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  • UK: The Underwater Centre Scoops Prestigious Award

    16 September 2013
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Fort William-based subsea training and trials facility, The Underwater Centre, has picked up a prestigious award at the SCDI Highlands and Islands Annual Dinner and Business Excellence Awards 2013. The Underwater Centre was presented with the Global Energy Award for Excellence in People Development at the ceremony, which was attended by 350 guests from the […]

  • USA: VSG Signs Global Partnership Agreement with Schlumberger

    31 August 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

      VSG, leader in 3D development toolkits, announced that they have signed a global partnership agreement with Schlumberger, leading provider of oil and gas software solutions.. This collaboration agreement will expand the integration of VSG’s Open Inventor technology across the whole range of Schlumberger software products. This global technological collaboration will make available ultimate 3D […]

  • UK firm’s drilling ops to resume shortly as Noble drillship comes to African port

    3 July 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    With Noble Corporation’s drillship now offshore Equatorial Guinea, Trident Energy is gearing up to restart its infill drilling campaign on Block G.

  • Drones Becoming Ever More Popular in Shipbuilding

    2 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), or drones, as they are better known, are gaining in popularity in various industries, including shipbuilding. Having in mind that time is money, shipbuilders are starting to adopt this type of technology to facilitate and speed up various construction stages, including inspection. The latest example of putting a drone to a good use […]

  • Drones Becoming Ever More Popular in Shipbuilding

    2 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), or drones, as they are better known, are gaining in popularity in various industries, including shipbuilding. Having in mind that time is money, shipbuilders are starting to adopt this type of technology to facilitate and speed up various construction stages, including inspection. The latest example of putting a drone to a good use […]

  • VIDEO: New ROV to Aid University of Delaware Marine Research Efforts (USA)

    25 February 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    An underwater robot made a splash at a University of Delaware swimming pool recently in a test of the new equipment, which will soon be used in field research by College of Earth, Ocean and Environment (CEOE) scientists. The device, called a remotely operated vehicle (ROV), can dive deep below the ocean surface to record […]

  • ELA Offshore again Platinum Sponsor of Offshore Energy

    20 September 2017

    ELA Container Offshore GmbH will again be participating at the Offshore Energy 2017 in Amsterdam. The exhibition will take place on 10th and 11th of October 2017 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In Hall 1 at booth #111, ELA Offshore will be exhibiting a two story Offshore Accommodation Complex to demonstrate one of the many configuration possibilities […]

  • Wärtsilä to Design Environmentally Advanced Container Ship for Crowley

    3 December 2013
    Business & Finance

    Wärtsilä has been awarded the contract to supply the extended engineering scope for the initial, basic, and production designs for a series of two Container RoRo vessels to be built for US based owner, Crowley Maritime Corporation. The vessels will be powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG), and are to be built at the VT […]

  • ITF Lauds MLC Abandonment Provisions Coming into Force

    17 January 2017
    Business & Finance

    The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF)  has welcomed new Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) provisions on crew abandonment that come into force on Wednesday, January 18. Under the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC), ship owners must have insurance to assist the seafarers on board vessels if they are abandoned. All ships, to which the convention applies, […]

  • Deficiencies on Foreign Ships Turn Up the Heat on Australia’s Shipping Reform

    8 September 2015

    Another foreign-flagged ship was found in Australian waters riddled with deficiencies, according to the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA), at the same time the Abbott Government is pushing for reform of the Coastal Trading Act, allowing for ships’ crews to be replaced by foreign workers who are predominantly underpaid. According to MUA, the Panamanian-flagged bulk carrier, the San […]

  • Russia: V.F.Tanker Shipping Acquires New Tanker

    24 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    V.F.Tanker Shipping Company has put into operation the sixth tanker of Project RST27 named VF Tanker-6 (building No. 02006) with sea/river deadweight of 7022/5420 tons. In total 10 RST27 project tankers should be built at Krasnoe Sormovo shipyard. Project RST27 was designed by Marine Engineering Bureau. New project tanker has increased river function comparing with […]

  • USACE: Spotlight on Tricia Campbell (USA)

    12 April 2012

    As a small child, building and figuring out how something worked appealed to Tricia Campbell. “While I was growing up, I was either building things or taking them apart to see how they operated,” said Campbell. “Eventually I discovered I wanted to be an engineer and I feel very blessed for having the opportunity to […]

  • Deficiencies on Foreign Ships Turn Up the Heat on Australia’s Shipping Reform

    8 September 2015

    Another foreign-flagged ship was found in Australian waters riddled with deficiencies, according to the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA), at the same time the Abbott Government is pushing for reform of the Coastal Trading Act, allowing for ships’ crews to be replaced by foreign workers who are predominantly underpaid. According to MUA, the Panamanian-flagged bulk carrier, the San […]

  • Russia: V.F.Tanker Shipping Acquires Sixth Tanker of Project RST27

    24 August 2012

    V.F.Tanker Shipping Company has put into operation the sixth tanker of Project RST27 named VF Tanker-6 (building No. 02006) with sea/river deadweight of 7022/5420 tons. In total 10 RST27 project tankers should be built at Krasnoe Sormovo shipyard. Project RST27 was designed by Marine Engineering Bureau. New project tanker has increased river function comparing with other […]

  • Unions Demand Dockers’ Clause Be Upheld

    10 January 2020

    ITF said that despite all this time certain companies still refuse to uphold the Dockers’ Clause.

