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  • WINDEA Blade Service Concept Passes Offshore Turbine Test

    13 March 2020
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    WINDEA Offshore, together with its partner WP Systems, has tested the operation of the working platform SYSTEM terra for the repair of rotor blades at a Siemens SWT-3.6 offshore test turbine in the German district of Nordfriesland. The platform, which is used for maintenance and repair of rotor blades, has thus proven its functionality for […]

  • Japanese Powerhouses Start Offshore Wind Surveys

    16 July 2019

    Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation and Electric Power Development Co., Ltd. (J-POWER) have begun an offshore ground investigation around Hirashima and Enoshima islands off the coast of Saikai City, Nagasaki Prefecture, to explore the possibility of developing an offshore wind farm. The Japanese government is currently in the process of determining areas to be designated as offshore […]

  • USA: CNG One Source Buys Emission Solutions

    8 April 2013

    CNG One Source Inc. of Pennsylvania recently acquired Emission Solutions Inc of McKinney, Texas. For years Emission Solutions Inc has been the leader in natural gas vehicle technology for medium and heavy duty trucks. CNG (compressed natural gas) and LNG (liquefied natural gas) are the future transportation fuels for medium and heavy duty fleets in […]

  • PGS expands seismic operations in Northern hemisphere

    3 June 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    PGS has taken over the work on the Norwegian Sea GeoStreamer X survey, providing more coverage and understanding of this area.

  • Woodside shuts in Pluto after rig drifts near flowlines

    16 March 2015
    Exploration & Production

    Woodside Petroleum has temporarily shut-in production at its Pluto LNG Plant in Western Australia. “This precautionary action was taken after a submersible drilling rig under contract to another party drifted near Pluto flowlines,” Woodside said in the statement. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, the rig in question is a semi-submersible Atwood Osprey that was torn from its […]

  • Yang Ming Lifts Options for 11,000 TEU Quartet, Eyes Four More Boxships

    28 January 2019
    Business & Finance

    Yang Ming continues fleet build-up in 2019.

  • ABS Releases Guide for Improved Safety on Offshore Vessels

    12 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    ABS, the leading provider of classification services to the global offshore and marine industries, has released the ABS Guide for Enhanced Fire Protection Arrangements, as guidance for improved safety on offshore vessels and installations as well as oceangoing vessels. “Protection against fires on board vessels and offshore installations is critically important,” says ABS Chairman and […]

  • Singapore: Otto Marine’s AHTS Receives DNV Class Certification

    23 June 2011
    Business & Finance

    Otto Marine Limited,  a leading offshore marine company which specialises in building complex offshore support vessels,  ship chartering and offers specialised services, to announces that its vessel with hull number 7047 named “Deep Sea 1”, has obtained the much coveted maritime class certification from Det Norske Veritas (“DNV”) on 20 June 2011. This vessel is […]

  • PETROVIETNAM, JVPC and JOGMEC to Implement Enhanced Oil Recovery Test in Rang Dong Field Off Vietnam

    15 February 2011
    Business & Finance

      On 15th February, 2011 PETROVIETNAM, Japan Vietnam Petroleum Co., Ltd. (“JVPC”, a subsidiary of JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation) and Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (“JOGMEC”,)have executed an agreement to implement CO2-EOR (Enhanced Oil Recovery) pilot test in Rang Dong oil field of Block 15-2, offshore Vietnam. JVPC is, as […]

  • UK: Shell Provides Update on Gannet Oil Spill

    16 August 2011
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The oil leak on a flow line system that serves the Shell-operated Gannet Alpha platform remains under control, with the well shut in. “It is not easy to quantify the total volume spilled but we estimate so far that it is around 216 tonnes (1,300 barrels),” said Glen Cayley, Technical Director of Shell’s exploration and […]

  • Norway: Statoil, Partners Reach Visund North Investment Decision

    5 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    The Visund North investment decision means that the fast-track developments around the Visund field in the North Sea are a step nearer completion.  It was decided in autumn 2010 to fast track the development of Visund North with production start-up scheduled for autumn 2013. The partners have now reached an investment decision worth NOK 3.1 […]

  • Douglas Westwood: AUV fleet to reach 825 figure by 2018

    2 April 2014
    Equipment

    Douglas-Westwood (DW) forecast that the global AUV (autonomous underwater vehicle) fleet will increase 42% in the 2014-2018 period, compared to the previous five years. The fleet is forecast to total 825 units in 2018, led by strong demand in the military sector. The military sector makes up 50% of AUV demand, with North America accounting […]

  • UK: Shell Provides Update on Gannet Oil Spill

    16 August 2011
    Business & Finance

      The oil leak on a flow line system that serves the Shell-operated Gannet Alpha platform remains under control, with the well shut in. “It is not easy to quantify the total volume spilled but we estimate so far that it is around 216 tonnes (1,300 barrels),” said Glen Cayley, Technical Director of Shell’s exploration […]

