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  • Russia: Sevmash Shipyard to Conduct Sea Trials on INS Vikramaditya in May

    22 February 2012
    Business & Finance

    Designers of JSC Sevmash shipyard are resolving complex technical issues when working on Project 11430 aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya being modernized for Indian Navy, reports the shipyard’s press service. For Sevmash, INS Vikramaditya is one of the major projects to be completed in 2012. Main weapon of the carrier are deck-based fighters MiG-29K/KUB and helicopters […]

  • IMO’s website restored after cyber attack

    5 October 2020
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, IT & Software, Safety, Technology

    The website of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) is up and running, the UN body confirmed on its Twitter account on Friday. The IMO used the social media account as one of the primary sources of communication with the public after its website went down on September 30, following a ‘sophisticated cyber-attack’. The attack impacted […]

  • GSL-Built OPV Vaibhav Commissioned into Service

    22 May 2013

    Indian Coast Guard Ship Vaibhav, the 3rd in the series of 90-meter class Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV) was commissioned on May 21 at Tuticorin by Vice Admiral Anurag G Thapliyal, Director General of the Indian Coast Guard. This OPV has been designed and built indigenously by Goa Shipyard Ltd (GSL) and is fitted with the […]

  • UK: ABP Launches Capital Investment Project at Southampton

    30 September 2012
    Business & Finance

    Southampton’s frontline role in global trade was being underlined on Friday with the official launch of a £150m investment project at the port by Associated British Ports (ABP) who is the port owner and joint venture partner in DP World Southampton – the container terminal operator. The ceremonial lifting of the first paving slab signals […]

  • ASL Marine Announces Full Year Results (Singapore)

    28 August 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology, Vessels

    ASL Marine Holdings Ltd., an integrated marine company offering comprehensive services in shipbuilding, shiprepair and conversion, shipchartering and dredging engineering, reported revenue of S$465.4 million and net profit attributable to shareholders of S$45.3 million for the full year ended 30 June 2013. The Group reported revenue of S$465.4 million for FY2013, an increase of 19.0% […]

  • Gazprom Neft done with Dolginskoye for this year

    17 November 2014
    Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Dolginskoye field operator Gazpromneft-Sakhalin (a subsidiary of Gazprom Neft) completed testing of a well drilled at the Dolginskoye field, Pechora Sea. The completion of geophysical and hydrodynamic testing will allow clarification of the underlying structure of the field and the development of a programme for its further investigation. This is the first time that such […]

  • Russia: Sevmash Shipyard to Conduct Sea Trials on INS Vikramaditya in May

    22 February 2012

    Designers of JSC Sevmash shipyard are resolving complex technical issues when working on Project 11430 aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya being modernized for Indian Navy, reports the shipyard’s press service. For Sevmash, INS Vikramaditya is one of the major projects to be completed in 2012. Main weapon of the carrier are deck-based fighters MiG-29K/KUB and helicopters […]

  • DeepGreen gets mining rights with acquisition of TOML

    8 April 2020
    Business Developments & Projects

    DeepGreen Metals has acquired Tonga Offshore Mining Limited (TOML) from Deep Sea Mining Finance, giving the company exploration rights to a block of Clarion Clipperton Zone (CCZ) of the Pacific Ocean seabed. The acquisition gives company the access to a 74,713 km2 block that contains an inferred resource of 756 million wet tonnes of polymetallic […]

  • From Climate Change to Smarter Seal Solutions

    2 October 2017

    By Lagersmit The entire world has been talking about it for years now and it still remains a hot topic: climate change. This change has a lot of consequences for several sectors and the maritime industry also has to deal with this. How does climate change impact the maritime industry? Clear responses to this development […]

  • Noble Corporation Secures Contracts in U.S. Gulf of Mexico and North Sea

    8 August 2011
    Business & Finance

    Noble Corporation today announced that it has been awarded a contract for the semisubmersible rig Noble Paul Romano and received a contract extension on the semisubmersible rig Noble Max Smith, two rigs located in the Gulf of Mexico. In addition, the Company has been awarded a contract for the jackup rig Noble George Sauvageau operating […]

  • Russia: Admiralty Shipyard Plans to Launch Rescue Ship ‘Igor Belousov’ Next Month

    26 September 2012

    Admiralty Shipyard, United Shipbuilding Corporation’s subsidiary, is planing to launch rescue ship Igor Belousov of Project 21300 by the end of October 2012. Construction of the Igor Belousov started in 2005 at the Admiralty Shipyards in St. Petersburg but has faced a series of setbacks. The construction, which included mounting of deep-sea diving system GVK-450, taking […]

  • STATS signs agreement for Sakhalin-2 gas project

    12 September 2019

    Pipeline technology specialist STATS has signed a trilateral memorandum of understanding (MoU), which will increase its presence on Sakhalin-2, Russia’s first offshore gas project.

