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VIDEO: Installation of ROV Deck on Semi-Submersible Rig
Check out this video in which Harris Pye installs new ROV deck on Seadrill’s semi submersible rig West Aquarius. Harris Pye is a rapidly expanding global organisation specialising in the provision of repairs, upgrades and conversions to the marine, offshore oil and gas and associated onshore industr
Atlantic Offshore Expanding Fleet with New Vessel
Atlantic Offshore, a Norwegian owner of offshore support vessels is expanding its fleet with another Emergency Response Rescue Vessel. Based upon a new contract awarded by Shell UK, the company has decided to build yet another HY 820 Field Support Vessel designed in collaboration with Havyard. The n
Van Oord Clinches Port of Klaipeda Dredging Contract (Lithuania)
Port Authority and Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors signed the contract on the purchase of the object “The capital dredging works of the object „Improvement of Smelte vessel turning circle to accommodate gross – tonnage ships (containerships and etc)“. The contractual price of these capital
Klaipeda Port Authority Announces Big Expansion Plans (Lithuania)
The Port Authority has planned to allot 328.0 million Lt excluding VAT for the investments in 2013. Properly balanced State and private financing creates conditions to reconstruct and construct new infrastructure objects, terminals and warehouses in the Port, to install the most advanced technologie
Port of Tallinn Chooses Poyry for LNG Bunkering Study
Pöyry Management Consulting Oy was chosen by Port of Tallinn as the successful bidder of the simplified procurement for feasibility study and cost-benefit analysis of liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering infrastructure construction in the harbours of Port of Tallinn. The total of six companies part
Zaliv Launches PSV Hull of Ulstein Design
Ukraine’s Zaliv shipyard on 24 January 2013 launched a platform supply vessel hull built for Norway’s Ulstein Verft. This is the fifth in a series of six PSV’s of ULSTEIN PX121 design for Blue Ship Invest. The hull is now ready for towing to Ulstein Verft in Ulsteinvik, Norway, for final constructio
Austria: TÜV Rheinland Presents Comprehensive Services for Wind Energy Industry
TÜV Rheinland, the global top ten provider of technical services, will be presenting its expertise to the global wind energy industry at this year‘s EWEA trade fair from February 4-7 in Vienna, Austria. With its international network as well as strong and long-standing presence in countries such as
VIDEO: IDEOL Floating Foundation for Offshore Wind Turbine
Based on the Damping Pool system and concrete fabrication, the IDEOL foundation solution enables to install wind turbine without the usual shallow water limitations, at costs more competitive than bottom-fixed foundation beyond 35-40 meters depth, where winds are better and noise/visual/fishing conf
VIDEO: IDEOL Floating Foundation for Offshore Wind Turbine
Based on the Damping Pool system and concrete fabrication, the IDEOL foundation solution enables to install wind turbine without the usual shallow water limitations, at costs more competitive than bottom-fixed foundation beyond 35-40 meters depth, where winds are better and noise/visual/fishing conf
ESPO Concerned about Obligation to Equip Core Ports with LNG Facilities
The EU Commission launched the so-called ‘Clean Fuel for Transport Package’. This consist of a Communication on a European alternative fuels strategy and a proposed Directive on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure. An accompanying document describes the action plan for the development
EDT Offshore Takes Delivery of Damen Stan Pontoon 9127 (Cyprus)
Last Monday January 21st the brand new Damen Stan Pontoon 9127 (SPo 9127) was handed over to Damen’s long term customer EDT Offshore. The ‘EDT REGAS’ was delivered from stock with a delivery time of 2 weeks after the contract. The SPo 9127 has a length of 91,5, a beam of 27,4 and a height […]
Israel: FLNG Import Terminal Gets Shipment
Israel’s first floating liquefied natural gas terminal has received a shipment of LNG from BP, thus starting its commercial operations, local media reported. Energy officials at the launching ceremony held on January 24 hailed the floating LNG import terminal as capable of relieving Israel’s gas sho
Rolls-Royce Installs Gas Turbine into New Aircraft Carrier, UK
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has this week successfully completed the installation of the first MT30 gas turbine into the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, at Babcock’s Rosyth shipyard in Scotland. The MT30, at 36 megawatts (around 50,000 horsepower), is the wo
Spain: IREC Hosts Event “Animation Event for Thematic Field Renewable Energy”
The aim of the event has been to present the call for innovation projects of InnoEnergy KIC 2013. The Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC) has hosted the conference “Animation Event for Thematic Field Renewable Energy “organized by KIC InnoEnergy, in its headquarters in Barcelona. The aim