Marlink, the world’s largest provider of maritime satellite communications, has teamed up with leading antenna manufacturer Sea Tel to provide satellite communications support to Project Kaisei for a third expedition. Set-up by Ocean Voyages Institute of California in 2008, Project Kaisei seeks viab
Fairstar Heavy Transport N.V. (FAIR) reports the 50,000 DWT semi-submersible vessel FORTE was floated away from the flooded dry-dock facility in Qidong, China on schedule, September 18th 2011. Willem Out, Chief Operating Officer of Fairstar, reported from Qidong “the FORTE was a magnificent sight as
Dubai Maritime City Authority (DMCA), the government entity in-charge of regulating and supervising all aspects of the maritime sector in Dubai, has announced that it is leading a new initiative that seeks to establish a professional bunkering standard in the UAE. DMCA has further revealed that it h
ABB in the UK has won an order from Transocean Nigeria to conduct a major service of the electrical generation sets on its 46,000 ton drillship GSF Jack Ryan. Stephen Colman, ABB’s Account Manager for Marine and Cranes, says: “We have a strong relationship with Transocean and conducted an electrical
Marlink, the world’s largest provider of maritime satellite communications, has teamed up with leading antenna manufacturer Sea Tel to provide satellite communications support to Project Kaisei for a third expedition. Set-up by Ocean Voyages Institute of California in 2008, Project Kaisei seeks viab
Mermaid Maritime Public Company Limited (“Mermaid”) announces that as part of the implementation of plans for its subsea engineering services division Mermaid Offshore Services Ltd. (“MOS”) to enhance its role as an international service provider in the subsea business, to deliver higher value added
Indonesia’s oil and gas regulator BPMigas said on Wednesday Italian energy firm ENI’s gas project in Jangkrik Block, in the Muara Bakau… Reporting by Andjarsari Paramaditha; Editing by Ramthan Hussain (Reuters) [mappress] Source:Reuters ,September 21, 2011;
BGP announced the launching of a brand new 3D, 12 streamer seismic vessel, R/V BGP Prospector, at SEKWANG HEAVY INDUSTRY in Korea on 2 September 2011. This vessel is built specifically for the high-end 3D marine seismic market with towing capacity of 12 streamers each at 8,000m long with 100m stream
During the 2010 BP/Deepwater Horizon Gulf oil spill, an estimated one of every 20 barrels of spilled oil was deliberately burned off to reduce the size of surface oil slicks and minimize impacts of oil on sensitive shoreline ecosystems and marine life. In response to the spill, NOAA quickly redirect
Daesun Shipbuilding & Engineering of South Korea sealed a newbuilding contract for one plus one 1,000 teu boxship with Korea’s Shipping Bank…. (Seatrade-Asia) [mappress] Source: Seatrade-Asia, September 21, 2011;.
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, recently won an order to provide power supply infrastructure, systems and equipment for two new floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) units operated by Petrobras. The units will process crude oil and natural gas extracted from ben
Huntington Ingalls Industries announced today that its AMSEC LLC subsidiary has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy for functions related to integrated logistics support for Hull, Mechanical and Electrical (HM&E) technical data development, maintenance and management services. The indefinite-de
Hyperdynamics Corporation today announced the signing of a 3D acquisition and processing contract with CGGVeritas to cover an area of approximately 4,000 square kilometers in its exploration block offshore Guinea. The value of the contract is approximately US $29.0 million gross. The survey is expec
Hyperdynamics Corporation today announced the signing of a 3D acquisition and processing contract with CGGVeritas to cover an area of approximately 4,000 square kilometers in its exploration block offshore Guinea. The value of the contract is approximately US $29.0 million gross. The survey is expec
