Prosafe has been awarded a contract by Elf Exploration UK Ltd for the provision of the Safe Bristolia accommodation support rig at the Elgin-Franklin Facility in the British sector of the North Sea. The firm period of the contract is 173 days with on-site operations planned to commence 1st May 2013.
Diana Containerships Inc., a global shipping company specializing in owning and operating containerships, today announced that it has signed, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, a Memorandum of Agreement with Neptune Orient Lines Ltd. for the purchase of a 1995-built Panamax container vessel
UK based ECDIS training and consultancy company ECDIS Ltd announced their unveiling of a VSTEP NAUTIS full mission bridge simulator with a 315° viewing capability. It is to primarily be used for Bridge Team training but has been fitted with 4 different ECDIS systems all integrated with the NAUTIS so
Linescape, the leading provider of global sailing schedule, vessel and carrier data for containerships, and Dachser GmbH & Co. KG, of Kempten, Germany, one of the world’s largest global logistics providers, have announced the extent of their cooperation which began over one year ago. Linescape has b
KONGSBERG is introducing a new concept designed to enhance safety and efficiency for multi vessel seismic surveys at SEG Las Vegas 2012. By utilizing the SIMOPS technology developed for complex Marine Operations involving offshore oil and gas platforms and vessels, SIMOPS for SeismicTM is a great to
SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad and Seadrill Limited are pleased to announce that they have entered into a non binding memorandum of understanding (“MOU”) to combine and integrate both companies’ tender rig businesses. The two companies including their predecessor companies have operated part of thei
Thales Germany and Transas Marine International signed a cooperation agreement to develop and market a Full Warship Trainer (FWST). This modular simulation solution, which will be offered in various configurations, is the first of its kind to create a virtual simulation of an entire warship for trai
Bechtel announced on November 5 that a groundbreaking study to improve the safety of shipping ports has entered a new phase. The Research on the Passing Effects on Ships (ROPES) project, an international joint-industry research initiative led by Bechtel, has now moved from computer simulation to tes
Page Europa has awarded a contract to BMT Scientific Marine Services Inc (BMT) to provide an Integrated Marine Monitoring System (IMMS) for the new Quad 204 FPSO that will replace BP’s Schiehallion FPSO operating West of the Shetland Islands. The IMMS will provide real-time data on the local meteoro
Aberdeen-based subsea installation contractor Bibby Offshore has announced it will increase staff numbers by a further 60 as it takes over ownership of the Dive Support Vessel (DSV) Toisa Polaris. The vessel came under the control of Bibby Offshore in January 2012 on a two-year time charter with opt
Two German shipping companies pleaded guilty today in federal court in Houston to criminal charges that they concealed the illegal dumping of oil at sea from U.S. Coast Guard inspectors. Nimmrich & Prahm Bereederung and Nimmrich & Prahm Reedrei, the operator and owner of the commercial cargo vessel
The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (“Bahri”) announces today that Bahri, the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (“Saudi Aramco”) and Vela International Marine Limited (“Vela”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Saudi Aramco, have executed definitive and legally binding agreements (the “Transaction Agre
PlanetSolar, the world’s first solar-powered catamaran, has become part of a marine science mission. It is hired to be the mode of transport for the Deepwater Project, a scientific mission led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE) to collect data on the Gulf Stream’s behavior, the Ocean’s current resp
FSUE “Rosmorport” General Director Andrei Lavrishchev and representatives of other Enterprise’s profile departments, on October, 31. 2012, participated the meeting dedicated to preparations for the winter navigation 2012-2013 in freezing ports of Russian Federation. The meeting headed by the Federal
