Ceona, SURF contractor with heavy subsea construction capabilities, has appointed Hugh Barrs as new Senior Vice President Quality, Environment, Safety and Health (QESH). Hugh Barrs is reporting to the CEO, Steve Preston. Hugh Barrs joins Ceona bringing more than 15 years’ experience in the QESH fiel
Danish product tanker carrier TORM A/S and UAE-based Albwardy Marine Engineering (AME), an Albwardy-Damen JV, have signed a Service Level Agreement for diving services in the UAE region. The purpose is to further strengthen their relations and respective commercial reliability. The diving services w
Cecon ASA (Cecon), through its subsidiary Rever Offshore AS (Rever) and the ship owning company Cecon Shipping 2 AS (CS 2), has reached an agreement to sell the Micoperi Pride, formerly Cecon Pride, to the single purpose vehicle (SPV) FTAI Pride Inc, a company controlled by Fortress Investment Group
During the leading trade fair for the maritime industry, SMM 2014, being held in Hamburg, our team got the chance to speak with Mr. Wilco Stroet, Managing Director of Lankhorst Ropes, a world-wide supplier of rope and ships mooring lines. Hereby we’re bringing you a part of the conversation. As an i
At the beginning of the year Island Offshore with their partner Baker Hughes entered a back-to-back agreement with VTT Maritime who had been awarded a contract for ground core sampling above, in what is to be, the world’s longest (25,5 km) and deepest (385m) subsea road tunnel, named Rogfast. Togeth
Aker Solutions’ subsidiary Aker Oilfield Services (AKOFS) has won a contract worth USD 465 million over five years from Petrobras to provide subsea intervention services offshore Brazil from the Aker Wayfarer vessel. The contract will start within the fourth quarter of 2016 and has a five-year optio
Oceaneering International, Inc. has exercised both one year options on the CSV Bourbon Oceanteam 101 up to February 2017. The vessel will continue its field support services for work offshore Angola on blocks 18 and 31. Upon delivery in December 2007, this DP2 Construction Support Vessel has been op
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. today announced financial results for its Fiscal 2015 first quarter ended July 31, 2014 (fiscal 2015). The net loss for the three months ended July 31, 2014 was $3.3 million as compared to a net loss of $3.8 million for the three months ended July 31, 2013. David L. Ke
Scour protection work is due to recommence within the Gwynt y Môr Offshore Windfarm on the 21st September 2014. As AWJ Marine informs, the work will be carried out by the vessel Tideway Rollingstone. All vessel traffic is asked to keep at least 500m clear of Tideway Rollingstone. Gwynt y Môr will co
In early July this year, Unique Seaflex were contacted by the Geocean office in Cassis, South-East France with respect to load-testing requirements on their fleet of vessels. Initially, this was for the pipelay barge Protis which was operating off Pointe Noire, Congo and which needed its crane testi
Acteon has acquired UTEC Survey, an independent survey services business with a global footprint. UTEC offers high quality and cost-effective technology solutions in order to gather, process and manage data that supports informed decision-making across the entire life of a subsea field. UTEC Survey
Tribute Resources Inc. and Fundy Tidal Inc. have formed the Digby Gut Limited Partnership to develop the 1.95MW small-scale tidal COMFIT project awarded to Fundy Tidal by the Province of Nova Scotia. Offices in Digby County are planned to open by year’s end complementing Fundy Tidal’s presence and a
Statoil ASA farms down in Aasta Hansteen, Asterix and Polarled and exits two assets on the NCS for a consideration of USD 1.3 billion, including contingent payment. Through this transaction Statoil monetises on the Aasta Hansteen field development project, while retaining the operatorship and a 51 %
A European tender for the performance of geophysical and geotechnical soil investigations for offshore wind farm zones in the Netherlands was issued on September 5. Contractors are invited to digitally submit an offer for the public tender via TenderNed. This public procurement process is supervised