  • Aquanauts Depart to NOAA’s Undersea Laboratory (USA)

    21 September 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    A crew of aquanauts left surface life and submerged themselves in the world’s only undersea laboratory, Aquarius, for two weeks. They were participating in NEEMO 16, a mission designed to help mold future space missions. Aquarius, operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, allows aquanauts and astronauts alike to conduct research and simulate mission […]

  • Divers Remove Obstruction to Keep HMAS Newcastle on Patrol

    22 July 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    HMAS Newcastle’s Ship’s Dive Team has earned a ‘Bravo Zulu’ from the Commander Joint Task Force 633 (CJTF633) while in the Middle East Area of Operations (MEAO), for conducting a complex underwater evolution to remove an obstruction from the Ship’s main propeller shaft. At sunset on 8 July, Newcastle unknowingly steamed over a submerged, free […]

  • Nigeria: Afren Confirms High Quality Oil at Okoro East Discovery

    7 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    Afren plc  announces that testing has been completed at the Okoro East oil discovery, offshore south east Nigeria, and that results confirm a high quality 38° to 40 API oil, in excellent reservoir sands. Based on the test data the Company expects future horizontal production wells at Okoro East will be capable of yielding between […]

  • Underwater Centre Offers Potential Career Option to Ex-MOD Staff (UK)

    6 October 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

      Fort William based subsea training provider, The Underwater Centre, is offering a potential career option to ex-MOD staff through free introductory sessions which could maximise their skills. The Centre specialises in commercial diver and ROV pilot training and past experience has shown that skills of Forces personnel, such as flight technicians, are often transferrable […]

  • A Third of Seafarers Are Burdened by Admin Tasks, Survey Finds

    24 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    Seafarers feel they spend too much time on tasks they consider to be an administrative burden according to the findings of a study by the Danish Maritime Authority, supported by InterManager, the international trade association for ship and crew managers. A comprehensive survey of international seafarers revealed that a third of all nationalities are annoyed […]

  • Eurazeo backs Samskip’s hydrogen-powered newbuilds with €22.5 million investment

    13 December 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vessels

    Dutch logistics company Samskip Group has secured financing for its zero-emission short-sea container vessel through a strategic partnership with Eurazeo and Ness, Risan & Partners (NRP). The €22.5 million funding, part of the Eurazeo Sustainable Maritime Infrastructure (ESMI) fund, marks the fifth transaction for the initiative. The vessel, also known as the Samskip SeaShuttle, is currently […]

  • UK: The Underwater Centre Shortlisted for Two Prestigious Industry Awards

    22 January 2014
    Business & Finance

    The Underwater Centre, one of the world’s leading subsea training and trials facilities, has been shortlisted for two upcoming prestigious awards. The Fort William-based business has been named a finalist in the Subsea UK Business Awards, as well as the 2014 SPE Offshore Achievement Awards. The Centre will compete against two others in the Innovation […]

  • U.S. Geological Survey’s Divers Explore Effects of Sediment on Marine Life

    30 July 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

      Scuba-diver scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey, with support teams from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, and Washington Sea Grant, are returning to the mouth of Washington’s Elwha River this week to explore and catalogue the effect of released sediment on marine life following the nation’s largest dam removal […]

  • Russia: Oka Shipyard Floats Out Fourth Tanker of Project RST27

    27 August 2012

    Oka Shipyard launched, Aug 23,  the fourth 7030/5428 tons sea/river tanker of Project RST27 named VF Tanker – 14. Project RST27 was designed by Marine Engineering Bureau. New project tanker has increased river function comparing with other MEB projects. River deadweight of RST27 project vessels is increased for 716 t comparing to Armadas, while: hull strength […]

  • USA: Spotlight on USACE’s Project Manager Sharon Tirpak

    1 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    Managing federally funded civil works projects through feasibility studies and construction requires leadership – a skill U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston district Project Manager Sharon Tirpak hones while guiding multidisciplinary teams through complex projects that energize the economy and reduce risks from disasters. A marine biologist by trade, Tirpak left the world of research […]