Africa
Fairmount Delivers Ocean Valiant Rig from Cameroon to Canary Islands
Fairmount Marine’s tug Fairmount Summit has delivered rig Ocean Valiant safely in the port of Las Palmas, Canary Islands. Fairmount Summit has towed the rig from offshore Cameroon over a distance of almost 3,000 miles. The Ocean Valiant is a semi-submersible drilling rig owned by Diamond Offshore Dr
Lukoil Completes Savannah Well Drilling (Sierra Leone)
LUKOIL Overseas, operator of international upstream projects and a 100% subsidiary of LUKOIL, completed drilling of the first exploration well on Savannah structure (SL-5-11 deepwater block) offshore Sierra Leone. The well depth is more than 4,700 m, water depth at the drilling site exceeds 2,000 m.
Guinea: President Inspects Conakry Port Expansion Project
On 14th of September, the President of The Republic of Guinea, Alpha Conde, accompanied by Guinea’s Transport Minister and Culture Minister, inspected the construction site of the Conakry Port Expansion Project in Guinea, announced chec.bj.cn. The general manager of the oversea office in Guinea, Gao
Canada: Navis Celebrates 25 Years of TOS Leadership
Navis, the global technology standard for managing the movement of cargo through terminals, today marks the 25th anniversary of its terminal operating system (TOS) amidst a surge of container terminal projects around the world whether they are automated, semi-automated or manual. Due to the continue
BWT System Test Organizations Launch GloBal TestNet
A new formal group of organizations involved in testing for the certification of ballast water treatment systems has been set up, known as the “GloBal TestNet”, to facilitate increased standardization and harmonization of test procedures and information exchange. The move is expected to benefit test
IADC Webinar: Hydraulic Fill (VIDEO)
Hydraulic fill is the basis, the essential ingredient, for all land reclamation projects, for port expansion and airport platforms, for residential and industrial development, and many other major infrastructure plans. To fully understand the most important elements of land reclamation (planning, de
Kinetiko Energy Flows Gas from South Africa Well
Kinetiko Energy said that the KA-06PT well in South Africa flowed gas over an initial period of 12 days at a rate of 10,000scf/day. The well was totally unstimulated with an uncased (cased from surface but uncased over the target coals and sandstones “Barefoot”) completion over a 222m test zone of s
GoAGT: Maritime Cyber Attacks Will Get More Sophisticated
Cyber attacks on container ships and port infrastructure will get more sophisticated as time goes on and companies should be doing more to protect their supply chain security. Maritime and IT security companies have raised their concerns after hackers attacked the container terminal software in Antw
EBH Namibia Reaches Milestone with Third Panamax Floating Dock
This month marks a milestone in the history of ship repair company Elgin Brown and Hamer (EBH) Namibia, with the much anticipated commissioning and inauguration of its newly-acquired Panamax-sized third floating dock. Having successfully completed the pre-commissioning of the Panamax, known as ‘Namd
IMO: Ocean Fertilization to Be Regulated under Amendments to International Treaty
Marine geoengineering, including ocean fertilization, will be regulated under amendments to the 1996 Protocol to the international treaty which regulates the dumping of wastes and other matter at sea. The amendments, adopted on Friday (18 October) by Parties to the 1996 Protocol to the Convention on
CEDA: Guidelines for Assessment of Dredged Material Adopted
The Thirty-fifth Consultative Meeting of the Parties of the London Convention 1972 and London Protocol adopted Guidelines for Assessment of Dredged Material during the final day of the Meeting of the Parties at the International Maritime Organization headquarters in London, 12-18 October 2013. These
South Africa: PMAESA Conference Starts Next Month
Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) will host the Africa Economic Maritime Integration Conference on 4 and 5 November 2013 at the International Convention Centre in Durban, South Africa. The conference will feature 20 world-class speakers in the fields of economics, commerce and industry, banki