Mindef invites tender for supply and maintenance of underwater acoustic positioning systems for Toulon area in France. Value of tender is between 200,000 and 2,000,000 EUR, and project period is 48 months from date of contract award. Tender deadline is 3.11.2011. Underwater Acoustic Positioning Syst
Five Oceans Services GmbH announced that the Company’s shareholder and board of directors approved a name change to Siem Offshore Contractors GmbH. Siem Offshore Contractors (SOC), formerly Five Oceans Services, is an experienced submarine cable and subsea umbilical installation, repair and maintena
BMT Nigel Gee, a subsidiary of BMT Group, has announced its latest collaboration to deliver naval architecture and engineering expertise to premier Dutch custom yacht builder, Oceanco following completion of the 110m PA107 design. The 110m DP001 project which has been the main focus of work in 2011
Houlder has announced senior appointments within its Oil and Gas team. Garry Kennie has been appointed as Project Director, Subsea and Drilling whilst Kinsley Weatherhead has been appointed Project Director, Marine. Both Garry and Kinsley are based in the Houlder office in Aberdeen. Garry, who has w
Roc Oil (WA) Pty Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of ROC, has agreed to acquire an additional 5.0% interest in WA-31-L, which is located in the offshore Perth Basin, Western Australia, and contains the ROC-operated Cliff Head oil field, from CIECO Energy Australia Pty Ltd for A$4.5 million subject
AN ENERGY company developing a North Sea wind farm has signalled its commitment to local contractors by becoming the latest member of a networking organisation. RWE npower renewables, which is responsible for the Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm project, has demonstrated a wish to meet suppliers acro
Van Oord has been awarded two dredging projects in the port of Suape, Brazil. Together the two contracts are worth more than EUR 165 million. The client is Suape Complexo Industrial Portuario Governador Eraldo Gueiros, the port authority for the State of Pernambuco. Work on the two projects is sched
The first – ever Maritime by Holland Pavilion is making its debut at the trade show Offshore Energy which is being held October 11 and 12. Offshore is seen as major growth market for the Dutch Maritime Industry. This conclusion was made after a thorough export research done by the branch association
Saipem and the Russian company, United Shipbuilding Corporation (OCK), have signed an exclusive cooperation agreement for the development of oil & gas projects in the Russian Federation and in other countries. The cooperation agreement outlines objectives, criteria and timing to establish a fifty-fi
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions provider, has successfully tested its new low-speed gas engine technology in trials conducted at the company’s facilities in Trieste, Italy. The tests were carried out on September 19 in conjunction with Wärtsilä’s Licensees Conference in Trieste. Wä
NASA’s new Aquarius instrument has produced its first global map of the salinity of the ocean surface, providing an early glimpse of the mission’s anticipated discoveries. Aquarius, which is aboard the Aquarius/SAC-D (Satélite de Aplicaciones Científicas) observatory, is making NASA’s first space ob
This monday Holland Shipyards saw the arrival of the to be windpark accommodation vessels Siluna and Simara, recently acquired by Chevalier Floatels. These vessels, still ferries now, will be completely modified to serve as an accommodation base in offshore windparks. With on board facilities such a
Hanjin Shipping recently announced that it has signed 15-year Consecutive Voyage Contract (CVC) with Korea Southern Power (KOSPO). According to Hanjin Shipping, two cape-size vessels will be deployed in the transportation of 2.2 million tons of soft coal annually for 15 years where one will start op
Virtual Training and Simulator developer VSTEP will be demonstrating its new NAUTIS Port Security Awareness simulation software during the Small Vessel Threats Security Conference from 28-29 September in San Francisco. VSTEP is one of the main conference sponsor and will be present at its conference
