GC Rieber Shipping has signed a two year contract for its second subsea newbuild with the Mexican company Oceanografia. The vessel, which will be named “Polar Queen”, has recently been handed over from the Spanish shipyard Freire Shipyard, and the contract will start up in November. Three of the fou
Journalists will have the opportunity to cover the 15th NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations, or NEEMO, from up close or afar. The mission was originally scheduled to start Oct. 17, but tropical storm conditions in the area of the undersea laboratory required a delay. Journalists are invited
Leading oilfield services company Topaz Energy and Marine won two awards out of four nominations at the annual Seatrade Middle East & Indian Subcontinent Awards 2011 held in Dubai recently. Stephen R Thomas, CEO of Topaz Energy and Marine, commented on the awards saying, “The Seatrade Awards are a b
South Boats Special Projects Ltd. and Seacat Services Ltd. announce that the two companies have signed a contract for the construction of four further vessels, 2 x South Catamaran 24m WFSV to be named ‘Seacat Resolute’ and ‘Seacat Vigilant’ and two further vessels, which have been allocated build sl
More than 1,000 figures from across the oil and gas industry are expected to gather in Aberdeen to discuss future projects planned on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). PILOT Share Fair, sponsored by CAN, will see major companies present details of upcoming work to a host of small and medium-sized sup
On 19 October 2011, a first milestone in the construction of the new locks in the Panama Canal was reached. At 9.40 am, the Administración del Canal de Panama (ACP) flooded the first section of the newly excavated lock lanes on the Pacific Side. The excavation works close to the Centenario Bridge ar
The Arabian subsidiary of publicly listed construction group STRABAG SE, STRABAG Oman LLC, has won the contract to build the new port in Duqm, Oman. The order is worth € 150 million. In addition to the establishment of shipyard access, docks and warehouses, the contract awarded by the Ministry of Tr
The Board of Directors has appointed Morten Persen (54) as the company’s managing director/CEO. Morten Persen has 23 years of diversified international industry and top management experience focused on operations, restructuring, line management, board representation, as well as international commerc
The skipper of the te Whānau-ā-Apanui fishing boat San Pietro, was scheduled to appear at the District Court in Tauranga at 19th October… (scoop) [mappress] Source: scoop, October 20 , 2011
Stratos Global, the leading global provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, today introduced StratosMAX II Nomadic, a new version of its popular StratosMAX II broadband service offered via the Stratos microwave network for the offshore energy community in the Gulf
Total spending on the plan from 2014 and 2020 would amount to just 0.4 percent of EU annual GDP, but the European Commission said it expected the funds to attract extra public and private money by lowering the risk profile of key infrastructure projects. “Today we are making a down payment for Europ
In response to still pressing piracy threat off the coast of Somaila, Transas has developed an Anti-Piracy solution that will support maritime schools in performing relevant training. The Transas Anti-Piracy package consists of a mothership, a smaller mothership and four fastboats with different spe
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has granted Talisman Energy Norge AS (TENAS) consent to use the MSV Regalia mobile living quarters facility on the Yme field. About Yme Yme is an oil field in the southeastern part of the North Sea, 110 km southwest of Egersund. The field has previously be
Leading oilfield services company Topaz Energy and Marine won two awards out of four nominations at the annual Seatrade Middle East & Indian Subcontinent Awards 2011 held in Dubai recently. Stephen R Thomas, CEO of Topaz Energy and Marine, commented on the awards saying, “The Seatrade Awards are a b
