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  • Aberdeenshire Company Reaps Rewards Of Investing In School Leavers

    15 October 2010

    When Portlethen Academy pupil Darren Bragg popped along the road for a job interview at a local engineering firm, little did he realise that he would be heading up the company’s new US base just seven years later. Darren left school a fortnight before his 16th birthday and secured employment at nearby AMC Engineering Ltd […]

  • CMB: Retrofit of ammonia-ready CMA CGM Masai Mara will be easy

    12 June 2023
    Collaboration, Green Marine, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition, Vessels

    The world’s first ammonia-ready containership CMA CGM Masai Mara, which was recently delivered from Chinese shipbuilder Qingdao Shipyard, promises to revolutionize the container shipping industry as the vessel readies to use ammonia as a viable fuel source. The 5,900 TEU engineering marvel sets a transformative precedent with its entire architecture, including the cutting-edge MAN ES […]

  • USA: Corps Signs Cooperation Agreement with Nicholls State University

    19 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, signed its first Memorandum of Agreement with Nicholls State University, July 17. The Memorandum of Agreement, or MOA, establishes the basis for mutual understanding and cooperation between the corps and the university, with a focus on the school’s Department of Applied Science, Geomatics Program. “Partnering with […]

  • Supercar on Water

    10 October 2007

    The XSR48 speedboat, described as a supercar on water, is a luxury powerboat with supercar looks. With two powerful bi-turbo diesel engines or twin petrol engine ranging from 1410 to 2400 horse power (hp) and a range of 345 miles/555 kilometers, the XSR48 can boost a supercar acceleration to match its stunning appearance.

  • Ship with explosive cargo catches fire

    9 February 2007

    A flag of convenience ship carrying volatile ammonium nitrate is being towed back to Newcastle after its engine room caught fire. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau said the engine or wiring of the Bahamas flagged Baltimar Boreas had caught fire, disabling the ship, after it left the Newcastle Port on Thursday night.

  • Saugatuck Harbor Needs Emergency Dredging

    27 April 2010

    Saugatuck, MI — The entrance to Saugatuck’s harbor has become dangerously shallow this spring, jeopardizing the tourist community’s economy and prompting the city to ask for emergency dredging. The funds, though, aren’t there. “We know there’s a shoal there,” said Tom O’Brien, area engineer of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers… [mappress] Source:hollandsentinel,April 27,2010;

  • Proserv invests in its Coatbridge facility

    29 October 2014

    Global-leading energy services group Proserv is investing almost half a million pounds into a landmark North Lanarkshire building to meet growing international demand for its products and services. The B-listed facility, commonly known as Lamberton’s, in Coatbridge, was home to KRG Industries prior to the company being acquired by Proserv in February this year. KRG […]

  • Petrobras confirms leadership changes

    8 February 2015

    Brazilian oil giant Petrobras now has new leadership. The company late Friday said that its Board approved the election of Aldemir Bendine as CEO of Petrobras replacing Maria das Graças Silva Foster, who resigned last week.  Five other executives also resigned, in a move described as an attempt to repair the company’s bad image caused by […]

  • Eco Wave Power advances infrastructure work for Portugal wave energy project

    28 February 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Technology, Vision

    Wave energy developer Eco Wave Power has started infrastructure upgrades at its 1 MW wave energy project in Porto, Portugal. According to Exo Wave Power, the work focuses on preparing “The Gallery,” a breakwater tunnel, to install wave energy conversion equipment. The company is clearing sand and debris, reinforcing structural elements, and sealing water ingress […]

  • Texo Pursues Offshore Wind with New Blyth Office

    18 March 2019
    Business & Finance, Human Capital

    Texo Group has opened a new office in the Port of Blyth with the aim of supporting the needs of the offshore wind sector and focusing on back-of-deck and mechanical equipment projects. Texo has also made three new appointments to its engineering leadership team to head up the new office in the North East of England […]

  • Technip to Build Malaysia’s First Tension Leg Platform

    8 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    Technip, in a joint venture with Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering Sdn Bhd (MMHE), was awarded by Sabah Shell Petroleum Company Ltd (SSPC) a substantial contract(2) for the engineering, procurement and construction of a tension leg platform (TLP) for the TLP Malikai Deepwater Project. This TLP will be designed as a fully-manned platform to be […]

  • IADC: Valuing Variations in Dredging Contracts

    13 April 2017
    Business & Finance

    The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) has released in its latest Terra et Aqua an article named “Valuing variations in dredging contracts”. The article, written by David Kinlan, explains how variations are essential in dredging contracts and that they have the potential to generate extra costs and pose significant delay to projects. The author discusses […]

  • Japan: Methane slip reduction project picked for next-gen ship development

    27 October 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Environment, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Transition

    Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) has selected a methane slip reduction project for next-generation ship development under Green Innovation Fund.

