During the Forum Meetings in New Zealand , Tonga’s Prime Minister, Lord Tu’ivakano will attend a Signing ceremony with the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank for the Tonga-Fiji Connectivity Project (Phase 1),also known as the Fibre Optic Submarine Cable Project . This project is under the Pac
E.ON is moving to the next stage of its planned 665MW Rampion wind farm off the Sussex coast. The company, is also a partner in the London Array which will be the world’s largest offshore wind farm when complete, has applied for permission to put a 100m mast on the proposed Rampion site and [&hellip
South Korea’s largest bulk shipper STX Pan Ocean succeeded in obtaining a sizeable loan from a group of domestic and overseas lenders to finance new vessel orders. STX Pan Ocean announced on Friday that it held a signing ceremony at the Millennium Hilton Hotel in Seoul the day before, for the $510 m
North Star Shipping, a division of the family-owned global shipping and energy services firm – Craig Group, has secured in excess of £20 million in new business and the renewal of existing contracts. The company which provides offshore support vessels to the offshore industry has won a new contract
North Star Shipping, a division of the family-owned global shipping and energy services firm – Craig Group, has secured in excess of £20 million in new business and the renewal of existing contracts. The company which provides offshore support vessels to the offshore industry has won a new contract
OSM marine-services successfully took over ‘Johannes Maersk’ in Rotterdam 6 September. All crew are now well onboard to start overlap and training. This was the fifth of 6 vessels from Maersk which OSM undertakes full management. ‘Johannes Maersk’ was built in 2001. She is 216 meters long and has a
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc.today announces financial results for its fiscal 2012 first quarter ended July 31, 2011. Recent Highlights *Revenue for the quarter was $1.9 million, compared to $1.4 million for the prior year, reflecting an increase in revenue from OPT’s project with the US Navy for m
The oil and gas group PA Resources continues its drilling campaign in Licence 12/06 in the Danish North Sea with the commencement of drilling of an exploration well at the Lille John prospect. In July an exploration well was drilled on the Broder Tuck prospect on the Danish License 12/06 and gas and
Samsung Heavy Industries has successfully developed the industry’s first membrane-type cargo hold for LNG tankers. With this, the company has finally tackled the last unsolved development initiative for the Korean shipbuilding industry, which was the cargo hold manufacturing technology for LNG tanke
African Petroleum has completed drilling the first well (Apalis-1) in deep water offshore Liberia in Block LB-09. The results of Apalis-1 confirm Blocks LB-08 and LB-09 (100% owned by African Petroleum) are located in a prospective oil basin, which is a major step forward. The geological and geophys
Bulgaria’s Government said on September 7 it has allowed British oil and gas explorer Melrose Resources to use a seismic vessel by the … (sofiaecho) [mappress] Source: sofiaecho, September 09, 2011;
The NYK Group conducts accident-response training exercises regularly and, to prepare for unforeseeable circumstances, the group cooperates with anti-terrorism and anti-piracy training exercises conducted in various countries to enhance the crisis-response capability of group employees. – Anti-terro
A contract for mooring equipment for a pipelaying barge marks Cargotec’s successful entry to the Vietnamese offshore market In July this year, Cargotec won a contract from the joint stock company Vinh Nam (VAM JSC)/TECMACH to supply mooring equipment outfits for Vietsovpetro’s 110m-long by 30.5m-bre
Marlink, the global provider of maritime satellite communications, has signed an agreement with Wilson Ship Management, one of the largest shipping operators in the European short sea segment, to provide 80 of its ships with SCAP FleetBroadband on a 36 month contract. The contract is a full service
