Bibby Offshore Limited, the provider of turnkey subsea construction/IRM and offshore management services, announced changes to its board of directors to support the company’s ongoing growth. Effective from 1st July 2010, Fraser Moonie, who previously held the position of commercial director for the
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) wishes to announce that the integration process as a result of the merger of Boskalis and SMIT is progressing well. The process is being led by Peter Berdowski (CEO Boskalis) and Ben Vree (CEO SMIT) and based on current findings the integration is expected
AMEC, the international engineering and project management company has signed a two-year contract with Bluewater Services UK Ltd to provide engineering and maintenance services for two FPSO (floating production and storage offloading) vessels, currently leased to operators in the North Sea. The valu
San Leon announced that it has awarded PGS Ventures AS (“PGS”), a subsidiary of Petroleum Geo-Services ASA Group, a contract to carry out a 300 sq. kms. seismic survey across the Slyne Basin in the Atlantic Margin, offshore west coast of Ireland. The license for exploration in the Slyne Basin was ac
On 24 June 2010, European experts from the dredging sector and other related industries met in Rotterdam during the first Maritime Technology Day, organised by the Dredging Networking Group. The seminar’s central theme was Condition Monitoring. Prominent speakers such as Prof. Dr. Cees van Rhee from
TGS announced today the early termination of a 2D vessel charter for the M/V Northern Genesis. This five year charter began in March 2007 and was previously due to expire in March 2012. Under current market conditions it is possible to charter more suitable 2D vessel capacity resulting in increased
Following a successful run of deliveries to Bourbon’s Liberty 200 series of AHTS vessels, the offshore services specialist has now placed orders for a further four state-of-the-art MacGregor anchor-handling systems from Cargotec Cargotec has won a contract to supply four sets of MacGregor anchor-han
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has signed an agreement with Gazprom Dobycha Shelf LLC for the manufacture and supply of subsea production equipment to support the Kirinskoye field. The award has a value of approximately $190 million in revenue to FMC Technologies. Kirinskoye is a sub
Meling Supply orders at Kleven Maritime – 1 multifunctional platform supply vessel, design VS 485, for delivery in February 2011 Kleven Maritime has entered into contract with Meling Supply AS for the building of one multifunctional platform supply vessel, design VS 485, designed by Wärtsilä Ship De
Statoil and HitecVision have signed an agreement under which HitecVision will acquire Statoil’s subsidiary Tampnet AS. Tampnet operates a large high capacity communication network between offshore installations. Established by Statoil in 2001, Tampnet has since grown to serve 34 oil and gas fields a
British company Red7Marine has become the owner of Damen’s new Stan Tug 1205, the first in a new ship series which was only just unveiled to the market. Damen Shipyards had decided to show its new tug series at the Seawork Show held in Southampton in mid-June. But already on the second day of the [&
A consortium, including LUKOIL Overseas (a 100% subsidiary of OAO LUKOIL) and Vanco International of USA, has won a tender for exploration and development of two blocks, Est Rapsodia and Trident, in the Romanian sector of the Black Sea. The respective stakes of LUKOIL Overseas and Vanco in the conso
Aberdeen mechanical service company EnerMech has been awarded an £8.2million contract in Azerbaijan.The crane operation, maintenance and… [mappress] Source: Pressandjournal, July 6, 2010;
Steder Group has relocated heavy construction machinery from the Middle East to Europe… By Alice Davidson [mappress] Source: heavyliftpfi, July 6, 2010;
