Leighton Holdings Limited announces that it has appointed Mr Ian Edwards to the role of Managing Director of Leighton Asia, India and Offshore (LAIO). Mr Edwards will replace Mr Bob Cooke who has been acting in the role since the appointment of Mr Hamish Tyrwhitt as Chief Executive Officer of Leight
BIS is seeking up to three new Board Directors for Wave Hub Limited, including a Chair. Applications are particularly sought from those with demonstrable understanding of offshore renewables and/or discernible financial / corporate experience. Wave Hub is the world’s largest site for the testing and
Swiber Holdings Limited, a world class integrated construction and support services provider to the offshore industry, announced that it has secured another sizeable contract through a local collaboration with Dragados Offshore, totaling approximately US$273 million for offshore construction work in
Sea Fibre Networks, owner and operator of Europe’s most advanced subsea telecoms network CeltixConnect, announce their sponsorship of the 2nd Annual Global Submarine Cable Forum. This exclusive forum will bring together experts in the telecommunication field to share their cutting edge experiences a
The agreement for the final leg of a Israel-to-Europe submarine power cable has been signed on Friday, the Financial Mirror reported. According to Nasos Ktorides who is the project’s chief executive, the cable will have a capacity to carry 2,000 megawatts across 1,000 kilometres from Israel to Greec
On March 21, 2012 in Vung Tau, Doctor of Science (D. Sc.) Phan Tien Vien, the General Manager of Exploration Division, PetroVietnam Oil and Gas Group (PVN), accompanied by the Board of Directors of PTSC G&S, representatives of CGGVeritas has paid a visit to the M/V Amadeus. Simultaneously, the worki
WGP has continued their flawless pass rate by exceling in their annual BS EN 9001:2008 and BS EN ISO 14001:2004 external audits in recognition of its well maintained and organised Quality and Environmental Management Systems. This achievement stresses company’s commitment to the quality of the servi
MARIN’s unique Depressurised Wave Basin (DWB) was officially inaugurated on March 19 by Maxime Verhagen, the Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation. Representing the combination of a depressurised towing tank with a wave maker, the DWB creates a world first. The inauguration
Infinera announced that Telstra International (Telstra), a leading global supplier of managed network and hosting services, has become Infinera’s 100th customer and has deployed Infinera’s 40 gigabits per second (Gbps) DTN solution for its optical subsea network in Asia. The deployment spans approxi
On 24th March SMIT Salvage successfully completed its assignment on the removal of fuel from the Costa Concordia. Over the last couple of days, the SMIT Salvage diving team was transferring HFO from the last settling tank in the engine room. Early this morning, the last tanks were completed, closed
Yesterday at noon, local time (10 p.m. ET), James Cameron’s “vertical torpedo” sub broke the surface of the western Pacific, carrying the National Geographic explorer and filmmaker back from the Mariana Trench’s Challenger Deep—Earth’s deepest, and perhaps most alien, realm. The first human to reach
Black Sea Fleet (BSF) 17-th Diving School based in Sevastopol trains divers for the whole Russian Navy. Having passed theoretical course, cadets started practical dives. Servicemen directed by experienced instructors are practicing submersion at coast-based training range and at sea from a special v
Sandip Ukani, operations director of Pulse Structural Monitoring (an Acteon company), will give a presentation on the monitoring of mooring lines at MCE Deepwater Development 2012 in Paris, France, on 26 March. The presentation will describe Pulse’s experience of designing and installing MoorASSURE,
VERIPOS has been awarded a new three-year contract by Kuala Lumpur based Orogenic Geoexpro for the continued provision of services to the Malaysian company’s fleet of vessels engaged on geophysical surveys, rig moves and major construction support projects throughout South East Asia. Services provid
