’s Greater Stella Area (GSA) Development. The contract follows on from Penspen’s recent work for EPC Offshor
Ocean trials of JSC Yantar Shipyard’s research ship Seliger, which is being built for Russian Navy, are taking place in Baltiysk, reports Central Navy Portal. JSC Yantar Shipyard got the contract for construction of the ship in the Russian Navy’s tender. The ship began first phase of ocean trials on
ABB reported higher orders and revenues in the first quarter of 2012, led by growth in North America. Operational EBITDA declined 7 percent compared to the same quarter a year earlier while net income was up 5 percent. Orders were 2 percent above the very high levels in the first quarter of 2011, dr
SeaZone Solutions, developer of the world’s leading Marine Vector Map product: HydroSpatial, has released the first in a new series of marine mapping layers to sit within the new HydroSpatial 2 Product Family. Resounding benefits include an enhanced data model, allowing for intuitive feature filteri
Nord Stream AG announces the successful completion of its complex international logistics programme. This award-winning green logistics concept enabled the most efficient and environmentally-sound way of supplying to the pipe-laying vessels the 200,000 24-tonne concrete weight coated (CWC) pipes nee
Red Spider, the Remote Open Close Technology specialist delivering major savings and reduced risk to the oil & gas industry, has announced completing 100 operations using its ground-breaking eRED tool. The work involving eRED has generated multi-million pound sales for Red Spider and has taken place
Kiewit-Kvaerner Contractors, the 50/50 joint venture between Peter Kiewit Infrastructure and Kvaerner, has been authorised by ExxonMobil Canada Properties (EMCP) to proceed with work on the Hebron Project gravity based structure (GBS) project in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The authorisation f
AGR has appointed a new Vice President within their Reservoir Management division. Morten Heir, formerly Technical Director at Canamens Energy for 4 years, succeeds Atle Aamodt Andresen who will now head up AGR Energy – a newly established division focusing on the development and management of proje
Hydrodynamicists at Pelamis Wave Power have published a scientific paper that could have profound implications for the race to commercial production of wave energy converter machines, after proving the theoretical advantage of line absorbers over point absorbers. The paper entitled “Maximum wave-pow
