Business & Finance
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
Australia: No Indication Shell is Selling its Woodside Stake
Royal Dutch Shell , the biggest shareholder in Woodside Energy , has given no indication that it is in any hurry to sell its 24 percent stak… By Rebekah Kebede (Reuters) [mappress] Source: Reuters, October 26, 2011
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;
Cargotec Secures Major Port Equipment Order from Venezuela
Cargotec has won an order to supply 54 Kalmar port equipment to Venezuelan customer Bolivariana de Puertos, S.A. The order includes 24 Kalmar DRF 450-65 reachstackers, 4 Kalmar DRF100-54 reachstackers for empty container handling, 19 Kalmar Ottawa 4×2 terminal tractors, 3 Kalmar DCF80-45 masted empt
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
China: ZPMC Wins Bid for Zhoushan Port Gantry Crane Project
Recently, Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. has won the bid for 14 gantry cranes for Laotangshan area of Zhoushan Port, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province. The 40-tonnage 43-meter gantry cranes are currently main large gantry cranes for loading and unloading operations at bulk terminals, and are ex
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
China: Afai Southern Inks Contract to Build Three Fast Rescue Vessels
Recently, Afai Southern won the project to build 3 costal fast rescue vessels (No.4-No.6) for Rescue & Salvage Bureau of the Communication Ministry of P. R. China. In 2004, Afai Southern won the first batch of rescue vessels (No. 1-No. 3), and accomplished the building construction of such three ves
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