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  • New jet for Campbell’s Bluebird

    27 November 2007

    The restoration of Donald Campbell’s Bluebird has taken a major step forward with the donation of a new jet engine. De Havilland Aviation provided the Bristol Orpheus engine, which had previously been on display at the Bournemouth Airport’s aviation museum.

  • Dutch Conbit Achieves New Milestone

    30 October 2012

    In the beginning of September 2011 Seajacks awarded Conbit with the contract to engineer a solution for the handling of the monopiles for the Meerwind project. One year later the new jackup vessel was supplied, finished its first assignment and is equipped with all tools for its first big job. This project completion forms a […]

  • Canada: ShipConstructor Expands Design Reuse Capabilities

    26 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    ShipConstructor Software Inc. (SSI) has expanded the capabilities of its Autodesk based shipbuilding software, opening up new possibilities for parallel design and engineering amongst distributed teams. A new product called WorkShare Design allows users of ShipConstructor’s CAD/CAM application to intelligently capture, reuse, change and then sync back portions of a design along with the associated […]

  • Finland: EIB Approves USD 206 Million Loan to Wartsila for Company’s R&D Activities

    21 October 2011

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted a EUR 150 million loan to Wärtsilä to finance the company’s research, development and innovation activities in several European countries. Wärtsilä will invest the funds during 2011-2012 in research activities aimed at further developing the company’s engine technology for both marine and power plant applications. The contract for […]

  • Brazil: Caterpillar to Power 16 OSV Newbuilds

    5 October 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Caterpillar today announced that it has been selected to power 16 offshore supply vessels for use in operation in the Brazilian offshore market. Caterpillar received orders requiring a total of 56 Cat and MaK Diesel Electric Propulsion Engine (DEP) generator sets for offshore supply vessel newbuilds. The vessels include four oil spill recovery vessels (OSRV) […]

  • Maersk Participates in Energy Saving Research Project

    3 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    A new research project aims to reduce the energy consumption of container ships by 10-20 percent. This will result in considerable environmental and economic benefits. The Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation (Højteknologifonden) has just invested DKK 5 million in a project which is a collaboration between MAN Diesel & Turbo, Maersk Line and DTU Mekanik […]

  • Fincantieri Selects MSC.Software’s SimEnterprise Solutions

    8 August 2007

    Fincantieri Selects MSC.Software’s SimEnterprise Solutions to Achieve 50% Gain in Engineering Productivity. SimEnterprise’s Next-generation Simulation and Process Management Technologies Drive Increased Engineering Productivity and Competitive Advantage for the Shipbuilding Industry.

  • USA: ANSYS Software Speeds Up Cognity’s Offshore Drilling Project

    17 May 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment

      Cognity, an Aberdeen, Scotland-based design consultancy, has completed an offshore oil drilling project 75 percent faster and more cost effectively than conventional design methods would allow, using simulation software from ANSYS. The project involved a design for conductor casing, the pipe that is driven into the ground prior to drilling to prevent soft mud […]

  • Singapore: ST Marine Bags Several Newbuild, Repair and Conversion Contracts from Offshore Majors

    24 May 2011
    Business & Finance

      ST Marine today announced that it has bagged several newbuild, repair and conversion contracts including variation order for an existing repair project. Its US shipyard, VT Halter Marine, secured a new contract to build an Articulated Tug Barge Offshore Tug for Bouchard Transportation Co., Inc. (Bouchard). This tug will be similar to others built […]

  • Kongsberg Maritime gets DNV type approval for its EPL/ShaPoLi

    9 September 2022
    Certification & Classification, Green Marine

    Kongsberg Maritime has won approval for its engine power limitation /shaft power limitation (EPL/ShaPoLi) functionality as the industry looks to cut engine power as a way of meeting emissions regulations. The type approval was secured from DNV classification society at SMM trade fair in Hamburg on Thursday, 8 September. The approval covers Kongsberg Maritime’s EPL […]

  • China: CNOOC Turns to Intergraph SmartPlant Foundation Software

    11 May 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment

      China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), the largest offshore oil and gas producer in China, has selected Intergraph® SmartPlant® Foundation to manage the engineering information of its offshore platforms and oil fields as part of CNOOC’s Engineering Digital Information System (EDIS) project. CNOOC sought to set up a sophisticated information management system and selected […]

  • MHI Unveiles MET Turbocharger (Japan)

    18 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    On October 17 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Marine Machinery & Engine Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), unveiled the development of an electro-assist MET turbocharger, saving approximately 30% electric power consumption compared to existing auxiliary blowers, at MHI’s Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works. It was developed using a high-speed motor […]

  • Canal Tugs: The Next Generation

    15 May 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology, Vessels

    Engineering Class ‘Telford Rolt’, a new 6.17 meter, 6.25 tonne tug, was launched into the River Soar at Loughborough this month with a naming ceremony performed by Charlotte Wood, Regional Construction Manager South at Canal & River Trust, a major customer of Land & Water Services Ltd. Designed by Ian Darley, a naval architect and […]

