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  • USACE Chief Visits Port of Houston Authority

    31 July 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The 53rd U.S. Army Chief of Engineers and Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Bostick visited the Port of Houston Authority last week and was given an aerial tour of the Houston Ship Channel as part of a briefing that highlighted economic growth along the federal waterway. He […]

  • Prysmian Showcases Cable Products at Middle East Electricity 2013

    15 February 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cables and systems industry, will showcase state-of-the-art technologies at MEE 2013, the electrical industry’s largest show in the Middle East, taking place in Dubai from February 17 to 19, 2013 (booth C20, Hall 7). “Middle East Electricity 2013 comes at a very important time for the […]

  • Nigerian Pirates Release Two U.S. Sailors

    13 November 2013

    Pirates have released two offshore sailors captured in October from an Edison Chouest-owned supply vessel in Nigeria. “We welcome the release of the two U.S. citizens who were kidnapped from the M/V C-Retriever. For privacy reasons, we will not provide any additional information,” Reuters quoted a State Department official as saying. The incident occurred Wednesday […]

  • Advanced Insulation Systems acquires Manuplas

    28 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Gloucester-based Advanced Insulation Systems, a high growth SME that manufactures specialist materials used to insulate sub-sea infrastructure and fire proof oil rigs, has acquired Manuplas Limited, a specialist in providing customer polymer solutions to the marine, offshore, renewable energy and leisure markets. Formed following a management buyout in 2008, AIS has since grown its turnover […]

  • TenneT Readying Grid for More Renewable Energy

    3 August 2016

    Transmission system operator TenneT is preparing to kick off a pilot project with four partners to explore options for providing primary reserve capacity to combat fluctuations in the electricity grid and prepare the system for a larger share of energy produced from renewable sources. The increase in electricity from renewable source like wind and solar […]

  • BMT Nigel Gee to Design Fast Crew Boats for ARCO Marine (Nigeria)

    18 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    BMT Nigel Gee, a subsidiary of BMT Group, announced that it has won a design contract with Penguin Shipyard International, a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore-based crewboat builder and operator, Penguin International Limited, for the design of two 25-metre monohull Fast Crew Boats. Penguin is building the two BV classed, 70-passenger Fast Crew Boats for […]

  • The Netherlands: Inmarsat Awards Imtech Marine with Gold Partner Status

    9 June 2011
    Business & Finance

      Radio Holland Connect, the connectivity competence center of Imtech Marine, was awarded the Gold accreditation in the Inmarsat Connect Accreditation program. Inmarsat introduced the Connect Partner Program to recognize and award high-achieving service providers. The Program is tiered into gold, silver and bronze, and accreditation is based on meeting clearly defined qualification criteria for […]

  • Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands and POSCO Team Up on Wind, Solar and Bio-energy

    20 December 2011

    The Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) and the South Korean POSCO Power have officially joined forces. By signing a Memorandum of Understanding on 15 December, both parties have agreed on future collaboration in wind, solar and bio-energy. The joint POSCO-ECN collaboration will focus mainly on the application of ECN’s extensive know-how and experience […]

  • EnBW Energie Sells Its Interests in Poland to EDF (Germany)

    21 December 2011

    EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG separates from its interests in Poland and sells these to Electricité de France (EDF). According to the agreement signed by both companies, EDF is acquiring two EnBW subsidiaries holding respectively a 32.45% shareholding in the Polish coal-fired power station in Rybnik in southern Poland and a 15.59% shareholding in the Kogeneracja […]

  • GSD opposing construction of LNG infrastructure on Gibraltar

    5 March 2015

    GSD party in Gibraltar protested recently against the Gibraltar government claiming it is creating uncertainty over the storage of LNG.

  • LR publishes rules for offshore units

    19 August 2014

    Lloyd’s Register has launched its new Rules for Offshore Units in one single document following an in-depth consultation with industry. It signals a move by the world’s oldest classification and certification society, to modernise the way in which Rules and their guidance notes are presented to industry – and importantly how they are used by […]

  • UAE: Prysmian to Take Part in MEE 2013

    15 February 2013

    Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cables and systems industry, will showcase state-of-the-art technologies at MEE 2013, the electrical industry’s largest show in the Middle East, taking place in Dubai from February 17 to 19, 2013 (booth C20, Hall 7). “Middle East Electricity 2013 comes at a very important time for the […]

  • RenewableUK Welcomes New Report on Economic Benefits of Offshore Wind

    4 December 2012

    RenewableUK, the trade and professional body representing the wind and marine energy industries, has welcomed a new report highlighting the economic benefits of wind. The study, by Cambridge Econometrics for WWF and Greenpeace, shows that UK GDP will be £20 billion higher (0.8%) in 2030 if investment is focussed on offshore wind rather than gas. […]

