MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has won a contract to deliver a 250-tonne SWL active heave-compensated (AHC) subsea crane for the 120m construction vessel, Island Intervention. The crane was ordered by Marine Procurement Ltd, part of the US company Edison Chouest Offshore. An existing vessel operated b
Offshore technology provider AGR Enhanced Drilling is celebrating 10 years of its Riserless Mud Recovery (RMR®) system – trusted to reduce risk on more than 200 wells worldwide to date. RMR® is an innovative way to return mud and cuttings to the rig before the riser is run, without any discharge to
Offshore technology provider AGR Enhanced Drilling is celebrating 10 years of its Riserless Mud Recovery (RMR®)system – trusted to reduce risk on more than 200 wells worldwide to date. RMR® is an innovative way to return mud and cuttings to the rig before the riser is run, without any discharge to t
Vietnam: Flemish Minister Hilde Crevits Visits Soai Rap Site In the context of Flemish Minister for Mobility and Public Works, Hilde Crevits’ port trade mission, a visit has today been made to the crucial Soai Rap project and DEME’s trailing suction hopper dredger ‘Uilenspiegel’ that has been engage
ClampOn has been awarded a contract from Saipem for the supply of ClampOn Subsea CEM®, Corrosion-Erosion Monitors. This is one of the largest contracts received by ClampOn to date. The CEM systems will be configured with the latest technology and may be upgraded with the capability to perform tomogr
OGN Group, the North East-England offshore engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) specialist, has secured a multi-million pound contract with independent UK oil and gas development and production company EnQuest, which will lead to the creation of 600 new project jobs at its Tyneside facili
Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, will showcase its state-of-the-art range of products and services for the wind power industry at the 2013 biannual edition of the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) Offshore Event, that will take place in Frankfurt (
CARIS, a leader in the development of marine GIS software, has announced the acceptance of abstracts for CARIS 2014, the 15th International User Group Conference, which will be held June 2-5, 2014 in Brest, France. Under the conference theme, Developing the Blue Economy, CARIS 2014 will celebrate th
Ackermans & van Haaren today announced its interim statement on 2013 third quarter results. The activities of DEME (AvH 50%) developed in line with expectations during 3Q13 due to the high activity level and good fleet occupancy. At the end of September 2013, the order book was worth 2,615 million e
The Central Dredging Association (CEDA) rang the changes with its Forum this year, which took place at Ahoy Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on 7 November 2013. Following WODCON XX held between 3 and 7 June 2013 in Brussels, Belgium, and including some 100 technical presentations CEDA saw its
AGR’s Software Solutions division offers software developed and applied in-house by the Company’s experts for experts in the upstream oil and gas industry. Based on knowledge and experience gained through many drilling operations completed by AGR engineers, AGR has built software solutions that will
The first step in developing a cost-effective micro sensor for long-term monitoring of ocean acidification has been achieved by a team of scientists and engineers. The new technology, that will measure pH levels in seawater, was developed by engineers from the National Oceanography Centre, in close
iPs has announced that in addition to iPS’s Dutch entities, now also their overseas entities are certified with regard to the Maritime Labor Convention 2006 (MLC:2006). The respective certificate was handed over by Bureau Veritas. Regulation 1.4 of MLC mandates that each member that operates a publi
All-electric tube bending machines from Unison are helping FMC Technologies – the leading supplier of subsea tree hydraulic control systems for wellheads – to substantially reduce build times and multiply its manufacturing capacity. Six sites worldwide now use Unison tube bending machines in a new p
