Equipment
Vroon Offshore orders Dacon rescue equipment for its vessels
Ocean Safety is to supply a set of Dacon maritime rescue equipment to two vessels operated by Vroon Offshore Services in a six-figure contract.
Great News for Port of Iberia Dredging Plan (USA)
U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., praised the passage of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA) reauthorization bill that includes important Army Corps reforms and streamlines the authorization for projects in Southwest Louisiana, including language to allow the deepening of the
Aker Solutions Nets Framework Contract with BP Off Norway
Aker Solutions has secured a framework agreement to provide engineering, modifications and maintenance services for BP-operated oil and gas fields offshore Norway. The contract has a period of up to two years valued at maximum NOK 1.8 billion, with options to extend the work by as many as four years
NFWF Supports Development of Mississippi Coastal Restoration Plan
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) recently announced an award of up to $3.6 million to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ). The award supports the development of an integrated, far-reaching restoration plan that will serve as an overarching framework for the dev
PHOTO: Damen’s Optima Propeller Nozzles for Polarcus Naila
Three Damen companies were involved in the successful Polarcus Naila refit: Damen Shiprepair & Conversion yard ‘Shipdock Amsterdam’, steel construction company ‘Niron Staal’ and Damen Marine Components (DMC). As a partner and supplier of Caterpillar Marine (formerly Berg Propulsion), DMC has provide
WRRDA to Provide Benefits for Louisiana (USA)
Congressman Bill Cassidy recently applauded the passage of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA) in the House of Representatives. This bill authorizes many critical infrastructure and hurricane protection projects for Louisiana, including Morganza to the Gulf. The conference report
Navis equips FOS THOR with DP2 system (Singapore)
Dynamic positioning control systems from Navis Engineering have met performance expectations set out in the sea trials of the 62m aluminium fast supply vessel (FSV) FOS THOR. Designed by, built for and managed by Fast Offshore Supply Pte Ltd (FOS), of Singapore, FOS THOR is equipped to meet the high
ASL to Build Acoustic Instrument for Deep Ocean Hydrothermal Vent Flow
ASL Environmental Sciences Inc. has been awarded a US$0.5 million contract by the University of Georgia to build a reciprocal transmission acoustic scintillation instrument to measure the flow dynamics of a hydrothermal vent plume for a research project led by Dr. Daniela Di Iorio of the Department
Severstal Starts Pipes Shipments for South Stream Project
OAO Severstal, one of the world’s leading steel and steel-related mining companies, has begun shipments of 813 mm diameter pipes for the South Stream Offshore Pipeline. The pipes are manufactured at the Izhora Pipe Mill, part of Severstal’s Russian Steel division. The Mill’s first batch of 39.0 mm w
Senators Push for Great Lakes Restoration (USA)
The co-chairs of the Senate Great Lakes Task Force, Senators Carl Levin, D-Mich., and Mark Kirk, R-Ill., led a bipartisan group of ten Great Lakes senators in urging the Senate Environment and Public Works committee to take action on the Great Lakes Ecological and Economic Protection Act. The bill w
Severstal sends out its first batch for South Stream
OAO Severstal has begun shipments of 813 mm diameter pipes for the South Stream Offshore Pipeline. The pipes are manufactured at the Izhora Pipe Mill, part of Severstal’s Russian Steel division. The Mill’s first batch of 39.0 mm wall, 12 meter pipes have been shipped to Severstal’s stevedore company
USA: Genesis Water Achieves Another Milestone
Genesis Water, pioneer of the Genesis Rapid Dewatering System™ (RDS), announced that its dewatering technology has been issued patent No. 8,678,200, dated March 25, 2014, by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (Dept. of Commerce). The patent covers nearly every aspect of the company’s revo
Peak Well Systems moves HQ
Specialist downhole tool provider, Peak Well Systems (“Peak”) has relocated its European regional headquarters to a newly constructed, world class office and workshop facility in Aberdeen which will meet the needs of its expanding North Sea business. Peak’s investment in its Aberdeen Technology Cent
FoundOcean Tests Its Latest MGP Units on OWF Jacket (UK)
FoundOcean has announced that the company is trialling its latest range of Marine Growth Prevention units on an unnamed offshore wind farm jacket structure in the UK. “To demonstrate the effectiveness of controlling marine growth with this established technology, we have installed two units on a jac