247 results found for 'helicopter ditch'

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  • HNLMS De Ruyter Conducts Refueling Operation at Sea

    29 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    Whilst operating in the Gulf of Aden as a part of the EU Naval Force counter-piracy mission, Operation Atalanta, the Dutch frigate HNLMS De Ruyter has refueled from the US auxiliary ship USNS Medgar Evers. The refueling was conducted via a Replenishment at Sea (RAS), an impressive event requiring constant attention from the crews of […]

  • HeliService Orders Another AW169 Helicopter for Offshore Wind Ops

    13 October 2016
    Operations & Maintenance

    HeliService International has ordered another AW169 helicopter for offshore wind farm operations from Leonardo-Finmeccanica. The contract was signed around month and a half after the first AW169 was delivered to support Siemens’ O&M works on the Dutch Gemini offshore wind farm. The new aircraft will be delivered in 2017 and will be used for offshore wind farm support missions in the North Sea. […]

  • NHV takes Airbus’ first EC175 helicopters

    12 December 2014
    Equipment

    Airbus Helicopters yesterday delivered two new-generation EC175 helicopters to NHV for oil and gas missions in the North Sea.

  • CAA: Emergency Breathing Equipment on offshore helicopters compulsory from 2015

    7 May 2014

    The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has announced changes to two of its requirements aimed at improving offshore helicopter safety. It follows discussions with the oil and gas industry, helicopter operators and representatives of the offshore workforce and pilots.   In February the CAA announced a series of measures to improve the safety of offshore […]

  • Pilot error responsible for fatal Sumburgh crash, AAIB report reveals

    15 March 2016

    Two and a half years since the crashing of the Super Puma helicopter in the UK North Sea, in which four workers died, the Air Accidents Investigation Branch has found that the pilots’ inattention to the flight instruments was the cause. At 1717 hrs UTC on August 23 2013, an AS332 L2 Super Puma helicopter […]

  • Dutch Navy’s Biggest Ship Named in Vlissingen

    25 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    Dutch Defence Minister Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert ceremonially named the Karel Doorman, the new Joint Support Ship for the Royal Netherlands Navy, on Saturday, March 8th. The ceremony took place in Vlissingen at the shipyard operated by Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding. With a length of 204.7 metres, the Karel Doorman is the biggest ship in the Dutch […]

  • Flying offshore in UK? Size matters.

    14 October 2014

    Step Change in Safety last week announced a size criteria for helicopter passengers travelling to and from offshore installations on the UK Continental Shelf. Do you know what size you are? No? Read on. The criteria came in response to the size restrictions laid out by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) in February 2014. Helicopter […]

  • Petrofac Hires BorWin Gamma Chopper Squad

    17 October 2018
    Project & Tenders, Storage

    Northern HeliCopter GmbH (NHC) has received an order from Petrofac Ltd. for transport flights/crew changes to the BorWin3 gamma platform.

  • Helicopter operator wins new North Sea deal with Neptune

    4 October 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Neptune Energy has awarded a contract to CHC Helicopters for offshore transport services in the Dutch sector of the North Sea.

  • Report: Sikorsky ‘grounds’ all S92 helis after rough North Sea landing

    10 January 2017

    Offshore helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky has reportedly instructed all owners of its S92 type helicopters to keep the units grounded, following a recent incident offshore the UK. According to BBC, all S92 helicopters have been grounded for safety checks, and owners have been told to carry out the checks immediately. The news agency says flight disruptions are […]

  • Top News of The Week 9 – 15 December, 2013

    15 December 2013

    The most popular stories of the week.

  • Fatal accident inquiry planned for 2013 offshore helicopter crash

    12 June 2019

    A fatal accident inquiry into a 2013 Super Puma deadly offshore helicopter crash in the UK is to be held, BBC has reported, citing a statement by the Crown Office.

  • Somali pirates should be tried by Dutch court: lawyer

    21 May 2010

    A group of suspected Somali pirates should be prosecuted in the Netherlands and not be extradited to Germany, their defense lawyer said Friday, highlighting the complex legal challenge of trying Somali pirates.Dutch marines boarded a hijacked German commercial ship 500 nautical miles off the Somali coast in April and arrested the 10 suspected pirates after […]

  • Helicopter operator lands new million-dollar deals with Brazilian oil & gas giant

    13 January 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Petrobras has awarded several new contracts to CHC do Brasil, part of CHC Helicopters, for offshore transport services in Brazil.

