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
Yitzhak Tshuva-controlled Delek Group Ltd. units Avner Oil and Gas LP and Delek Drilling LP have received a precedent-setting provisional… By Amiram Barkat (Globes) [mappress] Source:Globes ,September 21, 2011;
Rosneft Marine UK Ltd., a subsidiary of Russian state-owned oil company OJSC Rosneft, has introduced a new bunker delivery tanker to service the Port of Murmansk in Russia. The Russian-flagged RN Magellan is a 4622 deadweight tonne (dwt) bunker tanker built in 2007. The modern vessel is part of Rosn
Pacific Basin Shipping Limited, one of the world’s leading dry bulk shipping companies, today announced that its Captain Zhu Qianchun was named “Seafarer of the Year” at the Lloyd’s List Awards, Global 2011 event on 20 September. The Company received the Environment Award at the same event. Sponsore
Dragon Oil plc , an international oil and gas development and production company, announces the completion and initial testing of the Dzheitune (Lam) B/159 development well. The well was drilled to a depth of 2,900 metres and completed as a single producer by the Iran Khazar rig. The initial test re
Inpex Corp , Japan’s top oil and gas developer, has won concession rights for the Babar Selaru oil and gas block in Indonesia’s first… Source: Reuters [mappress] Source:Reuters ,September 21, 2011;
TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity Ltd. company, and Alcatel-Lucent announced a significant expansion to their joint maintenance program for submarine optical communication links throughout the Pacific basin. The Pacific End-to-End Maintenance Solution boosts the companies’ ability to maintain and repair
Safety is a major priority on the Walney Offshore Windfarms, and in order to train the safety procedures, a number of exercises have been held. During the latest exercise, the scenario was capsizing of a large vessel resulting in 31 ‘staff’ members overboard to be rescued and given first aid on the
Jiangsu Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Ltd. will launch the first Groot SUPER GREEN 8500 for Carisbrooke Shipping on 26 September 2011. It will be the first vessel ever with a Groot Cross-Bow to be launched in China. The Groot Cross-Bow uses the ‘wave-piercing’ principle, which the designer, Groot Ship De
Built by Ned Ship the 66m Emax E-Volution is a Culmination of the Very Best the Yachting World has to Offer. SOLAR HYBRID POWER SOURCES 2MWs of Renewable Energy supplied by Wind, Sun, Waves &Currents 2MWs of ZF Hybrid Power supplied by MTU 2000 series Tier 4i engines, the cleanest marine diesel engi
ION Geophysical Corporation announced that it has achieved a milestone 50th installation of its Orca® Command and Control system, on BGP’s 12-streamer Prospector. Since its introduction just six years ago, Orca has been used to manage towed streamer seismic data acquisition operations on nearly half
Apache Corporation today announced the appointment of William C. Montgomery , a managing director of Quantum Energy Partners , a private equity firm that focuses on investments in the energy and power industries, to its board of directors. Montgomery is a member of Quantum’s executive and investment
APM Terminals was named winner of the 2011 Lloyd’s List Global Safety Award evening at the prestigious annual industry Awards Gala held in London. The award was presented in recognition of APM Terminals’ “exceptional commitment to improving safety standards”, and was accepted by APM Terminals CEO K
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
