Bristol Harbor Group, Inc was contracted by Northern Maritime Logistics, LLC of Anchorage, Alaska, for the design of both a towboat and the bow ramp for a new, USCG Inspected deck barge. Both vessels have been put into service use on the North Slope of Alaska, servicing Nikaitchuq Island in support
Hercules Offshore, Inc. announced today that it has acquired an additional 6.1 million shares of Discovery Offshore S.A. (“Discovery Offshore”) at an average price of NOK9.02 per share. With this latest purchase, Hercules Offshore has invested a total of approximately $34.1 million in Discovery Offs
Sauter Carbon Offset Design Reduces Fuel Consumption in Superyachts by Up To 50% at No Extra Cost. Traditionally, above and below the waterline, it’s the Fluid Dynamic Inefficiency or the immense “Drag” of Superyachts that stands out as their weakest point. The most visible examples are seen in the
Sierra Gold Corp. announces latest assay results. Sierra Gold Corp. has received the assay results from SGS Labs in Lakefield, Ontario from its Yele properties. The dredging and grab samples produced the following results: The Yele properties are on a feeder river to the Pampana, which is well known
Marflet Services, Anglo-Atlantic Steamship Company Limited and Laurin Maritime are pleased to announce an agreement whereby Anglo-Atlantic Steamship Company Ltd will time charter Marflet’s five modern IMO II-type vessels for two years. Laurin Maritime has been appointed to manage the vessels commerc
A Royal Navy ship has left Devonport Naval Base in Plymouth to continue its primary mission of deep water surveying… BBC [mappress] Source: BBC, September 14, 2011;
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) Director Michael R. Bromwich today announced a proposed rule that will reduce the likelihood of accidents, injuries and spills in connection with oil and natural gas exploration and devel
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has been awarded a contract worth approximately € 30 million to provide and install a submarine fiber optic cable across the Strait of Magellan, Argentina. The contract was awarded by the state-owned corporation AR-SAT (Empresa Argentina de Soluciones Satel
On Sep.3,2011,a keel-laying ceremony of Yuexin’s 58.7m AHTS Vessel YX3157 built by Yuexin for MARTENS MARINE Company was held in No. 1 dock in Yuexin shipyard. YX3157 is built to ABS Class notation which includes Al + “OFFSHORE SUPPORT VESSEL, AH, TOWING VESSEL, FIRE FIGHTING VESSEL CLASS 1”，AMS DPS
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has been awarded a contract worth approximately € 30 million to provide and install a submarine fiber optic cable across the Strait of Magellan, Argentina. The contract was awarded by the state-owned corporation AR-SAT (Empresa Argentina de Soluciones Satel
Prosafe has been awarded a contract by Nexen Petroleum U.K. Limited (“Nexen”) for a 240-day firm period using the Safe Caledonia for accommodation support at the Golden Eagle facility in the UK sector of the North Sea. Subject to the Golden Eagle development receiving regulatory approval, on site op
Aberdeen-based Veripos, a world leader in the provision of GNSS positioning facilities to the offshore oil and gas industry, has been awarded a contract by Dolphin Geophysical AS of Bergen, the newly-formed Norwegian seismic exploration contractor, for the supply of services aboard its recently-comm
As a global market leader in dredging and mining vessels and equipment, and a reliable supplier of custom-built ships and supplies for offshore construction, IHC Merwede will be among the leading exhibitors at the Europort 2011 exhibition and CEDA Dredging Days technical forum in The Netherlands. Th
The joint venture of Vopak (60%) and Enagas (40%) has successfully completed the previously announced acquisition of the LNG storage and regasification terminal in Altamira, Mexico. The jointly controlled entity has acquired 100% of the shares in the terminal from Shell (50%), Total (25%) and Mitsui
