Pipeshield, a Tekmar Group company, has launched a new Grouting Division, strengthening the company’s range of subsea protection, support, and stabilisation solutions. The introduction of a new Grouting Division builds on Pipeshield’s experience in fabric formwork and grout bag solutions. It enables
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is calling for urgent action to deter piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. The urgency of the situation has been underlined by the attack on the container ship Mozart on 23 January 2021, which resulted in a fatality and the kidnapping of 15 seafarers. The seafa
UK’s petroleum regulator, the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA), has opened an investigation into a possible breach of reporting requirements under a licence.
An offshore supply vessel with a crew of 18 caught fire on Saturday while off Mumbai, India resulting in deaths of three offshore workers.
Fifteen seafarers of Turkish nationality, who were kidnapped back in January from their containership MV Mozart in the Gulf of Guinea, have been rescued, the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed. The containership was boarded on January 23 while underway from Lagos to Cape Town, approximate
Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), the agency responsible for safety in the petroleum sector across the Norwegian continental shelf, has awarded a framework agreement with global engineering and technology company Vysus Group.
Transocean has deployed the HaloGuard technology on a drillship working in the Gulf of Mexico with plans to deploy it on 6 more rigs by the end of the year.
A total of seven individuals, believed to be Albanian nationals, were arrested by Dorset Police and escorted from a commercial vessel, called Chise Bulker, after docking at Portland Port. “We received a call at around 5.40 am on Tuesday 9 February 2021 from the ambulance service in relation to a per
Subsea Innovation has delivered a first of kind retrofit cable protection system (CPS) to a UK offshore wind farm. According to the parent company Tekmar, the delivery was part of cable protection remedial works. It also included installation tooling and offshore installation support. In addition, t
The Cyprus Shipping Deputy Ministry (SDM) has formally proposed a global approach to delivering COVID-19 vaccinations to seafarers. In letters to the EU Transport and Health Commissioners and IMO Secretary-General, Cyprus Shipping Deputy Minister, Vassilios Demetriades outlined the two strands of th
NGO Shipbreaking Platform is calling on the European Union to investigate incidents that claimed two lives at Turkish ship recycling yards that are included in the EU List of approved ship recycling facilities. According to the NGO, on 3 October 2020, a worker lost his life during the scrapping of
Tekmar Energy has won a contract to supply its cable protection systems for the Kaskasi offshore wind farm in Germany. The Kaskasi offshore wind farm is a 342MW wind project located in the German North Sea. Construction work will start in Q3 2021, with full project commissioning planned for 2022. On
Over a hundred workers are left stranded off the coast of Myanmar after a military coup in the country last week and Petronas is helping them.
Australian offshore petroleum regulator NOPSEMA has taken action against Woodside related to decommissioning of the Enfield field and Nganhurra FPSO.