  • Siemens Wins Gas Turbine Order in Mexico

    4 May 2012

    Siemens Energy said it has received a first order from North America for the supply of its SGT-750 industrial gas turbine. Purchaser is Energia MK KF, S.A. de C.V., a subsidiary of textile manufacturer Grupo Kaltex. When commercially operational in October 2013, the 36-megawatt (MW) facility will supply electricity to the textile facilities operated by […]

  • UK: Cathelco Provides Hull Protection for World’s Oldest Naval Destroyer

    11 January 2012

    The oldest naval destroyer in the world will be protected against hull corrosion by a Cathelco impressed current cathodic protection (ICCP) system. The ORP Blyskawica, a Grom-class destroyer which served in the Polish Navy during World War Il is currently moored in Gdynia as a museum ship. As the vessel has a length of 114 […]

  • DNV GL Okays DanTysk Offshore Accommodation Platform

    8 November 2016
    Authorities & Government, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    DNV GL has awarded Vattenfall with a final statement of compliance for its DanTysk offshore accommodation platform recently installed in the North Sea. This is the first offshore platform in the North Sea to host up to 50 operation and maintenance staff members working at the 288MW DanTysk offshore wind farm. As the offshore wind […]

  • Maersk Tankers, HHI & DNV joint CO2 ship design

    6 July 2010

    Maersk Tankers, Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and Det Norske Veritas (DNV) have agreed to collaborate on the design and risk assessment of tankers for shipping CO2. Maersk Tankers is already in a partnership with Maersk Oil and Finnish utilities Fortum and Teollisuuden Voima (TVO), aimed at developing a joint carbon emissions abatement project in the […]

  • US DOE Urged to Halt LNG Export Approvals to NFTA Countries

    18 August 2017
    Business & Finance

    The US Department of Energy has been asked to issue a moratorium on liquefied natural gas (LNG) export approvals to non-free trade agreement (NFTA) countries. Large manufacturing consumers of natural gas, natural gas feedstock, and natural gas-fired electricity generation, have expressed their concerns at the volume of LNG exports that have been approved for periods of 20-30 years, […]

  • Burning Oil Tanker Sanchi Sinks off China

    14 January 2018
    Business & Finance

    Iranian tanker Sanchi sank on January 14, after burning for over a week in the East China Sea.

  • USA: New SEACOR Crew Boats Offer Increased Capacity

    3 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    Two Incat Crowther 55m Catamaran Crew Boats, to be named SEACOR Lynx and SEACOR Leopard, are under construction at Gulf Craft LLC in Louisiana, USA. The vessels’ operator, SEACOR Marine, is a progressive company that pioneered the use of fast catamarans in the offshore industry with the commissioning of SEACOR Cheetah in January 2008, and […]

  • USA: Rockwell Automation to Provide Safety System for New DSME Offshore Drill Ships

    17 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), a South Korean shipbuilder established in 1973 in South Korea, has awarded a $6 million+ order to Rockwell Automation and its Global Solutions team to provide emergency shutdown, fire and gas safety systems, and engineering services for four new DSME offshore drill ships and options for three more ships. […]

  • Russia: INS Teg Receives New Cruising Turbine at Yantar Shipyard and Continues Sea Trials

    16 November 2011

    Frigate INS Teg (stands for “saber”) built by Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad continued sea trials after replacement of damaged cruising turbine, told a source in the shipyard to Central Navy Portal. INS Teg is the first Project 11356 frigate in the second 3-ship series ordered by Indian Navy. She was laid down at Yantar in […]

  • Denmark: Viking Reveals Innovative LifeCraft System

    6 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    Marine and fire safety equipment leader VIKING Life-Saving Equipment launched its latest innovation, the VIKING LifeCraft™ system, globally in October 2013. In 2009, inspired by discussions during sessions of the Safecraft Working Group, VIKING’s development teams asked themselves a tough but exciting question: What if it were possible to build a lifesaving craft that combined […]

  • LNG Experts Join Galway Group Asia

    3 September 2012

    Galway Group Asia, a subsidiary of Galway Group LP, an international energy advisory firm, said that it has expanded its Singapore office through the addition of two senior personnel. Dil D Devaser and Victor Ong will be joining the existing Asia focused team which includes V.V Rao, Karthik Sathyamoorthy and John French. Karthik Sathyamoorthy will […]

  • North Sea FPSO production restart on the cards next month following storm-induced damage

    18 February 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Serica Energy has confirmed the new timeline for the resumption of production at its assets in the North Sea, which are tied back to an existing floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel, operated by Dana Petroleum, on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).