Recently Hydrex teams of diver/technicians mobilized to a 164-meter roro vessel berthed in Antwerp, Belgium and a 235-meter bulker at anchor in Punta Del Este, Uruguay to perform underwater hull repairs. Despite the smaller scale of these operations they are nonetheless vital for shipowners if they
Global oilfield services provider Archer has secured a three year contract to provide platform drilling and maintenance services to six Apache platforms in the North Sea. As the incumbent contractor on the Forties Alpha, Forties Bravo, Forties Charlie and Forties Delta, this contract is an extension
IOS InterMoor AS, an Acteon company, has signed a framework agreement with ExxonMobil Exploration & Production Norway AS to provide engineering services and equipment offshore Norway. The contract will run for five years with the option of three one-year extensions. The contract work scope includes
Tocardo International, the leading producer of free-flow turbines, has commenced the manufacture of six free-flow water turbines for installation in Nepal and Japan. This follows the partnership agreements announced in March to supply 8MW of bi-directional turbine power over a three-year period to J
The construction started this week on a new building for Cargotec Netherlands at Pier 4, Port of Rotterdam. The business is currently still located on the Maashaven. The new office building will house around 150 workers and has a surface area of 3,500 square metres. It is due to be completed by the
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, recently won contracts from two major container terminal operators, APM Terminals and Rotterdam World Gateway (RWG) to provide automation systems for their new ship-to-shore cranes. ABB’s delivery will enable the cranes to be operated remotely,
A new instrument to detect whales, dolphins and other marine mammals, and provide immediate alerts during the development of offshore wind, wave and tidal installations, will be showcased to an international audience at the University of St Andrews on Thursday 27 September. PAMBuoy™ was developed by
Veripos has recently introduced a new-generation configurable receiver designed to provide integrated mobile solutions for a wide range of offshore location and heading applications – the LD4 HDT. Weighing less than 2kg, the compact IP55-rated unit can be configured to deliver a robust and accurate
This year at the 20th annual Security Essen, Sonardyne International Ltd and its subsidiary company Marine and Remote Sensing Solutions (MARSS) Ltd. will be displaying their automated surface and underwater security system in Hall 8 on the European Commission stand. Held in Essen, Germany, the event
TDW Offshore Services (TDW) announced that it has signed an extended framework agreement with Statoil Petroleum AS to provide pipeline pressure isolation services and equipment for Statoil installations located in the Norwegian North Sea. The agreement specifies that TDW will continue to supply pipe
After securing and successfully completing two major cable projects in the Irish Sea, and a further fault investigation on an Interconnector underway, the joint venture of Osiris Marine Services and Nordic Offshore Marine look to the spot charter market to provide a cost effective solution to subsea
Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has been awarded a contract worth a total of €67 million by the Turkish electricity transmission utility TEIAS for the design, supply, installation and commissioning of a high voltage submarine power cable link to connect
FarSounder announced the introduction of their new generation Navigation Sonars. This official launch has been planned to showcase the technology at the 2012 Monaco Yacht Show which opens this Wednesday in Port Hercules, Principality of Monaco. Development of these new products has been in process o
SEACOM, a pan-African ICT enabler, plans to expand its European connectivity to Amsterdam and will be the latest partner to join the AMS-IX reselling program. Joining the program gives SEACOM the opportunity to make connectivity to the AMS-IX platform more easily available for African Internet compa
