Global marine terminal operator DP World today announced strong financial results from its global portfolio of marine terminals for the twelve months to 31 December 2013, delivering profit attributable to owners of the Company before separately disclosed items of $604 million, 26.6% ahead of last ye
Rossaveal Port Services Ltd. will kick off the Wicklow Town Harbor dredging project tomorrow, reports Wicklow People. The areas that will be dredged are: – the main harbour channel; – the outer East Pier area; – the inner East Pier area; – the area between the North and South Quays. According to Wic
Russia’s Gazprom Neft has become the first Russian company to join the Arctic Oil Spill Response Technology Joint Industry Programme run by the world’s largest oil and gas companies. The four-year JIP was launched in December 2012 to carry out research in several areas, including studying the fate o
European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) Ltd, based in Orkney, is to share learning on the performance of subsea cabling in high energy environments to support the development of commercial wave and tidal energy sites. Funded by The Crown Estate, the project will see EMEC and Engineering Technology Appl
Wärtsilä has signed three contracts with Aker Midsund of Norway to deliver its Vessel Internal Electrostatic Coalescer (VIEC®) systems for three North Sea oilfields. The system enhances the speed and efficiency of the separation process of oil and water onboard in an environmentally safe manner. The
NAVTOR has signed a landmark fleet agreement with DOF Management. The deal will see NAVTOR’s innovative and user-friendly ENC service rolling out across DOF’s high-end CSVs, PSVs and AHTS vessels, which operate in all key oil and gas regions worldwide. DOF is an established global leader in the offs
E-navigation specialist NAVTOR has signed a e-navigation fleet agreement with DOF Management, the owner and operator of 78 advanced offshore service vessels. The deal will see NAVTOR’s innovative and user-friendly ENC service rolling out across DOF’s high-end CSVs, PSVs and AHTS vessels, which opera
IKM Subsea has been awarded a contract by Statoil to provide ROV services at the Gina Krog field.
IHC Merwede has successfully named and launched the 23,545kW self-propelled cutter suction dredger ‘AL BAHAR’ C/D HUTA 12 in a ceremony on 8 March 2014 at the company’s shipyard in Kinderdijk, The Netherlands. The ceremony was performed by Ms. Sylvia Wuebbens, the daughter of Mr. M. Wuebbens, the Ma
IKM Subsea has been awarded a 1+1+1 year contract by Statoil ASA for ROV drill support service. The contract includes ROV services onboard Maersk XLE 3. Maersk XLE -3 is a jack-up rig which will perform drilling at the Gina Krog field. “The fact that Statoil rewarded us with our second drill support
Statoil, an international energy company, reported that it has received a consent to use offshore loading buoys on the Gullfaks field. The consent applies to the installation and operation of the OLS 1 and OLS 2 offshore loading systems at Gullfaks. Gullfaks is an oil and gas field located on the No
The second phase of a £26-million scheme to strengthen the banks of the Whittlesey Washes is to start later this year and residents of Whittlesey and Stanground are invited to find out more. The Environment Agency-led scheme involves strengthening 16km of the South Barrier Bank. The scheme is taking
Applied Acoustic Engineering (AAE) in the UK and iXBlue have released details of a formal working relationship between the two companies, permitting cross compatibility between their acoustic positioning products to create a greater degree of flexibility across a wide market area. Conceived during 2
Oceanscience, In partnership with Benelux representative Geometius B.V., conducted the first demonstration of the Z-Boat 1800 equipped with side scan sonar for bottom imaging applications. With the Tritech StarFish 1000kHz high resolution sonar attached to the Z-Boat hull, a special data telemetry m
