Business & Finance
Antwerp Port Community Representatives Visit Ukraine
In collaboration with VOKA (Antwerp-Waasland chamber of commerce) the Antwerp port community organised a mission to the Ukrainian cities of Kiev and Odessa. Odessa Port Authority presented current developments in its port and gave details about planned infrastructure projects. A collaboration agreem
UK: Aker Solutions Announces Expansion in London
Aker Solutions aims to build up a 1 700-strong London engineering hub – thereby creating 1 300 new jobs – by 2015, as growth in global oil and gas markets drives demand for the company’s technologies and services. Øyvind Eriksen, executive chairman of Aker Solutions, shared this ambition with Prime
Norway: CGGVeritas Starts Fourth Acquisition on Ekofisk Life-of-Field Seismic Program
CGGVeritas announced that it will begin acquiring a fourth repeat survey (LoFS04) on the Ekofisk field in the North Sea as part of the multi-year Life-of-Field Seismic (LoFS) program for which it was awarded both the seismic data acquisition and processing. Mobilization is starting early June 2012,
Aker Solutions to Create 1300 New Jobs in UK by 2015
Aker Solutions aims to build up a 1 700-strong London engineering hub – thereby creating 1 300 new jobs – by 2015, as growth in global oil and gas markets drives demand for the company’s technologies and services. Øyvind Eriksen, executive chairman of Aker Solutions, shared this ambition with Prime
Denmark: RESON Offers Free FP3 System Upgrade to SEABAT Clients
The RESON Group is offering existing SEABAT 7125 SV2 customers the opportunity to upgrade their systems with RESONs Feature Pack 3, (FP3) totally, free of charge. Feature Pack 3 has taken all the benefits of FP2 and added two new features, TRACKER and SEABAT UI, to provide users with increased effic
UK: First Oil Cargo Shipped from Athena Offshore Field
Ithaca Energy Inc. announces initial peak gross oil production rates from the Athena field of 22,000 barrels of oil per day (“bopd”) (4,950 bopd net to Ithaca) as metered into the BW Athena’s storage tanks. Oil export operations have commenced. The flow from each of the four oil production wells is
Siport21 to Consolidate Its Strategic Business Areas (Spain)
After an annual net turnover figure of 1.6 million Euros last year, Siport21 is facing 2012 immersed in consolidating its strategic business areas, the internationalization of the company and its technical staff, based on solid and backed up technical experience of more than 450 studies of manoeuvri
Norway: Kleven Maritime to Deliver Platform Supply Vessel to Ugland Offshore
Kleven Maritime has signed a contract with offshore ship owning company Ugland Offshore on the delivery of a platform supply vessel of SALT 100 PSV design. The vessel is to be delivered from Kleven Verft in Ulsteinvik Q1 2014. The contract also includes an option for a second vessel. Currently Kleve
The Netherlands: IHC Merwede Establishes Tidal Energy Company
On 30 May 2012, IHC Merwede signed an agreement to acquire Wave Rotor technology from Ecofys, which is renowned for its expertise in sustainable energy solutions. The official signing was made by Willem Steenge, Managing Director of IHC Tidal Energy, and Manon Janssen, Managing Director of Ecofys. W
Cyprus: SeaBird Selects Sercel’s SeaPro Nav System for Its Two Vessels
SeaPro Nav, Sercel’s integrated navigation system for all in-water seismic equipment, has been selected by SeaBird Exploration as the master system for two vessels in its marine seismic fleet, the Harrier Explorer and the Aquila Explorer. SeaBird Exploration is the fourth industry player to choose S
Cyprus’ Seabird Selects Navigation System for Its Seismic Equipment
SeaPro Nav, Sercel’s integrated navigation system for all in-water seismic equipment, has been selected by Cyprus-based Seabird Exploration as the master system for two vessels in its marine seismic fleet, the Harrier Explorer and the Aquila Explorer. Seabird Exploration is the fourth industry playe
Korean, Russian Shipping Registers Strengthen Cooperation
On 1 June, in St Petersburg, the Korean Register of Shipping (KR) and the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) – both IACS members – signed an Agreement enabling both societies to work more closely together. Recognising that a closer cooperation will allow both organisations to deliver enhance
Finland: Prysmian Inaugurates New Submarine Cable Plant
Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, inaugurates its new submarine cable plant in Finland, having invested approximately €40 million to increase its production capacity at the Pikkala facility, already one of the Group’s centres of excellence for high voltag
UK: Veripos Organizes New GNSS Course
In recognition of customers’ expressed need for a course to assist new and developing users of High accuracy GNSS positioning, Veripos have launched a new course introducing the fundamentals of global maritime positioning. Starting in July the INTRODUCTION TO HIGH ACCURACY POSITIONING USING GNSS (Co