Keppel Singmarine Brasil (KSM Brasil), Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M)’s new 7.6-ha shipbuilding facility in the state of Santa Catarina, has secured two newbuild contracts worth about S$140 million from fleet operators in Brazil. The first contract entails building a series of six 45-tonn
AF Decom Offshore AS and Saipem UK Ltd have been awarded a Letter of Intent for the tasks of removing the H7 and 2/4-S jacket platforms in the North Sea. The conditional contracts have been awarded by Statoil on behalf of operator Gassco. AF Decom Offshore AS will remove and sell the H-7 platform, w
Cyta announces the agreement for the commercial operation of the Cyprus-Egypt segment of its private submarine cable subsystem ALEXANDROS. Following the successful activation of the Cyprus-France segment in August 2010, the Cyprus-Egypt segment is planned to be activated during summer 2011, compleme
Schilling Robotics, LLC, experts in subsea systems, and Gregg Marine, Inc., experts in drilling and geotechnical testing services, announced yeday the successful completion of their Factory Acceptance Testing on their new Seafloor Drill. Gregg will begin field testing of their drill in the waters of
Westmark BV, creator of P-Trap®, was named winner in the Security category at the 5th annual Safety at Sea International Awards held recently on board the historic warship HMS Belfast in London. The company was recognized for its anti-piracy device, which creates a propeller jamming zone around the
Ulstein Power & Control AS has secured a record contract with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ yard in Nagasaki, Japan for the delivery of the communication and infotainment system ULSTEIN COM®. The contract is for the delivery of two, plus an optional two, ULSTEIN COM® systems to be installed on board
Petrobras has started producing oil in Aruanã – an area located in the post-salt layer of the southern part of the Campos Basin – from well 1-RJS-661 in block C-M-401. The Cidade de Rio das Ostras FPSO (floating production, storage and offloading platform), in operation at the site, will produce up
LS Cable & System won a turn-key contract for a submarine cable project in the U.S. as the first in the cable industry of Korea. LS Cable & System announced on the 28th that the company had won a contract for a 35kV level submarine cable project from National Grid (a power grid operator […]
Ulstein Power & Control AS has secured a record contract with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ yard in Nagasaki, Japan for the delivery of the communication and infotainment system ULSTEIN COM®. The contract is for the delivery of two, plus an optional two, ULSTEIN COM® systems to be installed on board
The Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced, yesterday, that 10 foreign flagged ships were under detention in UK ports during May 2011 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection. Latest monthly figures show that there were 6 new detentions of foreign flagged ships in UK ports during May
About 20 per cent of the world’s new build vessels use controllable pitch propellers of the type manufactured in this new factory. While most of the propellers will be sold to the rapidly growing Chinese market, significant potential is also foreseen in other global markets as well. Wärtsilä CME Zhe
On 27 June 2011, Havila Shipping ASA entered into an agreement with its controlling shareholder Havila AS and Havila AS’ wholly-owned subsidiary Havvåg AS for the purpose of transferring Havila AS’ indirect ownership interests in the five platform supply vessels MV Havila Fortune, MV Havila Aurora,
The Shaw Group Inc. announced financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2011, which ended May 31, 2011. More info: shawgrp [mappress] Source: shawgrp, June 29, 2011;
Aker Solutions has acquired 70 percent of the Norwegian companies Ing. Harald Benestad AS (Benestad) and Phaze Technologies AS, leading suppliers of controls and power distribution products and advanced instruments for subsea applications. Benestad and Phaze Technologies, founded and owned by Harald
