Business & Finance
Royal Navy Divers Blow Up Two Wartime Bombs Off UK
Royal Navy divers from Portsmouth blew up two wartime pieces of ordnance off the Kent coast on Easter Sunday. The team from Southern Diving Unit 2 successfully dealt with a German GC mine off Sheerness and a 1,000lb Allied bomb off Margate. The German GC mine, usually dropped by parachute and contai
T.O.S. Delivers Two Rotor Tugs to Antwerp, Belgium
Last weekend the T.O.S. crew reached the port of destination Antwerp for the delivery of the SMIT KIWI and SMIT EMOE. The crew left the port of Singapore for a 12.700 nm journey to Western Europe last year. “We are proud to have been awarded for the delivery contract of the rotor tugs. Although T.O.
UK Awards Three Grants to Accelerate Offshore Wind Innovation
Three innovative UK businesses are the latest companies to secure funding from a major Government scheme to support the development of next generation offshore wind technology. NGenTec Ltd, OSBIT Power Ltd and OGN North Sea Ltd will each receive grants under DECC and the Technology Strategy Board’s
Three UK Companies Secure Funding to Support Offshore Wind Development
Three innovative UK businesses are the latest companies to secure funding from a major Government scheme to support the development of next generation offshore wind technology. NGenTec Ltd, OSBIT Power Ltd and OGN North Sea Ltd will each receive grants under DECC and the Technology Strategy Board’s
UK: FabTest Welcomes First Wave Energy Device
The team behind FabTest, Cornwall’s pioneering marine energy test site in Falmouth, has welcomed the first wave device to be installed in its waters. Fred Olsen’s BOLT “Lifesaver” wave energy converter, which is ultimately capable of producing clean and efficient electricity, is now being tested in
Norway: Hydratight Repairs Damaged Pipe at Troll C
Experts from joint integrity and engineering services company Hydratight found an innovative solution to a tricky repair for Statoil, by using a MORGRIP connector to repair a 6in super duplex pipe located within the constrained space of a subsea manifold, 340m under the surface of the North Sea. Hyd
Royal Netherlands Navy Gets Third Holland Class OPV
On Wednesday 11 April, in Harlingen the third of four Holland Class Oceangoing Patrol Vessels, “Friesland” built by Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding for the Royal Netherlands Navy, was transferred to the Defence Materiel Organization of the Ministry of Defence of the Netherlands. After delivery the
UK: Specialist Subsea Services Wins Rig Positioning Contract from Shell
Aberdeen-based Specialist Subsea Services (S³), a provider of ROV, survey and vessel services to the international energy industry, has been awarded a major rig positioning contract by Shell. The three year contract covers Shell’s four entities in Europe; Shell UK Ltd, Nederlandse Aardolie Mattshapp
Norway: Boreal Transport Nord Orders Three Ferries from Fiskerstrand BLRT
Boreal Transport Nord AS has awarded contracts for three new double ended passenger and car ferries to Fiskerstrand BLRT AS. The ferries will be delivered in autumn 2013, and commissioned from January 1st. 2014 to three different crossing services on the coast of Helgeland in Nordland County in Nort
UK: Subsea 7 Considers Listing of its VERIPOS Business
Subsea 7 S.A. announced that it is considering a potential future spin off and listing of common shares in VERIPOS, a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary. VERIPOS is a world leader in the supply of high-precision GNSS positioning solutions for the offshore oil and gas industry. The potential future spi
Dolphin to Conduct Seismic Survey in Senegal Deep-Water Area
Dolphin Geophysical have signed a new Agreement with the Government of Senegal, Petrosen, for the acquisition, processing and marketing of a new 3D Multi-Client survey over designated Deep-Water acreage where additional equity is potentially available. The 3D survey is substantially pre-funded. Thes
UK: Specialist Subsea Services Secures Contract from Shell
Aberdeen-based Specialist Subsea Services (S³), a provider of ROV, survey and vessel services to the international energy industry, has been awarded a major rig positioning contract by Shell. The three year contract covers Shell’s four entities in Europe; Shell UK Ltd, Nederlandse Aardolie Mattshapp
Russia: Newbuild MV Nephrite Joins VBTH’s Fleet
On April 10th 2012 the 5039 DWT MV Nephrite entered Volga-Balt Transportation Holding’s (VBTH) fleet and begun its active service. The Nephrite is the sixth vessel in a series of ten Project DCV36 vessels ordered by VBTH from China’s Qingdao Hyundai Shipbuilding Co. Unlike previous dry cargo vessels
UK: NCS Survey Conducts Bathymetric Survey of Rubislaw Quarry
NCS Survey, an Acteon company, completed a bathymetric survey of Rubislaw Quarry on 20–21 March to aid decision making for the redevelopment of the site. For 200 years, Rubislaw Quarry, which is in the west of the City of Aberdeen, supplied 6 million tonnes of granite to prestigious construction pro