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  • DMA Urges Shipowners to Prep for Wreck Removal Regulations

    3 February 2015
    Business & Finance

    With the upcoming entrance into force of the Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks on 14th of April 2015, new regulations will be implemented affecting all signatory countries. Among several provisions, the Convention is aimed at placing financial responsibility for the removal of certain hazardous wrecks on shipowners, making insurance, or some other […]

  • JES Grinds to a Halt

    21 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    JES International Holdings Limited informed that it has ceased operations and production of its existing business. The group added that it was currently maintaining a skeletal staff (comprising of key executive officers, as well as key administrative and finance personnel and security) to run the group as part of its cost controlling process. The move […]

  • HOTCHIEF Commissions VIDAR Offshore Jack-Up Vessel (Germany)

    13 December 2013
    Business & Finance

    In the next few days, HOCHTIEF Solutions will commission a further powerful jack-up vessel for the construction of offshore wind farms. In the company of around 300 guests from the European offshore market the ship named VIDAR will officially be commissioned in Bremerhaven on December 12. The jack-up vessel was developed especially for construction and […]

  • New Offshore Patrol Vessels for Royal Navy

    6 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    The MoD plans to commission three new ocean-going Offshore Patrol Vessels for the Royal Navy in a deal that will sustain jobs in the UK’s warship building industry. The new ships, which will be built by BAE Systems at their shipyards on the Clyde, will play a key role in counter-terrorism, counter-piracy and anti smuggling […]

  • Bibby Ship Management Acquires Murray Fenton (India)

    8 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    Bibby Ship Management Group Ltd. announced the acquisition of Murray Fenton (India) Surveyors Limited. The acquisition was made via Bibby Ship Management India Pvt. Ltd, and will see India’s service offering expand into marine, cargo and offshore surveying including marine audit services. Operations will be based in Mumbai and Gujarat, with geographic expansion into other […]

  • DMMP Authorized for MAN Alpha Kappel Propellers’ Sale & Production

    7 October 2013

    MAN Diesel & Turbo has signed an agreement regarding the production of its Kappel propeller portfolio with Dalian Marine Propeller Co., Ltd (DMMP) – part of the China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) Group – at its facility in Frederikshavn, Denmark. The deal allows DMMP to produce and sell MAN Alpha Kappel design propellers in China. […]

  • Costamare Acquires Two Boxships

    3 October 2013

    Costamare Inc. a leading international owner of containerships, has made an investment of approx $162 million in two new container vessels through its joint venture with York Capital Management, a New York-based investment advisor firm. Under the deal, the company will buy two 9,000 TEU capacity vessels costing at $81 million each. “We have close to half-a-billion […]

  • BMT Acquires Oceanica Consulting (Australia)

    20 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    BMT Group Ltd, the leading international maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy, announced the acquisition of Western Australian marine and coastal specialists, Oceanica Consulting Pty Ltd. Oceanica will further strengthen BMT’s capacity and technical offering in Western Australia’s buoyant market, while complementing the expertise and knowledge in the region of BMT’s established Asia-Pacific subsidiaries, […]

  • Russia: Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex to Start Production This Year

    5 March 2013

    The Primorye working trip of Viktor Ishaev, Minister for Russian Far East, the Presidential plenipotentiary envoy in the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia, was devoted to surveying the construction progress on the Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex. This project is under control of Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin. The task of Viktor Ishaev as Minister for […]

  • Bergen Announces Update on the Sale of Rosenberg Yard, Norway

    27 February 2013

    Reference is made to announcement of 21 February 2013. Bergen Group ASA through its wholly owned subsidiary Bergen Group Offshore AS (Bergen Group) has entered into a share and purchase agreement (SPA) with WorleyParsons Norway AS (WorleyParsons) on 20 February 2013. WorleyParsons’ liabilities and obligations under the SPA have been guaranteed by WorleyParsons Limited. Under […]

  • Scorpio Tankers Orders Two Product Tankers from HMD (South Korea)

    23 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    Scorpio Tankers Inc. announced yesterday that it has reached an agreement with Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Ltd. of South Korea for the construction of two 50,000 deadweight ton product tankers to be delivered in May and June 2014. In addition, the Company has taken delivery of four previously announced time chartered-in vessels. Newbuilding vessel orders The […]

  • WSF Considers LNG as Fuel Together with DNV, USA

    5 February 2013

    LNG as a fuel is a promising, but new technology. To ensure that the safety, security and operational challenges of such a move is handled in a responsible manner, Washington State Ferries has partnered with DNV, a risk management company with extensive experience of LNG fuelled ships and the infrastructure they demand. DNV has taken […]

  • Boat, Anchor, and Tidal Generator (USA)

