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  • Middle Point: Building of Yachts and Cruise Ships Booming

    28 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    Finding new talent to fill the ranks in the maritime industry is a tough job especially if the labor force you are targeting are engineers. Falling oil prices have seen an overall downturn in the oil and gas industry, as companies resorted to cost cutting measures and layoffs. However, activities in other maritime sectors are buoyant, and there […]

  • McDermott undertakes offshore transport and installation job at Brazilian fields

    7 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Project & Tenders

    U.S. offshore engineering and construction player McDermott has secured a contract defined as sizeable with Brazilian oil & gas player Brava Energia for the transport and installation of flexible pipelines, umbilicals and associated subsea equipment offshore Brazil. Under the contract worth between $1 million and $50 million, McDermott will perform the transportation and installation of […]

  • European Commission vows action after concluding probe into Chinese biofuel imports

    22 July 2025
    Authorities & Government, Regulation & Policy

    The European Commission (EC) has wrapped up its probe into suspected fraud involving Chinese biodiesel imports flagged by Germany two years ago, uncovering certain systemic flaws and vowing corrective action. Specifically, the EC said that it has unearthed some weaknesses in the way certification audits have been conducted, which is why the commission plans to […]

  • TUV SUD NEL Opens £16M Subsea Centre of Excellence

    11 October 2019
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    TÜV SÜD National Engineering Laboratory (NEL) has launched its £16-million Advanced Multiphase Facility (AMF), which should help global oil and gas operators to ensure that production remains economically viable. The AMF’s test range (of operating pressures, temperatures, flowrates and metrology) is said to be beyond the capability of any other laboratory in the world. Operating […]

  • Posidonia: LNG to Lead Alternative Fuel Revolution

    9 June 2016

    Demand for alternative fuels is expected to rise especially in the face of volatile oil prices, the ever changing regulatory framework and the projected exponential growth of global deep sea shipping tonnage, according to propulsion system makers and classification societies gathered in Athens this week for Posidonia 2016. LNG is said to be the front-runner with […]

  • Eco Friendly Tugs Steer Maritime Green Concept

    27 January 2012

    Marine vessels are deemed to be the most considerable source of air pollution. Operating within a prosperous, powerful and complex international industry, they are still not affected by emission control regulations. Ports, as the main point of entry for vessels, have been perceived as areas where an extremely high level of pollutants is regularly being […]

  • New milestone for Technip Energies, as it wraps up work on mega offshore oil project

    29 July 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Infrastructure

    Technip Energies has completed all its contractual obligations for the second phase of an offshore oil field in the Arabian Gulf, 30 km northwest of Abu Dhabi, UAE.

  • Shortage in Technicians?

    4 June 2015

    One of the many options students are faced with when deciding upon a study which will determine their future career path is whether or not to study full-time or part-time. In the Netherlands you can, among others, choose to follow a dual study, which means you divide your time between working at a company, going […]

  • USA: Hawkes Makes Underwater Winged Submersibles with Autodesk Inventor Software

    27 May 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    The deep sea, not space, is the latest frontier for achieving new records of exploration, and Hawkes Ocean Technologies (Hawkes) is leading the way with its series of winged submersibles that fly through the water, operating much like underwater aircraft. For its innovative research vehicles, Hawkes has been named May Inventor of the Month by […]

  • Reggeborg – An Evolving Concept

    19 March 2014

    On 18 December 2013, Ferus Smit hosted a celebration with the naming ceremony and the launching of m.v. Reggeborg (YN 404) at their German production facilities in Leer. Marieke Reehoorn-Geerdink, wife of ABN-AMRO-bank board member Wietze Reehoorn, performed the naming ceremony, after which the vessel was launched sideways from the transverse slipway. The vessel was […]

  • Shell’s Malampaya offshore platform installed (The Philippines)

    2 September 2015
    Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    The installation of the Malampaya Depletion Compression Platform (DCP), a new offshore natural gas platform installed in the West Philippine Sea off the coast of Palawan, Philippines has been completed. Following the completion of Substructure Engineering Design in early 2014, Shell Philippines Exploration B.V. (SPEX) appointed Arup to provide engineering support services for the fabrication […]

  • Saipem clinches $1.3B offshore work with Saudi Aramco

    18 January 2019
    Business & Finance

    Italian oilfield services giant Saipem has won two engineering, procurement, installation, and construction contracts with Saudi Aramco worth $1.3 billion. The contracts were awarded under the Long Term Agreement for offshore activities renewed in 2015 and in force until 2021. Saipem said on Friday that the new contracts were for the development of Berri and […]