  • Hydrex Carries Out Underwater Bow Thruster Blade Replacement in Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    8 January 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    In recent months Hydrex has carried out bow thruster blade replacements on several occasions in Rotterdam. Three 366-meter container ships belonging to one owner were given the same speedy treatment during unloading. More ships are scheduled for the same operation in the upcoming months. The owner of the ships scheduled the blade replacements well in […]

  • Desgagnés Takes Delivery of World’s First Dual-Fuel Asphalt Carrier

    3 April 2017
    Business & Finance

    Canadian shipping company Desgagnés Group has taken delivery of the M/T Damia Desgagnés, the first dual-fuel powered Canadian-flagged tanker and the first-ever asphalt carrier of this type. This asphalt-bitumen-chemical tanker is the first in a series of four carriers, custom-built according to an original concept developed by Desgagnés and ordered at the Besiktas Shipyard in Yalova […]

  • Eni names Claudio Descalzi new CEO

    12 May 2014

    Eni’s Board of Directors on Friday appointed Claudio Descalzi as Chief Executive Officer and General Manager. In this role he will be responsible for the management of the company, with the exception of specific responsibilities that are reserved for the Board of Directors and those that are not to be delegated according to the current legislation. […]

  • QGC Provides USD 400,000 for Gladstone Community Groups (Australia)

    24 June 2011

    Thirteen community projects around Gladstone will get more than $400,000 from QGC’s Sustainable Communities Fund. The fund was set up by QGC, developer of the Queensland Curtis LNG Project, as part of the company’s contribution to community programs from Gladstone to the Surat Basin. QGC’s Vice President, Corporate, Brett Smith, said the money was allocated […]

  • Blue Water Opens Office in Hamburg, Germany

    10 August 2012

    During recent years, Blue Water Shipping has increased its activities within transport and logistics to the wind industry. With a view to continue the growth and follow the development in this industry, Blue Water has decided to establish a sales and representative office in Hamburg, Germany.  “Hamburg is becoming the wind capital. An increasing number […]

  • ENAP Carries Out LPG Truck Turnover Drill, Chile

    1 October 2012

    In order to evaluate the contractors who provide fuel transportation services to ENAP, a controlled drill was carried out, at Enagab Transport Base, located in Maquehua, in Curicó, which affected a truck loaded with Petroleum Liquefied Gas (LPG). This is the second drill of this kind that ENAP carries out framed within a series of […]

  • Bibby Marine Services Takes Delivery of Bibby WaveMaster Horizon

    24 October 2019
    Operations & Maintenance

    Bibby Marine Services has taken delivery of its second Damen Accommodation Support Vessel (ASV) 9020, Bibby WaveMaster Horizon, at Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania. On her arrival in the North Sea, the Bibby WaveMaster Horizon will begin maintenance work off the coast of Germany on two EnBW and Enbridge-owned windfarms– Hohe See and Albatros – for Siemens […]

  • CHC Going Ahead with Planned Eastern Channel Dredge

    15 October 2018
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Cowes Harbor Commission (CHC) delivered a detailed briefing on the Outer Harbor Project (OHP) to the Harbor Advisory Committee (CHAC) at its September meeting. In summary, CHC reported that it has continued negotiations with the developer Victoria Quay Estate Limited (VQEL) and its investors, but have been unable to reach agreement on the final form of the […]

  • Boskalis to Reduce Fleet by 24, Workforce by 650

    11 July 2016
    Business & Finance

    Royal Boskalis Westminster has decided to take 24 vessels out of service in the coming two years, which will result in the loss of approximately 650 jobs worldwide during this period. The company based the decision on the results of its fleet rationalization study that was initiated in light of deteriorating market conditions and an expected […]

  • US Navy: Poor Seamanship Caused Deadly ACX Crystal-USS Fitzgerald Collision

    18 August 2017

    The collision between the Philippine-flagged containership ACX Crystal, operated by Japan’s NYK Line, and the US Navy’s guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald was avoidable as both ships demonstrated poor seamanship, the navy said following a probe into the fatal incident from June 17. “Within Fitzgerald, flawed watch stander teamwork and inadequate leadership contributed to the collision […]

  • Australia: Minister Gray Paves Way for Browse

    2 August 2013

    Resources Minister Gary Gray announced his decision to vary conditions on five Browse retention leases, paving the way for the earliest possible commercialisation of the Browse hydrocarbons field. “The decision to vary the Browse retention leases was taken to ensure the timely development of these gas resources for the benefit of the Australian, Western Australian […]

  • Acta Auriga Ready to Go

    30 March 2018

    Acta Marine has taken delivery of the newbuild walk-to-work vessel Acta Auriga from Ulstein Verft. The vessel was delivered on 28 March, three days ahead of schedule, Acta Marine said.