Business & Finance
The Netherlands: Shipyard De Hoop Celebrates 10 Years of Shipbuilding for Oceanografia
In 2001, Shipyard De Hoop designed, built and delivered its first ship to Mexican shipping company Oceanografía. The Caballo De Mar was a diving support vessel to be used for inspection, maintenance and repair. In the years that followed, De Hoop developed another seven diving support vessels for Oc
Australia: Clough AMEC Lands Bayu Undan Contract Extension
Engineering and construction company Clough Limited today announced that Clough AMEC has been awarded a two year contract extension by ConocoPhillips to provide operations and maintenance services to the Bayu-Undan facilities located in the Timor Sea. The contract extension has an estimated value of
The Netherlands: Shipyard De Hoop Continues Good Relationship with Oceanografia
In 2001, Shipyard De Hoop designed, built and delivered its first ship to Mexican shipping company Oceanografía. The Caballo De Mar was a diving support vessel to be used for inspection, maintenance and repair. In the years that followed, De Hoop developed another seven diving support vessels for Oc
Greece: Euroseas Charters Bulk Carrier MV Monica P
Euroseas Ltd., an owner and operator of drybulk carriers and container vessels and provider of seaborne transportation for dry bulk and containerized cargoes, announced today that a subsidiary of the Company has entered into a two-year time charter agreement, until September 2013, for the vessel, M/
Ocean Kinetics Announces Plans for Expansion (UK)
A marine engineering firm based in Shetland has announced plans for a £2m expansion. BBC [mappress] Source: BBC, October 18 , 2011
SeaPower Gen Aims to Raise USD 39 Million for Sea Trails (UK)
SeaPower Gen Ltd., a U.K. maker of tidal current turbines, is talking to industrial partners and wealthy investors about raising 25 million… By Louise Downing (businessweek) [mappress] Source: businessweek, October 18, 2011
UK: Pelamis Wave Power Welcomes New Chief Executive Officer
Pelamis Wave Power has appointed Per Hornung Pedersen as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Pedersen joins Pelamis with an immediate goal of fulfilling demand from the company’s three major customers, E.ON, Scottish Power Renewables and Vattenfall, who are actively developing commercial projects for Pelam
UK: South Cats Licence Wins Sales for GRP Laminates
GRP Laminates of Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK, secured orders for three South Cat designs within weeks of reaching an exclusive, worldwide agreement to be solely responsible for the manufacture and marketing of these well-proven craft. The orders comprise: • 12m commercial charter workboat and leisure d
Cyprus: Prosafe Announces 3Q Rig Utilisation Report
Prosafe today reported rig utilisation in the third quarter of 2011 of 91 per cent. Safe Scandinavia, MSV Regalia, Safe Caledonia, Safe Esbjerg, Safe Lancia, Jasminia, Safe Hibernia, Safe Britannia, Safe Regency, Safe Bristolia and Safe Concordia have been fully utilised in the third quarter. Safe A
Switzerland: ABB Wins Order to Provide Maintenance Services for DolWin2 in North Sea
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order from the Dutch-German transmission system operator, TenneT to provide maintenance services for the DolWin2 link bringing power from offshore wind farms, located in the North Sea, to the mainland German grid. This contract follo
Norway: Summary of Crude Oil Spills on NCS
During the period 2001–2010, there has been a significant reduction in the number of acute crude oil spills on the Norwegian continental shelf. The reduction was greatest during the first years of the period, while the number of spills following this remained stabile for several years. In 2010, the
Greece: Seanergy Maritime Enters Into Charter Agreement for Capesize Vessel
Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. announced today that the Company has entered into new time charter agreement for one of its Capesize vessels. The M/V BET Prince, a 163,554 dwt Capesize dry bulk carrier built in 1995, has entered into a time charter agreement, for a period of about eleven to about t
The Netherlands: Vroon Offshore Takes Delivery of New AHTS Vessel
Vroon Offshore Services (VOS) yesterday announced that it had taken delivery of a new addition to their offshore fleet. The VOS Themis, a 1,400 dwt anchor handling tug support (AHTS) vessel built at the Fujian Shipyard in China, was delivered today, 17 October 2011, in China. The vessel will operate
Norway: Ferguson Norge Moves to Larger Yard Complex
The Ferguson Group, specialists in the rental of containers, accommodation modules and engineering modules to the offshore energy industry around the world through its divisions Ferguson Modular, Ferguson Seacabs and IceBlue, is expanding its business in Norway, the company announced this week at Of