  • Naval Group Inks Anti-Torpedo Countermeasure Deals in OZ

    16 December 2019
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    Naval Group has signed nine different memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with Australian companies to manufacture its countermeasure solutions for the Royal Australian Navy in Australia. Naval Group Pacific is proposing what it calls a breakthrough in anti-torpedo countermeasures for Australia’s submarine and surface ship programs with CANTO, the latest countermeasure generation based on Dilution/Confusion multi-effects. […]

  • Aker Solutions Establishes Office in Sweden for its Subsea Business

    12 September 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

      International oil services company Aker Solutions takes its subsea business to Sweden through establishment of an office in Gothenburg. The objective is to tap into the Swedish engineering market to help further grow Aker Solutions’ subsea business. International oil services company Aker Solutions takes its subsea business to Sweden through establishment of an office […]

  • USA: OnQuest to Build Texas Micro-LNG Plant

    25 October 2013
    Project & Tenders

    OnQuest said it has been awarded a contract by joint venture partners Stabilis Energy and Flint Hills Resources (FHR) to provide a turnkey scope of engineering services and project management for a 100,000-gallon-per-day natural gas liquefaction and distribution facility in George West, Texas, that will address demand for a reliable and safe supply of high-horsepower […]

  • Aquatic Shares Its Know-How with Graduate Trainees

    24 December 2013
    Business & Finance

    Industry experts from Aquatic Engineering & Construction Ltd, an Acteon company, have presented the company’s work and subsea operations to support DeepOcean UK’s graduate training programme and new conversion engineering programme. Martyn Conroy, Aquatic EMEA and Americas business development manager, and Sandy Roberts, Aquatic training supervisor, were invited to speak about Aquatic’s work as part […]

  • DONG Picks Anglo-German Team for Hornsea One Transition Pieces

    7 February 2017
    Business & Finance

    DONG Energy has hired Germany’s Steelwind Nordenham and Teesside-based Wilton Engineering Services Limited to supply the 1.2GW Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm with 20 transition pieces. The multi-million pound contract was signed in Port Clarence in Middlesbrough on Monday, 6 February. Wilton Engineering Services Limited will provide a significant part of the work scope including outfitting, […]

  • DONG Picks Anglo-German Team for Hornsea One Transition Pieces

    7 February 2017
    Business & Finance

    DONG Energy has hired Germany’s Steelwind Nordenham and Teesside-based Wilton Engineering Services Limited to supply the 1.2GW Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm with 20 transition pieces. The multi-million pound contract was signed in Port Clarence in Middlesbrough on Monday, 6 February. Wilton Engineering Services Limited will provide a significant part of the work scope including outfitting, […]

  • CETCO Expands Its Team (UK)

    19 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    CETCO Oilfield Services, produced water and production services specialists for the oil and gas industry, has further expanded its team with the recent appointment of Chris Higgins as projects engineering manager. The newly created role was developed to help increase revenues in the European and Middle East and North Africa (MENA) regions by upwards of […]

  • Fabricom: 1 Million Man Hours without LTI

    20 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    Fast-growing facilities engineering company, Fabricom Offshore Services, has marked a major safety milestone after recording one million man hours worked without a single reportable incident or Lost Time Incident (LTI). The achievement spans Fabricom’s five-year history as well as work carried out onshore and offshore across the UK Continental Shelf and Norway. Since Fabricom was […]

  • The Netherlands: Veka-Group Introduces New LNG Tankers

    13 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    Veka-Group has developed three new LNG tankers, which can also be used as bunker ships. Two tankers are destined for short sea trips and/or coastal services. The third tanker, a LNG inland waterway bunker ship, is the first of its type in the world. The tanker sails almost completely on the ‘boil off’ of the […]

  • The Netherlands: Veka-Group Develops Three New LNG Tankers

    13 July 2012

    Veka-Group has developed three new LNG tankers, which can also be used as bunker ships. Two tankers are destined for short sea trips and/or coastal services. The third tanker, a LNG inland waterway bunker ship, is the first of its type in the world. The tanker sails almost completely on the ‘boil off’ of the […]

  • USACE Galveston District Commander Retires (USA)

    11 July 2013

    Col. Christopher W. Sallese relinquished command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District to Col. Richard P. Pannell during a change of command ceremony today at the USACE Galveston District’s Jadwin Building in Galveston, Texas. USACE Southwestern Division Commander Brig. Gen. Thomas W. Kula presided over the ceremony. “It is an honor to […]

  • Caterpillar Marine’s MaK to power four Maersk newbuilds

    2 December 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Caterpillar Marine’s MaK™ diesel electric propulsion (DEP) solutions have been selected to power four Maersk Supply Services’ (MSS) newbuilds to be constructed by COSCO (Dalian) Shipyards. Each vessel will be equipped with 4x MaK M 32 E generator sets with a power output of 4,400 kW each and 2x MaK 8 M 20 C at […]