Business & Finance
Damen Provides Dredging Equipment for Dredger Under Construction in Canada
Currently a hopper dredger is being built in Canada which will perform the maintenance dredging activities of the St Lawrence Seaway. Ocean’s companies, the shipbuilder and future dredging contractor, have opted for a proven design, fitted out with a Damen trailing pipe and other Damen dredging gear
Damen Delivers Dredging Equipment for Canadian Hopper Dredger
Currently a hopper dredger is being built in Canada which will perform the maintenance dredging activities of the St Lawrence Seaway. Ocean’s companies, the shipbuilder and future dredging contractor, have opted for a proven design, fitted out with a Damen trailing pipe and other Damen dredging gear
Dutch-based Fairstar Wins Transportation Contract from Nabors Drilling
Fairstar Heavy Transport N.V. (FAIR) has been awarded a contract by Nabors Drilling to transport the DB 301 from Port Gentil, Gabon to Pascagoula, Mississippi on the Fairstar semi-submersible vessel FJELL. The USD 2.1 million contract was signed today in Houston. The FJELL will load the DB 301 immed
UK: Valeport Introduces New VA500 Altimeter
Leading oceanographic instrument manufacturer, Valeport, announces its latest innovation, the VA500 Altimeter. The VA500 is launched in Nove… SubseaUK [mappress] Source: SubseaUK, October 26 , 2011;
UK: SMart Wind Installs First Met Mast in Hornsea Zone
SMart Wind, the joint venture between Mainstream Renewable Power and Siemens Project Ventures, announced the successful installation of the first meteorological mast in the 4GW Hornsea Zone. One of nine zones awarded licences by the Crown Estate in 2009 this is the first zone to install a met mast.
Desalination Forum METS 2011: How to Cut Costs and Boost Performance (The Netherlands)
METS is the world’s largest trade exhibition of equipment, materials and systems for the international marine leisure industry. This year METS will hold a forum focused on Reverse osmosis (RO) technology. Reverse osmosis (RO) technology is at the heart of all marine desalination, or watermaker, syst
UK: Hydratight Announces Creation of Northern Europe Management Team
The new Northern Europe team will be headed by business leader Steve Brittain, with Steve Clark as operations manager and Paul Harrison as sales manager. The appointments – effective from 1 September – are part of organisational changes in the EMEA region to maximise opportunities in Scandinavia whi
UK: Hydratight Establishes Northern Europe Team
The new Northern Europe team will be headed by business leader Steve Brittain, with Steve Clark as operations manager and Paul Harrison as sales manager. The appointments – effective from 1 September – are part of organisational changes in the EMEA region to maximise opportunities in Scandinavia whi
Norway: PSA’s Seminar Focuses on Enhancing Pipeline Safety
Systematic and integrated thinking about pipelines in all phases of Norwegian petroleum activity was in focus at a seminar staged by the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) on 19 October. This international session was the latest annual meeting in a 10-year series held to share expertise and exp
Pipeline Safety Improvement, Focus of PSA Norway’s Seminar
Systematic and integrated thinking about pipelines in all phases of Norwegian petroleum activity was in focus at a seminar staged by the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) on 19 October. This international session was the latest annual meeting in a 10-year series held to share expertise and exp
Finland: NAPA, STX to Cooperate in Green Ship Deliveries
NAPA, a leading software house for ship design and operations, has signed an agreement with STX Offshore and Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. The agreement specifies the co-operation between STX and NAPA regarding sales, model creation and delivery of the environment-efficient NAPA software for STX designed ve
UK: Fugro Successfully Completes Greater Gabbard DOB Survey
Fugro has successfully completed 2 positional and depth of burial surveys on export cables for SSE’s 500MW Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm off the Suffolk coast on behalf of installation contractor Fluor. The main objective is to provide a final report with the final position including depth of b
Ferguson Group Opens New HQ in Scotland, UK
Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond yesterday (October 25) officially opened the global headquarters of The Ferguson Group, specialists in the rental of containers, accommodation modules and engineering modules to the offshore energy industry around the world. The Ferguson Group has operated out
Trident Energy Announces New Appointments (UK)
WAVE power developer Trident Energy yesterday beefed up its presence in Glasgow by appointing industry veteran Jonathan Armstrong as is firs… By Peter Ranscombe (scotsman) [mappress] Source: scotsman, October 26, 2011;