Equipment
Septentrio, MBT GmbH Ink Dealership Agreement
Septentrio Satellite Navigation has signed MBT GmbH as a new dealer for its GNSS marine receivers in Germany. MBT GmbH, a joint venture between Meerestechnisches Büro Turla and the MacArtney Group based in Kiel, Germany, will provide sales and support for the Septentrio marine product line and the A
EMGS, TGS partner up in Barents Sea
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) and TGS have agreed to further expand the companies’ cooperation agreement in the Barents Sea. The companies have agreed to acquire 3D EM data over approximately 10 new blocks in the Nordkapp and Tiddly areas and have a 50% ownership each in the data acquired.
McDermott installs SPM tower offshore Indonesia
McDermott International, Inc. has concluded the transportation and installation of a Yoke-type Single Point Mooring tower and hook up to a Floating Storage Offloading (“FSO”) vessel for PT Rekayasa Industri offshore Indonesia in the Banyu Urip field. PT Rekayasa Industri was appointed by Mobil Cepu
Alstom, GDF SUEZ in Tidal Pilot Farm
Alstom, together with GDF SUEZ, has been chosen by the Prime Minister to supply equipment for a tidal energy pilot farm at Raz Blanchard, west of the Cotentin peninsula (Manche), following the findings of a study conducted by the ADEME. This choice was made as part of the “Programme des Investisseme
Septentrio, MBT Ink Marine Dealership
Septentrio has signed MBT GmbH as a new dealer for its GNSS marine receivers in Germany. MBT GmbH, a joint venture between Meerestechnisches Büro Turla and the MacArtney Group based in Kiel, Germany, will provide sales and support for the Septentrio marine product line and the Altus APS-U GNSS recei
MWCC to Showcase at Clean Gulf
For the fourth consecutive year, Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC) will present and exhibit at North America’s oil spill prevention and response conference and exhibition, Clean Gulf. More than 2,000 attendees will congregate at this year’s event in San Antonio, Texas, on December 3-4, where MW
‘Pieter Schelte’ loses South Stream contract
As previously reported, the massive, $40 billion South Stream pipeline project which was designed to supply Europe with Russian gas through the Black sea, has been cancelled. Russia’s decision against the construction of the offshore pipeline citing a lack of commitment of Bulgaria/EU, has impacted
Cameron Lands Hebron Equipment Deal
Cameron has been awarded a multi-year contract by ExxonMobil Canada Properties for wellhead equipment and production trees for the Hebron project, a 52-well development located offshore Newfoundland. Cameron will supply large-bore, high-pressure equipment including wellheads, production trees and ri
MacArtney UK Buys Callidus Subsea
MacArtney UK Ltd has acquired Callidus Subsea Ltd, an industrious cable moulding and assembly company based in Ellon, Aberdeenshire. The acquisition of Callidus follows a sustained growth and record breaking results for the Aberdeen based MacArtney operation. According to MacArtney UK Managing Direc
Busy and Successful 2014 for Italdraghe
Italdraghe, Italy’s leading dredging equipment builder, has had an extremely busy year. During 2014 it has seen increased sales of its popular range of BD dredging heads for excavators which have been put to use not only in river, lake and coastal projects but in mining applications, particularly in
Government Supports Brunswick Heads Dredging
The NSW Government will provide funding to ensure the accessibility and health of the Brunswick Heads waterway, Minister for Natural Resources Lands and Water Kevin Humphries and Member for Ballina Don Page announced today. Mr Humphries said the NSW Government will commit up to $600,000 – which incl
South Stream still on, Saipem says. Shares drop
Italian Saipem, a company which was supposed to carry out a giant part of the South Stream pipeline work in the Black Sea, has said that the work on the project will continue, despite Vladimir Putin saying it will not. The company said that, while noting the statements by the Russian president end G
InterMoor Hooks Up Delta House
InterMoor, an Acteon company, has successfully installed and hooked up a permanent mooring system for the Delta House field floating production system (FPS) in the Gulf of Mexico. The mooring lines were deployed and installed on time and without incident, despite the challenging circumstances. Proje
Caterpillar Powers Maersk Subsea Vessels
Caterpillar Marine’s MaK diesel electric propulsion (DEP) solutions have been selected to power four Maersk Supply Services (MSS) newbuilds to be constructed by COSCO (Dalian) Shipyards. Each vessel will be equipped with 4x MaK M 32 E generator sets with a power output of 4,400 kW each and 2x MaK 8