Vroon Offshore Services (VOS) announces that it has taken delivery of a new addition to their offshore fleet. The VOS Apollo, an anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel built at the Fujian Shipyard in China, was delivered yesterday, 15 September 2011, in China. She is the third in a series of six “
Two 59,000DWT Shuttle Tankers, built for the Danish owner LAURITZEN TANKERS A/S, were named “DAN CISNE” and “DAN SABIA” in COSCO Nantong Shipyard. The Panamax size vessels are double hulled DP ¢òshuttle tankers, registered with NK Class, and comply with the safety requirements of both the Danish Mar
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has granted BG Norge AS consent to carry out manned underwater operations (MUO). The consent relates to saturation diving in connection with development of the Gaupe field. The water depth at the site is 82 to 90 metres. Gaupe is located at the border betw
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has granted BG Norge AS consent to carry out manned underwater operations (MUO). The consent relates to saturation diving in connection with development of the Gaupe field. The water depth at the site is 82 to 90 metres. Gaupe is located at the border betw
Skidaway Institute of Oceanography scientist Aron Stubbins joined a research cruise this summer to study hydrothermal vents, but what his fellow scientists found was a recently erupted undersea volcano. The Axial Seamount is an undersea volcano located about 250 miles off the Oregon coast and is on
Aminex PLC (“Aminex” or the “Company”) provides the following update on progress at its Nyuni-2 well, offshore Tanzania. After successfully mastering the most difficult of the anticipated drilling zones in the well, several days have now been spent attempting to clear rubber debris from a number of
On 9 September 2011, Gemadept Corporation solemnly held the grand opening ceremony of P O Shipping (Vietnam) Company Limited – a joint venture between Bright Ocean Logistics Company Limited (a subsidiary of Gemadept Corporation) and Hainan P O Shipping Company. In the joint venture, Gemadept contrib
On August 3, Mr. Wang Yuhang, President of COSCO Shipyard Group, went to Japan to visit the headquarters of MODEC, a world leading supplier of offshore oil and gas production equipment. He was accompanied by Mr. Zhang Jiqing, G. M. of COSCO Japan, and Mr. Gong Libing, Party Secretary of COSCO Dalian
Liquid Robotics, Inc., an ocean data services provider and developer of the first wave-powered Wave Glider® marine robot, announced that Edward (Ed) T. Lu, formerly of Google and NASA, has joined the company as chief of innovative applications. Tasked with developing new ways to advance understandin
Deepwater Wind hailed yesterday’s announcement by the New York Power Authority (NYPA) to jumpstart the process for developing a large offshore wind farm to serve downstate New York. NYPA has filed an application with the United States Department of the Interior to lease an offshore site at least 1
Chevron Corporation today announced that its Australian subsidiaries have signed a Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with Kyushu Electric Power Co. for the delivery of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Wheatstone Project in Western Australia. Under the binding agreement, Chevron, together with Ap
APL has again been named Carrier of the Year by Best Buy, a leading multi-channel global retailer and developer of technology products and services. It’s the second year in a row that the Singapore-based container shipping line has won the award. APL, which transports Best Buy cargo from China to th
SEACON Advanced Products, LLC of Bellville, Texas, USA introduces a new HYDRALIGHT Optical wet-mate configuration integrating a dry-mate OPTI-CON electrical hybrid connector. This latest design provides a number of advantages: *Allows a quick and simple hook-up of the HYDRALIGHT via the OPTI-CON dry
Dolphin Geophysical and TGS have entered into an agreement for the M/V Polar Duke to acquire 1,500 sq. km of 3D seismic data in the Barents Sea. The award follows our successful Barents Sea operation to date for TGS. The extension will meet the increased demand for seismic data in the region. [mappr
