Demag Cranes has announced the launch of its International Dry Bulk Competence Centre with the aim of further expanding the company’s activities in this sector. The centre is located in Banbury, United Kingdom, and will offer customers a complete bulk-handling product family ranging from mobile harb
Irish tidal technology specialist OpenHydro and the leading French utility company EDF joined forces on this project. It is a “gigantic” project off the coastline of Paimpol-Bréhat in Brittany, France. OpenHydro will supply four 2-MW tital turbines for the project. The turbines are being installed 3
A local college on Monday unveiled the first submerged tidal current generator in the country, which it said marked an important step… By Huang Chiao-wen and Jamie Wang (focustaiwan) [mappress] Source: focustaiwan, November 15, 2011
After six years of design and testing, MBARI scientists have a sophisticated new tool for studying the effects of ocean acidification on deep-sea animals. This complex system, the Free-Ocean Carbon Enrichment (FOCE) experiment, is the only experiment in the world that allows researchers to study oce
Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. (Forum) yesterday signed an exclusive five-year supply agreement with Canyon Offshore (Canyon). Under the agreement, Forum will be the exclusive provider to Canyon of work-class ROVs and Trenchers. This agreement was initiated with the award of two Perry XLX-200 work-
Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. announces the signing of an exclusive five-year supply agreement with Canyon Offshore . Under the agreement, Forum will be the exclusive provider to Canyon of work-class ROVs and Trenchers. This agreement was initiated with the award of two Perry XLX-200 work-class RO
A decision has been made to maintain the current shareholder structure at IHC Merwede. The IHC Merwede Supervisory Board – in addition to all of the current shareholders – is comfortable with the financial strength of the company for the next year. With the support of JP Morgan and Rabobank M&A, IHC
The KSB Group will deliver cryogenic butterfly valves for 20 liquefied gas tankers by the end of 2012. Each of the ships will be supplied with about 80 of these expensive special valves that are technically demanding to manufacture. Norwegian, Greek and Russian shipping companies are the contractors
Leading international oilfield service company Expro announced today its Latin America team has been awarded a new multi-million dollar wireline contract with Petrobras in Brazil. As part of the four-year contract, Expro will provide 20 packages of slickline equipment and personnel to operate them.
Since the 1970s, when early autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) were developed at MIT, Institute scientists have tackled various barriers to robots that can travel autonomously in the deep ocean. This four-part series examines current MIT efforts to refine AUVs’ artificial intelligence, navigation
Gulfstream Services Inc, provider of cutting edge equipment to the international oil and gas industry, has been awarded a certification of ISO 9001:2008 for both its UK & US operations. This prestigious accreditation is recognised worldwide and was awarded to both Gulfstream Services Inc covering it
According to official studies, the theoretical worldwide generation potential of tidal energy has been estimated at over 7,800 TWh/year. Working to support the growth in this emerging sector of the renewable energy industry, tidal energy experts from GL Garrad Hassan are aiding Kawasaki Heavy Indust
Reef Subsea AS announced Friday (November 11) that they have acquired from Rotech Group 100% of their Rotech Subsea group of companies headquartered in Aberdeen, Scotland. With this friendly and strategic acquisition, Reef Subsea creates a world leader in Seabed Dredging and Mass Flow Excavation ser
The new quay side container crane arrived at the Freeport Container Port arrived on Friday and has been given the designated name Crane 11… By Andrew Coakley (nassauguardian) [mappress] Source: nassauguardian, November 13, 2011;