  • Proserv to provide HPUs for Statoil’s Gullfaks

    12 April 2016
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Proserv, an energy services company, has been awarded a multi-million pound contract with Statoil for the provision of production control equipment in Norway. Proserv will supply five wellhead hydraulic power units (HPUs) for Statoil’s Gullfaks oil and gas field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea which is undergoing an extensive topside upgrade program. The […]

  • KBR appoints new member to its executive team

    4 April 2016
    Business & Finance

    KBR, an American engineering, procurement, and construction company, announced on Monday that Greg Conlon would be joining KBR’s Executive Leadership Team as President, Engineering & Construction (E&C), Asia-Pacific.  Conlon’s appointment is effective May 1, 2016 and he will be located in Melborne, Australia. According to KBR, Conlon has over 25 years of experience in the […]

  • MES Delivers MV SISKIN ARROW

    22 January 2014

    Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (MES) completed and delivered a 72,800 dwt Cargo Carrier SISKIN ARROW on January 21, 2014. This is the 4th vessel of its series which has a cargo hold capacity of more than 86,600 m3. SISKIN ARROW is one of the largest open hatch general cargo carriers in the world with […]

  • Containerships, Partners Order Two LNG Fueled Vessels

    9 May 2014
    Vessels

    Containerships Ltd Oy, GNS Shipping/Nordic Hamburg, and ARKON Shipping said that they have ordered two dual-fuel engine-technology container ships. The ships, both of which will be delivered in the course of 2016, will use liquefied natural gas (LNG) but will also be able to burn conventional marine diesel oil/heavy fuel—hence the “dual-fuel engine-technology” label. Containerships […]

  • Greece: Almi Tankers Continues to Evolve Efficient Suezmax Tanker

    11 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    Almi Sun and Almi Explorer have been delivered by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Shipyard, Geoje Island, Korea and have commenced their operational lives. These ships are a further development of Almi Horizon delivered back in 2011. A significant development is that the latest deliveries have electronically controlled main engines, each turning a slightly larger […]

  • EnerMech Completes Hydraulics Job on GSF Galaxy 1 (UK)

    12 November 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Mechanical engineering company, EnerMech, has completed a £500,000 hydraulics workscope on Transocean North Sea’s jack-up rig, GSF Galaxy 1. The rig was docked at Global Energy’s Nigg facility in the Cromarty Firth, where EnerMech engineers performed an overhaul of the leg chock system and rig skidding system. Key components of both systems were removed to […]

  • Dorian LPG Adds Cheyenne to Its VLGC Fleet

    27 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    Liquefied petroleum gas shipping company Dorian LPG Ltd. has taken delivery of the ECO very large gas carrier (VLGC) Cheyenne from Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (SHI). The Cheyenne features 84,000 cbm in capacity and is equipped with an ME-G Type engine. It is Dorian LPG’s 13th newbuilding delivery and will trade in the […]

  • Subsea 7 extends charter for Skandi Neptune

    19 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    DOF ASA has announced that Subsea 7 has exercised a charter option on the vessel Skandi Neptune, extending the charter by 1 year. The vessel is firm until Q1 2016. Skandi Neptune is a construction support vessel, capable of operating in water depths up to 3,000 meters. The 104 m long vessel is equipped with a […]

  • Fire Scare Onboard German CTV

    3 May 2018
    Operations & Maintenance

    German Maritime Search and Rescue Association (DGzRS) responded to a report of a fire onboard a crew transfer vessel near the Nordergründe offshore wind farm on Monday, 30 April.

  • Minesto puts Welsh assembly hall in working order

    1 October 2020
    Operations & Maintenance

    Swedish tidal energy developer Minesto has completed the construction of its assembly hall in Wales.

  • USA: Authorities Continue to Seek Dredging Solutions

    28 November 2011

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has decided not to put dredging spoils from the Calcasieu Ship Channel into an open water site in Big Lake. Constant silting makes it necessary to dredge the ship channel in order to maintain a depth of 40 feet and a width of 400 feet from the Port of […]

  • Picture of the Day: Bulldozer Levels Sand at Rockaway Beach

    28 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, in conjunction with the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, continue work on a $36.5 million coastline restoration project at Rockaway Beach by placing nearly 3.5 million cubic yards of sand, restoring the beach that […]

  • MOL’s newbuild LNG tanker starts Uniper contract

    26 January 2021
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) informed its newly built tanker LNG Rosenrot has started serving its contract with Uniper.