  • The Netherlands Expands Its Contribution to NATO’s Counterpiracy Operation

    20 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    The Dutch contribution to NATO’s counterpiracy operation Ocean Shield is to be expanded. A second helicopter and an unmanned aerial vehicle for reconnaissance will give an impulse to intelligence-gathering in particular. A submarine will once again also be deployed for this task. Although the House of Representatives had previously declared the expansion of EU operation […]

  • Ampelmann, Seaqualize team up to develop new gangway

    5 October 2017
    Equipment

    Dutch offshore access solutions provider Ampelmann has formed an exclusive partnership with Seaqualize, a Dutch marine motion technology innovator. Ampelmann said that the collaboration would focus on the development of the latest S-type gangway. The S-type is designed specifically to be fully integrated into large high-speed vessels and dedicated to long-term crew change operations. The company […]

  • Car Carrier Sinks after Collision in North Sea

    5 December 2012

    A car carrier is sinking in the North Sea after colliding with a containership some 40-50 km from the Dutch port of Rotterdam on Wednesday evening, Reuters reports referring to the statement of Dutch coastguard. Bahamian flagged car carrier Baltic Ace, and the Corvus J, a container ship from Cyprus collided in an important North […]

  • EU NAVFOR Warship HNLMS VAN AMSTEL Completes Two Escorts of WFP

    19 April 2012

    Dutch EU NAVFOR warship HNLMS VAN AMSTEL completed two escorts of World Food Programme (WFP) chartered merchant vessels Mary Ann Hudson and Golden Bridge, on a tour between 14 and 17 April from Berbera to Bosaso and back. Both escorts in this high risk area were carried out smoothly and without any incident. During the […]

  • Fatal incident: Four dead in the wake of chopper’s emergency landing in Arabian Sea

    29 June 2022
    Environment, Exploration & Production, Safety, Vessels

    After a helicopter, carrying personnel from India’s ONGC, was forced to land in the Arabian Sea, four casualties have been reported.

  • On-the-loose ship which hit HKZ OSS foundation now under tow to Port of Rotterdam

    1 February 2022
    Vessels

    After a day of adventure on the high seas off the Dutch coast, which included hitting a foundation of an offshore wind farm substation, the rudderless cargo vessel Julietta D has been salvaged by Boskalis, the company reported on 1 February, saying the out-of-control ship is now being towed to the Port of Rotterdam. The […]

  • Cocaine Seized from Tanzania-Flagged Ship

    3 January 2018
    Business & Finance

    1,600 kilos of cocaine seized from Tanzania-flagged merchant vessel in Dominican Republic.

  • Crew of Van Oord’s HAM 316 Helps Sailor in Distress

    10 May 2018
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    The crew of a Van Oord vessel provided assistance to a sailor in distress off the Lincolnshire coast, in a recent incident which involved the Coastguard helicopter and the RNLI. The company’s Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger ‘HAM 316’ was deployed off the coast for the £7m Lincolnshire Beach Management Project which got underway on 30 April and […]

  • Denmark Bolsters Efforts to Sniff Out Sulfur Polluters

    12 July 2017
    Business & Finance, Rules & Regulation

    Danish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has hired a compatriot startup company Explicit to monitor ships’ sulfur emissions using a special “sniffer technology”. The monitoring, starting early July will be conducted from the air by sampling exhaust plumes from vessels in waters around Denmark, the company said. The operation will deploy a unique sniffer technology developed […]

  • NHV Helicopters begin Borssele 1&2 duty

    4 May 2020
    Operations & Maintenance

    NHV Group has started carrying out its helicopter services for the Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. The flights depart from NHV’s recently installed base in Arnemuiden, Midden-Zeeland, to the project site located 23 kilometres from Westkapelle. The company stated it had taken delivery of a new H145 aircraft for the […]

  • EMO and Shell Aviation Ink Fuel Supply Deal for Eemshaven Heliport

    10 February 2020
    Business & Finance

    EMS Maritime Offshore (EMO) has signed a supplier contract with Shell Aviation for the delivery of JET-A1 fuel to the Heliport Eemshaven in the Netherlands.