With a grant of over €1.6 million from the TEN-T Program, the European Union will support a project to modernise the Seine River in France in order to improve the economic efficiency and competitiveness of inland navigation in the region. The project, selected for funding under the 2012 TEN-T Annual
Singapore’s Marine Contracting Pte Ltd has been awarded a contract to replace mooring and flexible riser systems on the “FPF-003” FPSO, located at the Jasmine Field offshore Thailand. The contract has been awarded by Petrofac, and, according to a press release issued by Marine Contracting, the offsh
The Geological Survey of India (GSI) has finished successful sea trials of their new 30m Giant Piston Corer, supplied by UK-based OSIL, for their new vessel the RV Samudra Ratnakar. The Giant Piston Corer is capable of achieving varying core lengths of up to 42m in soft, cohesive sediments and muds,
Radius Oceanic Communications, Inc., and Cyta have announced testing and commissioning are complete on the Poseidon submarine cable system, a fiber optic network built to serve the oil and gas and scientific markets in the Eastern Mediterranean. Radius and its regional telecom partner, Cyta have als
Cowes Harbour Master Capt. Stuart McIntosh and Iain Roberts, Maritime Engineer at Atkins, attended at the recent physical modelling tests for the Cowes breakwater, carried out at the specialist Deltares hydrodynamic test centre in Delft, the Netherlands, on 20th March. They were joined throughout th
MMT has signed an agreement with Reach Subsea ASA, Haugesund Norway for cooperation on Offshore Survey and ROV services. The collaboration has already resulted in several contracts for the mulitpurpose vessel Stril Explorer. At this moment MMT & Reach are collaborating on the construction and market
Fugro EMU, with support from the Waterman Group, has been appointed to undertake a full Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and prepare an Environmental Statement (ES) in relation to the expansion of Aberdeen Harbour. This potential expansion will involve the construction of a new facility in Nigg
Yesterday, 2 April, the eighth edition of the Navingo Maritime & Offshore Career Event (MOCE) took place at the Beurs-WTC building in Rotterdam. The event, aimed at career within the maritime and offshore industry, welcomed 4449 visitors. The 131 exhibitors spoke highly of the event itself as well a
“This acquisition gives Sierra Hamilton another asset to bring to our clients in the industry and helps make a more powerful partner.”
Reach Subsea ASA (Reach) has signed an agreement with MMT in Gothenburg for cooperation on Offshore Survey and ROV services. The collaboration has already resulted in multiple operations for the vessel Stril Explorer and the companies have bid on number of tenders. Reach and MMT also collaborate on
Douglas-Westwood (DW) forecast that the global AUV (autonomous underwater vehicle) fleet will increase 42% in the 2014-2018 period, compared to the previous five years. The fleet is forecast to total 825 units in 2018, led by strong demand in the military sector. The military sector makes up 50% of
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte was present during the opening of the Navingo Maritime & Offshore Career event Wednesday morning April 2nd in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He had visited the HAM 316, a trailing suction hopper dredger, at Van Oord, earlier that same morning. The career event, organised
The European Commission has found that 11 producers of underground and submarine high voltage power cables operated a cartel, and has imposed fines totalling $ 416 million ( €301 million ). Such cables are typically used to connect generation capacity to the electricity grid or to interconnect power
IHC Merwede has appointed Bram Roelse as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) with immediate effect as of 1 April 2014. He has taken over this leading role within the company from predecessor Dirk Philips who stepped back in November 2013. Mr Roelse (56) has worked at IHC Merwede for the
