Equipment
Facts About: Cutter Suction Dredgers (Video)
Facts About is a series of concise, easy-to-read leaflets which give an effective overview of essential facts about specific dredging and maritime construction subjects. This leaflets aims to provide basic understanding of how Cutter suction dredgers (CSDs) work. Although systems for describing dred
Doedijns to supply UCS for Gina Krog jacket
Doedijns recently received an order to supply the complete Upending Control System (UCS) for the Gina Krog launch jacket currently being fabricated at the Heerema yard in Vlissingen, The Netherlands. Weighing 17.000 tons with a height of 142 meters, a footprint of 60 x 50 meters and a top of 40 x 30
CNOOC nets USD 1.6 bln Yamal LNG deal
A unit of China National Offshore Oil Corporation said it had signed the company’s largest ever contract with Russia’s Yamal LNG project. The contract value is about $1.6 billion. Under this deal, CNOOC’s Offshore Oil Engineering Co will construct core modules for the liquefaction process of the Yam
Advantec Delivers IWOCS for Nexen’s Golden Eagle
Award winning Subsea Controls Company, Advantec Aberdeen Ltd has delivered Bespoke Intervention Work Over Control System (IWOCS) to Nexen Petroleum UK Ltd for its Golden Eagle Area Development project. The design, manufacture and delivery of the IWOCS, along with a separate five year services contra
Scana’s Propulsion Systems for New Offshore Vessels
Scana Propulsion, a subsidiary of Scana Industrier ASA, has signed two contracts for delivery of propulsion equipment to sophisticated offshore vessels. The total value of the contracts are about 38 million NOK. The contract with Flensburger Schiffbau GmbH in Germany is for delivery of propulsion sy
Scana pens two propulsion equipment contracts
Scana Propulsion, a subsidiary of Scana Industrier ASA, has signed two contracts for delivery of propulsion equipment to sophisticated offshore vessels. The total value of the contracts are about 38 million NOK. The contract with Flensburger Schiffbau GmbH in Germany is for delivery of propulsion sy
‘BOA Thalassa’ mobilized for Barents Sea survey
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has received a contract from A/S Norske Shell and its partners in PL706 for 3D EM data acquisition in the Barents Sea. The survey will start in July and has an expected duration of approximately 10 days using the vessel BOA Thalassa. The vessel of the MT 6007 d
ABP’s Port of Newport Invests in Atlantic Shed
Associated British Ports’ (ABP) Port of Newport is to invest £2.5m refurbishing its Atlantic Shed warehouse to provide additional covered space for its growing steel and bulks business. The project takes the total for new investment by ABP in the docks at Newport to more than £10m in the past 18 mon
Emerson to train Baku Higher Oil School students
On July 8, an agreement was officially signed between Emerson and Baku Higher Oil School (BHOS) under State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) in Baku, Azerbaijan. Under the Agreement, organizations will take actions to support research and educational programs on process automation at oil a
Kongsberg to supply Heerema with offshore crane simulator
Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) has selected Kongsberg Maritime’s K-Sim Offshore simulation platform to enhance crane operator training and the safe, efficient implementation of heavy lift operations. With the contract signed on May 21st 2014, delivery of what will become the world’s most advanced
Airbus Helicopters: EC175 flight simulator ready for service
The first Level D full-flight simulator for Airbus Helicopters’ EC175 rotorcraft has received airworthiness certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), enabling launch pilots to be trained with this high-fidelity system.
Ingenia Delivers Servo Drive For Subsea Vehicles
Ingenia, a motion control technology company specialized in the design, development and manufacture of motion control products and custom motion systems, has presented its i127-PT Servo Drive for thruster control. i127 is a brushless AC motor servo drive ready for operation at 1600 m deep, developed
The Underwater Centre introduces work class ROV training course
The world’s first training course in work class ROV operations delivered by an independent training provider has been launched by The Underwater Centre in Fort William. The first intake of students has started on the new five-week course – An Introduction to Work Class ROV Operations – which will ch
Wilhelmsen fire protection for Prospector jack-ups
Wilhelmsen Technical Solutions (WTS) has received a repeat order to install its Unitor Low Expansion Foam fire extinguishing system on a second jack-up newbuilding for Prospector Offshore Drilling. The specialised fire-fighting systems will provide fire protection for the shale shakers and mud pits