Siem Offshore’s, Norwegian marine operator, new installation support vessel was christened “Siem Moxie” at the naming ceremony at the port of Hamburg. E.ON is taking over the patronage of the ship. The “Siem Moxie” has a length of 74 meters and a beam of 17 meters. Its design drew on a wealth of exp
The winter floods have highlighted the danger of building on floodplains, the Environment Agency Chairman Lord Chris Smith said at this week’s CIWEM conference. Britain’s wettest winter for 250 years also underlines the need to continue improving flood defences to cope with future extreme climate, h
The Burry Port Marina dredging project will start at the end of this month. Harbour Master Rory Dickinson said that heavy storms in the first three months of the year had caused colossal movements of sand within the estuary. The harbour was going to be drained for about a week depending on the weath
Faroe Petroleum performed a successful Drill Stem Test (DST) on the 6406/12-3S Pil exploration well (Faroe 25%), drilled 33 kilometres from the Njord production facility (Faroe 7.5%) in the Norwegian Sea. An extensive data acquisition programme was carried out in the 6406/12-3S well, including the g
Air Products AS in Kristiansand, Norway received its largest order of PRISM® nitrogen systems for shipboard applications in the last 30 years. The order involves retrofitting 25 LNG vessels by replacing a competitive nitrogen system with a new one that incorporates Air Products’ proprietary PRISM® m
On 9th April 2014, Luka Koper’s Management Board President Gašpar Gašpar Mišič hosted LI Yong, Director General of United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO). Following the presentation of the port and its development plans Mr LI Yong concluded that Luka Koper is very well organised
VisSim AS has signed an agreement to supply Marine Radar VTMS and Oil Spill Detection solutions for the oil production platform operating at the Ivar Aasen oil field in the North Sea. The Vessel Traffic Management System (VTMS) gathers target data from radars and AIS, integrates this data and presen
The contract to dredge Portsmouth Harbour is expected to be awarded in April 2015 and is worth £20 mln to £40 mln (between $33 mln and $67 mln), according to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence Mr. Philip Dunne. Work will commence following the appointment of the successful bidder
James Fisher Nuclear (JFN), a provider of marine and engineering services, has added another SeaBotix vLBV to their equipment fleet. JFN has been using a vLBV, with key components coated in a specialized (Cerakote) protective layer, to withstand high pH conditions within the FGMSP (First Generation
VisSim will supply Marine Radar VTMS and Oil Spill Detection solutions to the Ivar Aasen oil field in the North Sea. VisSim AS has signed an agreement to supply Marine Radar VTMS and Oil Spill Detection solutions to the oil production platform operating the Ivar Aasen oil field in the North Sea. Sit
IHC Merwede successfully increased its order book in 2013 across the main sectors of its business: offshore and dredging. The company received almost € 1.8 billion worth of new orders in the past year. At the end of 2013, the order book was valued at over € 1.7 billion, which is the equivalent of a
Jan De Nul Group awarded Tree C Technology B.V. a contract for the development and delivery of a Fall Pipe Vessel Simulator for its headquarters in Capellen in Luxembourg. The simulator will be used for personnel training of the Jan De Nul Group’s fall pipe vessel Joseph Plateau and its sister vesse
2G Robotics opened a new office in Aberdeen, Scotland. The new office will serve as 2G Robotics United Kingdom headquarters. Strategically situated along the shores of the North Sea, the new 2G Robotics Aberdeen office will improve 2G Robotics’ ability to interact with companies who are exploring im
HYPACK Inc and Marine Magneticsc have joined forces to provide a complete solution for magnetometer surveys. Following the purchase of a fleet of magnetometers by SHOM (French Hydrographic Department), Marine Magnetics and HYPACK, Inc. worked together to provide a solution to better acquire and proc
