Business & Finance
UK: Fugro’s DeepWorks Simulator Models Complex Sea Currents
Fugro Subsea Services Limited is a leading manufacturer and operator of ROVs and provider of subsea engineering, construction support and inspection, maintenance and repair services. Its Robotic Technologies business line has announced the introduction of three-dimensional sea current profiles to it
UK: Fugro’s Subsea Simulator Models 3D Sea Currents
Robotic Technologies, a business line of Fugro Subsea Services Limited, has announced the introduction of three-dimensional sea current profiles to its DeepWorks family of subsea simulators. Users can now model currents as they vary with depth and location, enabling more realistic representations of
Norway: BOP Monitor to Help Risk Assessment in Drilling Industry
Scandpower and ModuSpec, a sister company in the Lloyd’s Register Group, are working with leading owners and operators in the oil and gas sector to improve current methods of monitoring the performance of blow-out preventers (BOP) and reduce the risks relating to one of the industry’s most safety-cr
Diana Yacht Design Develops Environmentally Friendly Superyacht (The Netherlands)
The Diana Navitas was born out of the challenge to develop and design an environmentally friendly super yacht where guests will be aware of their energy consumption in a relaxed manner. The crucial factor to reduce the energy consumption is the user awareness. The integration of a sustainable energy
Italy: Costa Concordia Oil Removal Operation on Hold
SMIT Salvage is continually monitoring the weather forecast however adverse weather conditions continue to impact oil removal operations from cruise ship Costa Concordia. Company remobilize their equipment alongside the Costa Concordia, complete the preparations on the forward fuel tanks and commenc
UK: Enquest Finalizes Kraken Acquisition from Canamens
EnQuest PLC (‘EnQuest’) today announces that it has completed the acquisition of two companies from Canamens Limited, whose assets include the 20% interest in the Kraken offshore oil discovery. This agreement was announced on 9 January 2012 under which EnQuest would pay an initial consideration of U
Sweden: Consilium, Orange Launch New Maritime Navigation and Communication Solution
Consilium and Orange Business Services are modernizing maritime communications with the launch of a paperless navigation solution that extends an Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) over the world’s largest MPLS-based network. This bundled, flat-rate solution named Current At Sea
Damen Shipyards Launches Fishery Inspection Surveillance Vessel for Angola
Damen Shipyards Galati is building the Ngola Kiluange, a Fishery Inspection Surveillance Vessel (FISV) 6210, for the Angolan Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries. With another two ships under construction, the Angolan government is set to strengthen its knowledge of and control o
Ukrainian Navy to Hire Domestic Companies in Corvette Construction
Ukrainian defense minister Mikhail Yezhel is about to ask the Cabinet of Ministers to speed up investment of the first Ukrainian corvette’s construction. According to UNIAN, the minister said that at the closed corvette-financing meeting held in Nikolayev. Reason for convening the meeting was UAH 43
Schilling Robotics Sells ROV to Seabed (Norway)
Schilling Robotics, LLC, a company specializing in subsea systems, announced today the delivery of a new HD™ ROV system to underwater technology firm Seabed, based in Norway. The order was for HD 23, which is a 150hp, 4,000m-rated ROV system and was delivered in December 2011. “We are very proud to
Wintershall Starts Maria Discovery Appraisal (Norway)
Wintershall, the largest German crude oil and natural gas producer with operations worldwide, today spudded the Maria appraisal well in the Norwegian Sea. The Maria offshore discovery, which is estimated to contain between 60 and 120 million barrels of recoverable oil and between 2 and 5 billion sta
UK: British Antarctic Survey Appoints New Non-Executive Directors
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Director Professor Nick Owens has appointed two new Non-Executive members with immediate effect. Anne Miller Anne Miller is an innovator, entrepreneur and Director of the Creativity Partnership. She is a mechanical engineer by background. She started her career wit
Norway: Rem Fortune PSV to Become MPSV
Kleven Maritime will carry out an extensive reconstruction of the offshore vessel MT6012 Rem Fortune, from the Platform Service Vessel into the Multi-purpose Support Vessel. The vessel was originally built at Keppel Singmarine Pte. Ltd. in Singapore in 2009, and will be ready for delivery in mid-Mar
Norway: Statoil Divests Gassled Stake
The divestment of 24.1% of the Gassled shares from Statoil ASA to the consortium Solveig Gas Norway AS is now completed. Solveig Gas Norway AS is a holding company that is approximately 40% owned by Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, 30% by Allianz Capital Partners (a subsidiary of Allianz SE), a