Aker Solutions won a contract from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Equipment to supply a complete drilling equipment package for a new deepwater drill ship. The contract is worth about NOK 540 million. The drill ship will be owned and operated by Tungsten Explorer Company, a subsidiary of Vantage Drill
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, today announced orders worth over £100 million to supply propulsion systems for offshore construction and drilling vessels. The ships will be built at shipyards in Asia for a range of ship owners including Seadrill, Pacific Drilling, Noble, Ocean Rig an
STX OSV Holdings Limited , one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, announced today that it has entered into a joint venture with Industrial Control Design AS (“ICD”) of Norway to establish a new company for the development of offshore handling systems.
Cygnus Instruments, the leading UK manufacturer of digital multiple echo ultrasonic thickness gauges, have launched a new range of ROV mountable devices. The new gauges are designed to work at greater depths, streamline the measurement process and provide unrivalled functionality. With two new model
RESON, a market leader in underwater acoustic sensors, state-of-the-art echosounders, multibeam sonar systems, transducers, hydrophones, and PDS2000 software will be displaying their SeaBat 7125 at SeaWork International 2011, at Canary Islands Fruit Terminal, ABP Southampton, Hampshire UK from the 1
RESON, a market leader in underwater acoustic sensors, state-of-the-art echosounders, multibeam sonar systems, transducers, hydrophones, and PDS2000 software will be displaying their SeaBat 7125 at SeaWork International 2011, at Canary Islands Fruit Terminal, ABP Southampton, Hampshire UK from the 1
AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been selected by the Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC) to design and deliver components of MWCC’s expanded containment system. “I am pleased that AMEC’s track record of excellent execution, particularly of complex and chall
Swire Oilfield Services is investing £50 million over the rest of this year in its rental fleet and support infrastructure. Around £20 … Source: Business7 [mappress] Source:Business7 , June 14, 2011;
The very latest subsea tracking system from Applied Acoustics made a last minute entry onto the Applied Acoustics’ stand at Seawork this year. The portable version of the Alpha adds extra versatility to the tracking system as it offers an onboard computer within a splash-proof case, enabling it to b
IBM, NTT Europe and South Hook LNG Terminal Company Ltd., operators of the largest Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) re-gasification terminal in Europe, announced a 5-year agreement for IBM and NTT to deliver cloud computing services to South Hook’s operations in London and in Milford Haven, Wales. With t
Italian dredging equipment manufacturer ltaldraghe has come up with an innovative new dredging bucket for small projects. According to the company, the bucket can be used with all types of hydraulic excavator, either land-based or floating, and is especially suited to work in narrow canals, small re
Underwater camera specialist, Kongsberg Maritime, introduces the OE14-502-WA with Wide Angle Lens Option to its market-leading camera and imaging sonar portfolio. This new version of the OE14-502 HD Camera has been developed in direct response to increased customer demand for a wide angled high defi
FG International Holland BV, the Dutch Special Lifting company, has recently applied a brand new construction called FG Single Pole Lifter. Willtéco was awarded the high profile job to construct and exchange gearboxes on a jack-up platform in IJmuiden, The Netherlands. While the jack-up does have 2
Today, amid great public attention, the DEME Group named and launched its 11,650m³ trailing suction hopper dredger BREUGHEL. The ceremony took place at the IHC Merwede shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel in the Netherlands. At exactly 2 pm, the ship was successfully launched after its naming by Mrs B