  • Doosan Fuel Cell, KSOE team up on fuel cells for ships

    19 March 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Environment, Outlook & Strategy, Technology, Transition, Vision

    South Korean fuel cell manufacturer Doosan Fuel Cell is partnering up with local shipbuilder Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE) to jointly develop eco-friendly solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) for ships.

  • Wärtsilä to boost fuel efficiency for KOTC’s VLCC quartet

    13 May 2020
    Equipment, Vessels

    The technology group Wärtsilä has been contracted by Kuwait Oil Tanker Company (KOTC), a subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Company (KPC), to retrofit main engines on four very large carriers (VLCCs) with the Wärtsilä Fuel Efficiency Boost solution. Wärtsilä said that the modification will reduce fuel consumption, and correspondingly lessen the environmental impact of the vessels’ operation by […]

  • Enventi Launches Ennsub Partner Company (UK)

    23 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    The team of industry professionals behind Enventi, which specialises in the design and engineering of cost reduction solutions for the offshore wind industry, have launched partner company, Ennsub in response to continuing high-levels of activity in the subsea industry. Headquartered in Westhill near Aberdeen, Ennsub aims to leverage the extensive experience of it’s management and […]

  • USA: Nylacast Emerges from Subsea Tieback 2012

    12 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    Nylacast has dived deep and exhibited at Subsea Tieback 2012 held from the 6th to the 8th of March in Galveston, Texas. Nylacasts dedicated Offshore, Oil & Gas technical engineers; Flavio Olivarez and Howard Bradfield, were on hand at the event to provide advice and technical information directly to the industry and demonstrate the value […]

  • Wireline International’s Roller Bogie Tools for Mexican PEMEX

    21 January 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Wireline International, US subsidiary of Aberdeen based Wireline Engineering, has secured a contract worth up to $3.1/£1.9million for the supply of its patented Roller Bogie® wireline conveyance tools to Mexican state-owned petroleum company PEMEX. The wireline and well intervention technology specialist secured the contract for a range of its Roller Bogie® products, designed to enhance […]

  • Ørsted Books CWind’s Hybrid CTV for Borssele 1&2

    16 October 2019

    Ørsted has signed a contract with CWind for the delivery of a hybrid-powered Surface Effect Ship (SES) for the Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind project. The hybrid SES crew transfer vessel (CTV) will be operating from the Dutch port of Vlissingen to the Borssele 1 & 2 site located 23km from the coast in the […]

  • AVEVA Sponsors Korean Universities’ Ship Design Contest

    19 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    AVEVA announced today that it is sponsoring The Society of Naval Architects of Korea (SNAK) 22nd Korean universities’ ship design contest. Many teams from Korean universities will compete to design marine vessels and most of them will use AVEVA Marine™ software for this competition. Representatives from DSME have set the two assignment categories and the […]

  • Post 45 Receives Final Approval

    15 September 2015
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The 52-foot Charleston Harbor Deepening Project yesterday received its final approval from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with the signing of the Chief’s Report, required for the project to progress through construction. The Chief’s Report approves the 52 foot depth recommendation made by the Corps, Charleston District in the Final Integrated Feasibility Report and Environmental Impact Statement, […]

  • M2 Subsea names European renewables and decommissioning head

    6 December 2017
    Business & Finance

    ROV services provider M2 Subsea has appointed a new European business development manager for renewables and decommissioning.

  • Premier gives Isobel another go

    23 November 2015
    Project & Tenders

    Premier Oil, an independent exploration and production company, started drilling the 14/20-2 ‘Isobel – 2’ well, offshore the Falkland Islands, on Saturday, November 21, 2015.  The Isobel – 2 is an exploration well on the Isobel/Elaine fan complex. It is located on licence PL004a and lies approximately 4 km away from the 14/20-1 Isobel Deep oil discovery, which penetrated the […]

  • Trelleborg Completes Its First Oil and Gas Floatover Project in China

    7 March 2014

    Trelleborg’s engineered products operation has completed its first oil and gas floatover project in China, supplying a range of its floatover hardware for the BoZhong (BZ) 35-2 COOEC offshore platform in Tianjin. Designed and fabricated by China Offshore Oil Engineering Company (COOEC), the platform’s specification called for hardware that guaranteed reliability and safety, and required […]

  • Waves Group appoints an LNG specialist

    25 January 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance

    Waves Group, an offshore marine and engineering consultancy company, is expanding its team by adding Kenneth English, an LNG specialist and class one marine engineer.