Subsea mooring connector (SMC) equipment supplier, First Subsea, has been awarded the American Bureau of Shipping’s ABS 2009 Approval for specialist subsea mooring connectors. It is the first manufacturer of offshore mooring connectors to achieve this type approval for the design and manufacture of
Hydratight’s Mechanical Connectors (formerly known as MORGRIP™ mechanical connectors) are used subsea in diver depths for pipeline tie-in and spool repair. The high performance products are designed to be simple and reliable to install with key diver-friendly design features, including “hands-clear”
On Wednesday, January 23rd, Kenz Cranes, a Dutch company specializing in offshore lifting and hoisting solutions, successfully completed the factory acceptance test (FAT) of the second crane for the Clair Ridge project. The third and last crane for this project is scheduled to be tested in the middl
IHC Beaver Dredgers, the world’s market leader for standard cutter suction dredgers, is continuing to deliver workboats to complement its dredging vessels. Now for instance, the company has supplied another Delta Multi Craft (DMC) 1050 to support an IHC Beaver® 1200 for its operations in Nigeria. Th
Israel Chemicals Ltd. (ICL) will announce within a month the purchase of the first dredger for salt harvesting, according to the Globes. Five US and European companies will take part in the tender for the procurement of this dredging machine. Immediately after receiving the dredger, Israel Chemicals
Snowflake Software, specialist in data exchange solutions via Open Standards, has been awarded a contract by the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) to provide an open standard Geography Markup Language (GML) encoding and profile for a basic route specification S-100 based maritime data specif
Tugs FAIRMOUNT SUMMIT and FAIRMOUNT ALPINE have delivered the new build Noble Tamar jacket at location in the Tamar gas field in the Eastern Mediterranean. Both tugs towed the barge on which the jacket was loaded from the US to the field South-East of Cyprus. The 18,500 ton jacket was build in the U
At the Bauma show in Munich from 15 to 21 April 2013, Tognum subsidiary MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH will be presenting engines fit for future emissions regulations EU Stage IV and U.S. EPA Tier 4 final. On display at booth 211/310 in Hall A4 of the world’s biggest trade show for construction machinery,
In the first half of January 2013, a joint venture between Koole and Roegiers, removed the 82 metre long steamship Henri Durré from the river Scheldt in the harbour of Antwerp. Having both, the necessary equipment and experience in wreck-removal the companies Koole and Roegiers combined forces to ca
Employees of PusAir, the Indonesian knowledge and research institute for water management, paid a visit to Deltares between 14 and 18 January in order to learn more about Dutch coastal modelling methods and examine the opportunities for exchanging knowledge. PusAir is keen to find out more about coa
GE Oil & Gas and Sharewell Energy Services, a Houston-based supplier of directional drilling solutions for the oil and gas industry, have signed an agreement that gives GE exclusive worldwide rights to sell Sharewell’s proprietary electromagnetic telemetry (EM) technology. The agreement was announce
RS Aqua announced the signing of a collaborative agreement with Nova Scotia based Iridium hardware and service provider JouBeh Technologies (JouBeh), giving their clients access to their extensive data telemetry and equipment monitoring capabilities. The venture, which grants the Company product and
FN Diving was called upon to perform an inspection and eventual repairs on a vessel’s propeller which encountered severe vibrations after passing the thick ice on the Baltic sea. A team of FN Diving technicians was deployed immediately and travelled the night with all necessary equipment to be able
Associated British Ports (ABP) has recently awarded Boskalis Westminster the contract to widen and deepen a critical part of the access channel to the container terminal operated by DP World Southampton. This follows the announcement in December 2012 that the Marine Management Organisation had issue