    4 October 2011

      When summer comes and the fishing crews return, electricity demand rises by 40% or more. For Nushgak Cooperative, that creates a dilemma: The utility needs a plant big enough to generate that electricity, but the extra capacity goes unused in the winter, and customers have to pay for a plant that is partly idle. […]

  • Bluestream Takes Delivery of Cougar XT ROV

    29 October 2013

    Bluestream has taken delivery of the third of four ROVs ordered from Saab Seaeye in the last twelve months. Their new 2000 metre-rated Cougar XT is the second of this model to be added to the 11 strong ROV fleet operated by the Netherlands-based Offshore services company. Managing director, Rolf de Vries, sees the Cougar […]

  • Denmark: Vestas’ Test Bench Starts Operating

    19 August 2013
    Research & Development, Technology

    The largest and most powerful test bench in the industry has started operation at Vestas’ global testing centre in Aarhus, Denmark. The 20 MW test bench is capable of testing the full nacelle of the V164-8.0 MW, validating the performance, robustness and reliability of the turbine over a simulated 25-year lifetime.  The test bench is […]

  • UK: TLSB Launches 3D Virtual Reality Programme of Tidal Lagoon Project

    4 July 2013

    Tidal Lagoon (Swansea Bay) plc (TLSB) has launched a new, 3D virtual reality programme showing the proposed tidal energy lagoon in the context of Swansea Bay. Developed by Swansea-based iCreate in collaboration with design engineers Atkins and master-planners LDA Design, the interactive fly-through takes viewers on a journey of discovery, bringing the proposed lagoon to […]

  • Master Fined after Accident at Sheringham Shoal

    3 September 2014

    The master of a wind farm support boat has been made to pay £3,000 in fines and costs after breaching maritime collision regulations. Geoffrey Whinfrey was in charge of the Island Panther when it collided with a wind turbine in the Sheringham Shoal wind farm on 21 November 2012. Whinfrey had been requested by the […]

  • EU Renewables Targets Significantly Influencing UK Government’s Energy Policies, Says GlobalData

    8 July 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    As the UK strives to meet its EU target of 15% renewable energy consumption by 2020, the government has taken several steps to reduce the country’s carbon emissions by 34% and 80% by 2020 and 2050, respectively, compared with 1990 levels, according to a report by research and consulting firm GlobalData. The company’s latest report […]

  • EU Renewables Targets Significantly Influencing UK Government’s Energy Policies, Says GlobalData

    8 July 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    As the UK strives to meet its EU target of 15% renewable energy consumption by 2020, the government has taken several steps to reduce the country’s carbon emissions by 34% and 80% by 2020 and 2050, respectively, compared with 1990 levels, according to a report by research and consulting firm GlobalData. The company’s latest report […]

  • New Additions to EMEC’s Team

    7 August 2014

    The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) Ltd added two new members to its team, Caitlin Long and Danielle Wick. In her role as Research and Consents Officer, Caitlin will work closely with developers taking them through the consenting process at EMEC, and assisting with liaison between developers, regulators and regulatory consultees. She will also be […]

  • London Offshore Consultants Appoints New Energy Services Group Director

    13 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    London Offshore Consultants (LOC) has announced that Alex Harrison has assumed a new LOC Group role as Group Director, Energy Services after stepping down as Managing Director of LOC Australia. Harrison was a Director of LOC in London before transferring in 2005 to head LOC Australia, which is now the second largest earnings generator in the LOC […]

  • Dalby Expands Its Fleet with New 21m WFSV

    7 May 2014

    Dalby Offshore Services Ltd. has taken delivery of its latest offshore wind farm crew transfer vessel, ‘Dalby Wharfe’. The vessel is the first of a two boat order that includes the ‘Dalby Swale’ to be delivered to Dalby Offshore Services Ltd. at the forthcoming Seawork exhibition at Southampton on Tuesday 10th June. The Alicat Workboats built the 21m […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Integrates Adwen in Its Offshore Business

    27 July 2017
    Business & Finance

    Siemens Gamesa has agreed to integrate Adwen within the group’s broader offshore operations, which will allow it to better serve its customers and maximise business opportunities, Siemens Gamesa informed in its Q3 report, released on 26 July.

  • BiFab Yards Facing Closure, New Contracts Only Way Out

    13 February 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Human Capital, Project & Tenders

    Some 260 workers at the BiFab marine engineering yards in Fife and Arnish, Scotland, will be made redundant and the yards will be completely closed by the end of June if no new contracts are secured, Unite Scotland reports. 

  • HiDef Aerial Surveying Inc. Announces 30% Cheaper Surveys

    26 February 2018
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Savvy Technologies Ltd, the owner of HiDef Aerial Surveying Inc, will launch a new camera rig on 1 March. According to the company, the new technology is less expensive to produce and will thus decrease the cost of surveying. The current version of the HiDef technology, which has been operating since 2012, will no longer be built.