Business & Finance
Ramboll: Second Most Attractive Employer in Nordics
Ramboll has been elected as the second most attractive employer in the Nordics. This is revealed in the recently published Universum survey ‘Nordic’s Most Attractive Employers’, which is based on input from 22,000 engineering students at top academic institutions in Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denma
MPX North Sea Sells Orlando Stake to Iona (UK)
MPX North Sea Ltd announces that, subject to approval of the DECC, it has sold its 30% interest in Licence P1606 to its co-venturer, Iona Energy Company (UK) Limited. Sorgenia E&P (UK) Ltd, the sister company of MPX, has also sold its 35% interest in the Licence to Iona. The Licence contains the Orl
Danish Maritime Authority – New Project Focuses on Efficient Safety Management
In cooperation with the shipping company UNI-TANKERS, the Danish Maritime Authority has launched a project seeking to strengthen and make the safety management more efficient by introducing administrative relaxations and smooth work procedures. The project goal is efficient administration and improv
UK: FoundOcean Wins Foundation Grouting Contract for Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm
Scottish-based FoundOcean Ltd announces that it has been awarded the contract for the foundation grouting for Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm Limited, UK. “Gwynt y Môr is being built with an installed capacity of 576 megawatts in Liverpool Bay, around 13 kilometres off the North Wales coast; it is on
Global Specialist Site in Offshore Wind Jobs Launched!
Navingo BV, a maritime and offshore media group based in Rotterdam, has launched a new worldwide job portal specialized in the offshore wind industry. Offshore wind contractors, suppliers and job seekers are now able to find each other at OffshoreWIND.Jobs. OffshoreWIND.Jobs offers companies related
Finland: Arctech Helsinki Shipyard, Alfa-Bank Agree on USD 100 Mln Loan
Arctech Helsinki Shipyard Inc. and Alfa-Bank have agreed on a USD 100 million construction time financing package 9 June 2012. The loan arrangement is related to the building projects of multifunctional supply vessels NB 506 and NB 507. “Ensuring the loan was important for us. With the financial arr
Now Available: The Global Specialist Job Site for the Offshore Wind Industry!
Navingo BV, a maritime and offshore media group based in Rotterdam, has launched a new worldwide job portal specialized in the offshore wind industry. Offshore wind contractors, suppliers and job seekers are now able to find each other at OffshoreWIND.Jobs. OffshoreWIND.Jobs offers companies related
Keel Laid for Fishing Vessel of Project PL-475 at Pella Shipyard (Russia)
The Chief of Federal Agency of fisheries Andrey Krayniy recently attended the solemn keel laying ceremony of fishing vessel of Project PL-475. The project of resource-saving vessel of a new generation is developed by Scottish company Macduff Ship Design Ltd. The vessel is intended for long line catc
The Netherlands: APM Terminals Appoints Ben Vree as Europe’s Regional CEO
APM Terminals announces the appointment of Mr. Ben Vree to the position of Chief Executive Officer of the Europe Region, effective 13 June 2012. As Europe’s Regional CEO, based in Rotterdam, Mr. Vree will lead a business that encompasses: • A combined container volume of 6,737,000 (Equity weighted)
ARCADIS Completes FSA Study for Largest Navigational Routing Measure Off Dutch Coast
ARCADIS has completed a Formal Safety Assessment (FSA) study for a group of stakeholders led by the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, Rijkswaterstaat, the Port of Rotterdam and the Port of Amsterdam. The study assessed the safety of shipping in the context of numerous wind park d
Norway: Statoil Re-Elects Members of Corporate Assembly
The corporate assembly of Statoil has in their meeting on 13 June 2013 re-elected Olaug Svarva as chair and Idar Kreutzer as deputy chair of Statoil’s corporate assembly. Svein Rennemo, Marit Arnstad, Grace Reksten Skaugen, Roy Franklin, Bjørn Tore Godal, Lady Barbara Judge and Jakob Stausholm were
Rialto Updates on Gazelle Drilling Progress (Ivory Coast)
Rialto Energy Limited provides a weekly update on drilling operations at the Gazelle-P3 ST2 Well, Offshore Côte D’Ivoire as at 06:00hrs, 12 June 2012 (GMT). The Gazelle-P3 well was spudded on 12 March 2012 using the Transocean GSF Monitor jack-up drilling rig. The well is the first of an overall thr
Denmark: WGP, P-Cable Enter Into JV for 3D Seismic Technology
During the EAGE in Copenhagen the WGP Group signed a new joint venture (JV) agreement with P-Cable 3D Seismic AS (“P-Cable”) for the commercialisation of new, patented High Resolution 3D seismic technology; the joint venture will trade as WGP Survey Ltd. The benefits of P-Cable’s new technology incl
Kotug Christens Two Latest Generation RotorTugs in Bremerhaven, Germany
International maritime service provider Kotug celebrated the Christening ceremony of two latest generation RotorTugs during their traditional “Herring Party” in Bremerhaven, Germany on 12th June 2012. The tugs “RT Darwin” and “RT Tasman” built in Singapore, having a power of 6,500 HP and 84 tons Bol