Equipment
Bolette Dolphin drillship gets important DNV-GL certificate
Norwegian contractor Dolphin Drilling has achieved international accreditation of a maintenance management system onboard its latest deepwater drillship, following a rigorous assessment from one of the largest classification bodies in ship and offshore certification. Dolphin Drilling, an independent
Gray Fabrication to Build Floating Hull for Scotrenewables’ Tidal Turbine
Scotrenewables Tidal Power, the world leader in the development of floating tidal turbines based in Orkney (in Scotland), have awarded a key fabrication contract for the superstructure of the SR2000 tidal turbine to Gray Fabrication based in Cupar, Fife. The 2MW turbine, the SR2000, will be the culm
Norway to Build Research Vessel in Cooperation with FAO
Norway is to build one of the most advanced research vessels in the world as part of an ongoing project with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to support developing countries improve the management of their fisheries. The new $80 million research vessel Dr Fridtjof Na
Deltares: Land Subsidence Requires Creative Approach
The future of delta cities such as Jakarta, Bangkok and Tokio is threatened by sea-level rise, but even more by land subsidence of up to several metres a century. Raising dikes fails to solve the underlying problem: falling groundwater levels. The only sustainable remedy is to combine urban function
UK: DNS Meeting to Discuss Aberdeen Harbour Expansion Plans
Decom North Sea (DNS), the oil and gas decommissioning forum, will host a lunch and learn event to give supply chain companies the opportunity to learn more about a variety of pertinent topics; from crisis communications, to the new developments at Aberdeen harbour. The event will take place on Tues
Wärtsilä and DOF in Services Supply Agreement
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has signed an extensive three-year services supply agreement with the Norwegian DOF Group at the end of April 2014. The agreement covers services for all Wärtsilä equipment, including engines and propulsion as well as electrica
Wärtsilä, DOF pen services supply deal
Finland’s Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s solutions and services provider, has signed an extensive three-year services supply agreement with the Norwegian DOF Group in the end of April 2014.
UK: Prime Minister Tours Expansion Project at Liverpool2
UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, has visited the construction site of the major expansion project currently underway at the Port of Liverpool, which is being developed by Peel Ports, one of the UK’s largest port groups. The £300 million Liverpool2 investment program will create the most central dee
Germany: IDRECO Delivers ISD300 Dredger to Rohr Sand und Kies
Rohr Sand und Kies, based in Waldsee near Speyer in Germany, received their second fully electric driven ISD300 from IDRECO BV. Two years ago Rohr bought their first deep dredger from IDRECO for their plant in Bensheim. After one year of working with the new IDRECO deep suction dredger, the decision
Bureau Veritas awarded for offshore rolling research
A team in the R&D department of leading international classification society Bureau Veritas, working with Brazil’s Petrobras, has been awarded the prestigious OMAE 2013 Best Paper of Offshore Technology Symposium for its paper detailing the ground breaking research into second-order rolling of FLNGs
VIDEO: LiquiBuoy System Performs Controlled Lift of Spool Piece Using ROVs
Aubin Subsea has presented the first video from the LiquiBuoy subsea lifting trial. The trial confirmed that the LiquiBuoy lifting system can offer a new level of control and precision when manoeuvring structures subsea. The ability to instantaneously control and adapt buoyancy levels rendering stru
Sonardyne’s Ranger 2 Pro for ‘Seamec Princess’
SEAMEC Ltd., one of India’s leading providers of Diving Support Vessels for the offshore oilfield industry, has once again chosen Sonardyne acoustic position reference technology to support it dynamic positioning operations. The company has upgraded the Ranger 1 system installed on the SEAMEC Prince
Admission of New Ordinary Shares Takes Place Today, Boskalis Says
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. said that 75.12 percent of the shareholders have elected a stock dividend distributed in the form of ordinary shares. As a result, 2,672,757 new ordinary shares will be issued today. The admission of these shares to trading on Euronext Amsterdam is required under the
Fine Tubes reports rise in 2013 turnover
Fine Tubes, a UK-based manufacturer and distributor of precision tubes for critical applications, today announced an increase in turnover of 5.5% in its 2013 results. It said that in line with the company’s strategy for continued sales growth in all its key markets – Aerospace, Nuclear, Power Genera