Business & Finance
Norway: Dolphin Declares Option for Polar Duchess Seismic Vessel
Seismic company Dolphin Geophysical has declared the option of yn 533. The vessel, a high capacity 3D vessel equipped with 14 streamers will be named “Polar Duchess”. She is delivered from the yard in Spain and the subsequent conversion is estimated to be completed in the first quarter of 2012. The
Greece: Kelvin Hughes’ Athens Seminar Tackles Piracy Issues Head-on
Thursday 20 October 2011 saw world-leading navigational systems provider Kelvin Hughes present the first in its series of ‘Safe Ships, Safer Seas’ seminars to an audience in Athens consisting of 100 Greek ship owners, operators and senior executives. Held at the Apollon Divani Spa Hotel, Vouliagmeni
The Netherlands: Boskalis Consortium to Realize Ambitious Waterfront Project at Harderwijk
The Waterfront consortium, formed by Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) and the TBI companies Synchroon and Koopmans Bouwgroep, is to realize the ambitious Waterfront project of the Dutch municipality of Harderwijk. Boskalis will execute all the civil engineering and underground infrastructu
UK: Lead CAD Designer Chris Phillips Joins Jee
Subsea engineering firm Jee announces it has hired Lead CAD Designer Chris Phillips to complement the engineering team. “It was clear from the projects we were working on that having a full time role dedicated to 3D drawings and technical images would benefit our clients,” said Recruitment Manager M
Norway: DOF Subsea Signs Contract with Dong for Skandi Constructor
DOF Subsea, a subsidiary of DOF ASA, has signed a contract with DONG for Skandi Constructor. The contract will commence 1st November and has a firm duration of 3 months. DONG can extend the contract with additional 2 months. DOF Subsea is a leading provider of subsea services to the Oil and Gas indu
Schlumberger Releases Avocet 2012 Production Operations Software Platform (UK)
Schlumberger announced the release of the Avocet 2012 production operations software platform. The Avocet platform has been engineered to combine a complete and up-to-date picture of operations with engineering analysis capabilities to pinpoint the reasons for production shortfalls, enabling produci
Finance Minister Rejects Non-profit Dong Energy Proposal (Denmark)
Danish Finance Minister Bjarne Corydon rejects the proposal put forward last week to let state-owned energy group Dong Energy build wind farms on a non-profit basis. Corydon admits that everything should be done to reduce the costs for offshore wind turbine development but points out that offshore w
Germany: SMM Highlights Key Issues of Maritime Industry at its 25th Anniversary Event
World’s leading shipbuilding industry fair highlights key issues of maritime industry at its 25th anniversary event 25th SMM, shipbuilding, machinery, marine technology international trade fair hamburg, at Hamburg Fair site from 4 to 7 September 2012 The 25th SMM focuses on four major areas next yea
UK: IMO Secretary-General Urges States to Bring 2010 HNS Protocol into Force
IMO Secretary-General Efthimios E. Mitropoulos urged States to take steps to bring the 2010 Protocol to the International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea, 1996 (2010 HNS Convention) into force, after eight
Marubeni Completes Acquisition of Stake in Gunfleet Sands Offshore Wind Farm (UK)
On September 1st 2011 Marubeni Corporation and DONG Energy entered into an agreement whereby Marubeni acquires a 49.9% stake in the 172MW Gunfleet Sands offshore wind farm. Completion of the transaction was conditional on, inter alia, certain matters relating to financing. The transaction has today
Denmark: IOPC Funds to Examine Definition of Ship
At the Assembly held on 24-28 October 2011, the IOPC decided to establish a working group under the chairmanship of Denmark to have a closer look at what ships are covered by the right to be compensated for oil pollution damage. The working group, which is chaired by Deputy Director-General Birgit S
Switzerland: Foster Wheeler Announces Two Elections to Its BoD
Foster Wheeler AG announced that its shareholders have elected J. Kent Masters, 50, and Henri Philippe Reichstul, 62, to the company’s board of directors. Masters was elected to serve a term expiring at the company’s annual general meeting to be held in 2012. Reichstul was elected to serve a term ex
The Netherlands: Damen Shipyards Launches DAMEN.NL
As of November 1st, the new Damen website, www.damen.nl, has officially gone live. The site has been structured according to Damen’s 10 Product-Market Combinations and navigation has been designed to be fast, simple and user-friendly. The new website aims to personalize content, enable infosharing a
UK: Hurricane’s Whirlwind Testing Confirms Light Oil/Condensate Presence
Hurricane Exploration plc (“Hurricane”), an oil exploration company focused on hydrocarbon resources in fractured basement reservoirs, announces that it has completed testing operations on the Whirlwind exploration well (205/21a-5) offshore UK, West of Shetland. The well is being suspended for futur