Business & Finance
Norway: Simon Møkster Orders Subsea Vessel from Simek
Møksters increases its focus on the subsea market by ordering a new build vessel special designed for ROV work, survey, diving and light construction work. In addition, the vessel will be able to provide services to windmill construction work. It is designed by Multi Maritime AS in Førde and is call
BLG Reports Good Financial Results for 2011
BLG is 135 years old. “When you have managed to mold the experience and performance of 135 years into a successful concept for the future, you’re on the right path,” stated BLG’s CEO Detthold Aden at the Annual Shareholder’s Meeting in Bremen on May 31. The present-day BLG LOGISTICS GROUP AG & Co. K
GC Rieber Shipping Orders Subsea Vessel from Ulstein (Norway)
GC Rieber Shipping has today ordered a new high capacity subsea vessel from Ulstein Verft with an option of one additional vessel. The new building, to be delivered in the first quarter of 2014, represents a total investment of approximately NOK 800 million. “The market for this type of vessel is ex
UK: Scottish Power Completes Tidal Turbine Trials
Scottish Power completed preliminary trials of a 30-meter turbine anchored to the seafloor off the Scottish coast. The results show that the turbine produced one megawatt of electricity, which is enough to power 500 homes and businesses. Alan Mortimer, head of innovation at Scottish Power Renewables
Norway: GC Rieber Shipping Orders Subsea Vessel from Ulstein Verft
GC Rieber Shipping has today ordered a new high capacity subsea vessel from Ulstein Verft with an option of one additional vessel. The new building, to be delivered in the first quarter of 2014, represents a total investment of approximately NOK 800 million. “The market for this type of vessel is ex
Vos Prodect Supplies Cable Protection Systems for Submarine Cable Project in Denmark
Vos Prodect Innovations B.V. has been awarded a contract for the supply of Cable Protection Systems, for a submarine power cable project in Denmark. This supply contract marks a significant milestone in Vos Prodect’s position among the cable protection system suppliers. Total order covers the design
Norway: GC Rieber Shipping Orders New Subsea Vessel from Ulstein
Today ULSTEIN signed a contract for the delivery of a high capacity subsea construction vessel of the SX121 design to GC Rieber Shipping, with an option for a second vessel. The newbuilding will be delivered in the first quarter of 2014 and has a value of approximately NOK 800 million. “GC Rieber Sh
Russia: Research Ship Seliger Completes Basic Sea Trials
Project 11982 research ship Seliger built by JSC Yantar Shipyard has completed basic stage of sea trials and returned to the yard’s quay for revision, reports press service of Yantar. Seliger returned from the shipyard’s acceptance base in Baltiysk on May 21. Operation of main powerplant, propeller-
Norway: Kongsberg Launches Latest MS 1000 Software Version
Kongsberg Mesotech Ltd. announces the latest version of MS 1000 software for MS 1071 and MS 1171 Digital Scanning Sonar. MS 1000 Version 5.0 marks a major change in direction for this software. Alan Zhao, Software Product Manager for the company summarized the new approach this way. “We have recogni
Marine Institute Installs New Weather Buoy Offshore Ireland
Irish Marine Institute technicians installed a new weather buoy off the south coast, The Irish Times reported. New buoy replaced the old one which broke loose in severe weather off Mizen Head. This new model of buoy has the capacity to determine wave path and salinity ranges in water, along with tem
Bergen Group Land Eldfisk EPCI Gig from ConocoPhillips (Norway)
Bergen Group Rosenberg has been awarded a brownfield modification project by ConocoPhillips. The contract will generate activity during 2012 and 2013, and has an estimated value in the range of NOK 350 million (USD 57 million). The EPCI-contract (Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installati
GL Signs MOU with China National Ship Recycling Association
Germanischer Lloyd (GL) and the China National Ship Recycling Association (CNSA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to work together to promote green ship recycling in China. GL and CNSA will collaborate to develop training programmes, pilot projects, and research practices that will al
Australia: Strategic Marine, Testbank Ink Sales and Service Agency Agreement
Western Australian ship builder Strategic Marine has signed a Sales & Service Agency agreement with UK-based marine and repair company Testbank Ship Repair Ltd. This is the first in a number of Sales & Service Agents which Strategic Marine announced it was developing in February 2012. This partnersh
Polish Master Sentenced for Collision with Ferry (UK)
On 7th March 2012, Miroslaw Pozniak, the master of the merchant ship Union Moon, registered in the Cook Islands, was outbound from the port of Belfast when he collided with the inbound ferry Stena Feronia There were 51 passengers and 47 crew onboard the ferry and six people onboard the cargo ship. F