  • ESL’s Ocean Energy Power Systems Provide Alternatives to Batteries, Solar Power

    26 March 2014
    Technology

    Electro Standards Laboratories (ESL), Cranston, RI, has extended the science in Ocean Wave Energy Harvesting Systems. The company is addressing the need for extended operation of autonomous sensor buoys and other remote ocean platforms. Many existing remote ocean-based platforms are powered by batteries or by batteries in combination with solar power. Power harvesting from ambient […]

  • Noble Corporation Secures Contracts in U.S. Gulf of Mexico and North Sea

    8 August 2011
    Business & Finance

    Noble Corporation today announced that it has been awarded a contract for the semisubmersible rig Noble Paul Romano and received a contract extension on the semisubmersible rig Noble Max Smith, two rigs located in the Gulf of Mexico. In addition, the Company has been awarded a contract for the jackup rig Noble George Sauvageau operating […]

  • Philippines: Nido Petroleum Announces Tindalo Update

    23 December 2010

    Nido Petroleum Limited , as Operator of Service Contract 54A (SC 54A),provides this update on the well testing of the Tindalo-1ST1 following the completion of recent workover operations. Each of four potentially productive zones are separated by inflatable external casing packers and were tested individually. Since the last operations update on 6 December 2010, testing […]

  • InterMoor Completes Heave-Compensation Project for Cross in Gulf of Mexico

    25 April 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    InterMoor, an Acteon company, has successfully completed a contract with Cross Group, Inc. that included the provision of heave-compensation services for the installation of a Cross 7.0 workover riser package (WRP). An InterMoor compensated anchor-handler subsea installation method (CASIM) unit played a key role in deploying and recovering the WRP. “The CASIM system enabled us […]

  • Maersk Drilling bags one-well gig offshore Egypt

    3 March 2020
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Maersk Drilling has been awarded a one-well contract for the semi-submersible rig Maersk Discoverer offshore Egypt.

  • InterMoor Completes Heave-Compensation Job in U.S. GoM

    25 April 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    InterMoor, an Acteon company, has successfully completed a contract with Cross Group, Inc. that included the provision of heave-compensation services for the installation of a Cross 7.0 workover riser package (WRP). An InterMoor compensated anchor-handler subsea installation method (CASIM) unit played a key role in deploying and recovering the WRP. “The CASIM system enabled us […]

  • Piping concept ready to aim at high-end market

    8 February 2013

    Originating from civil engineering, Ontop has been active in the shipbuilding industry with their exhaust gas systems since the 1990s. Although the company is from the Netherlands, their first deliveries to shipyards were in Germany. As the company gained experience in the maritime industry worldwide, now is the time to convince Dutch yards of the […]

  • Hurricane Harvey: Some operators resume oil production in Gulf of Mexico

    29 August 2017

    U.S. offshore oil and gas operators have, as of Monday, evacuated 98 production platforms and five drilling rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, in response to the hurricane Harvey. This means that some operators have actually returned some personnel offshore, as the previous number, as of Sunday, showed 105 evacuated platforms. However, the hurricane is […]

  • France’s Total to go ahead with major Iran gas project – CEO

    20 June 2017

    By Ron Bousso and Dmitry Zhdannikov LONDON (Reuters) – Total will go ahead with development of a giant Iranian gas field this summer, its CEO told Reuters, in the first major western energy investment in the country since Tehran signed an international nuclear deal. Chief Executive Patrick Pouyanne said the French group would make an […]

  • Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tanker sinks, another runs aground in Kerch Strait

    16 December 2024
    Authorities & Government, Environment, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Safety, Vessels

    Two tankers linked to the so-called Russian ‘shadow fleet’ encountered a storm near the Kerch Strait and were heavily damaged. As a result, one of the vessels split into two and sank while the other one ran aground.

  • Norway: DNV Develops New Deep-Water Pipeline Concept

    20 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    DNV has developed a new pipeline concept, called X-Stream, that can significantly reduce the cost of a deep- and ultra-deepwater gas pipeline while still complying with the strictest safety and integrity regime. X-Stream is based on established and field-proven technologies which have been innovatively arranged. X-Stream can reduce both the pipeline wall thickness and time spent […]

  • Researchers Deploy New Underawter Technology in Search for Franklin’s Lost Vessels (Canada)

    1 July 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

      The Honourable Peter Kent, Minister of the Environment and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, announced that Parks Canada will be working with other Canadian researchers to deploy highly sophisticated underwater technology in the continuing search for polar explorer Sir John Franklin’s lost ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror. This summer’s two-phased Arctic expedition will […]

  • Cyta and Telecom Italia Sign Agreement for ATHENA Submarine Cable Between Cyprus and Greece

    24 June 2011
    Business & Finance

      Cyta, the premier telecommunications provider in Cyprus, and Telecom Italia Sparkle, the international services arm of the Telecom Italia Group, announce their agreement following a top management meeting in Rome, for the new ATHENA submarine cable subsystem linking Cyprus to Greece, which will come into full commercial service by the end of 2011. The […]