Colonel Leonard Waterworth, Executive Director of the Port of Houston Authority, announced last week that he is stepping down as its Executive Director. Waterworth advised the Port Commission that he had accepted the role for two years, to help the Port Authority through recent transitions and to us
Norway’s power supply network will get a crucial boost in reliability and capacity with the installation of Nexans’ state-of-the-art submarine cables as part of a major new connection for the utility BKK Nett AS. The new 420 kV connection between Mongstad and Kollsnes will cross two fjords – Hjeltef
Kerry Siam Seaport (KSSP), a world class multi-purpose deep seaport located at the Eastern Seaboard gateway of Thailand, has successfully completed its migration from SPARCS Express to N4. This implementation is an important step in optimizing and improving overall terminal effectiveness to support
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) yesterday released for public review the preliminary 2014 operating and capital budgets that keep core operating expense growth at half the expected rate of inflation, enhance security at the agency’s world-class transportation facilities, conti
Hydroid, Inc., a subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime and the leading manufacturer of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), announced its open enrollment training schedule for 2014. Training will focus on basic operations and maintenance as Hydroid’s highly-experienced technicians walk participants thr
DP World Limited handled 55 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) across its global portfolio of container terminals during 2013, with gross container volumes growing by 0.7% on a like-for-like basis. The second half of the year delivered a stronger performance with volumes growing 3.6% on the
A new intelligent wide-sweep ROTV solution from EIVA is specially designed to optimise magnetometer surveys in terms of reduced operation costs and high data quality. The offshore survey solution specialist EIVA a/s adds a new model to its popular product range of Remotely Operated Towed Vehicle (RO
Sevan Marine ASA said it has acquired the technology rights of TORP LNG AS and its affiliates. This acquisition gives Sevan Marine ownership of the proprietary HiLoad technology for offshore loading of LNG. The HiLoad technology was originally developed for offshore loading of crude oil and the tech
DNV GL UK has secured the third party ICP (Independent Competent Person) multi-million GBP contract, related to compliance with UK Offshore Regulations for the Statoil Mariner project. The award is the culmination of two years’ of project FEED support, assisting Statoil in developing Performance Sta
DNV GL, the world’s largest resource of independent energy experts, announced its involvement in the successful commissioning of the world’s first three-terminal VSC HVDC system in China, which will help to integrate clean renewable energy into the power grid. With steadily growing electricity deman
OceanWind, based in the Netherlands, has been awarded a long term contract to supply E.ON Climate & Renewables with port facilities, offloading and storage of cables. The offloading of the first cables has already been successfully finalized at OceanWind’s cable facilities in Velsen Noord, The Nethe
Eni Norge AS has awarded mechanical engineering group EnerMech a three year frame agreement to provide lifting and inspection services on the Goliat FPSO project. EnerMech views the Norwegian oil and gas sector as a key growth area for its seven business lines and in 2014 will invest up to NOK 20.4
Suretank, a global leader in the supply of DNV 2.7-1 certified cargo carrying units to the offshore oil and gas industry, has engineered and installed a range of highly customised tanks for Halliburton’s on board modular stimulation plant in Kakinada, India. Three different types of customised tanks
In the presence of Lower Saxony’s State Premier Stephan Weil, DONG Energy and Nexans Deutschland on Monday signed a supplementary contract for the delivery and installation of medium-voltage cables for the German offshore wind farms Gode Wind 1 and 2. This new agreement is part of an outline contrac
