HMS Echo’s AB Sally Owen has been awarded a prestigious award for her excellence in hydrographic and meteorological training. The junior rating received the Navy’s premier award for her achievements in hydrographic and meteorological training: the Hambone Trophy. The trophy is a model sextant – ofte
Black Sea Fleet (BSF) hydrographic ship Donuzlav together with Russian delegation headed by Alexander Shemetov, Chief of Navigation and Oceanography Dept at Russian Defense Ministry, arrived in Monaco to take part in the 18-th International Hydrographic Conference, Russian Navy reports. During the c
ZNT Yard yesterday conducted the launching ceremony for the eighth Diving Support Vessel of Project A160 (yard No. 809) named Vodoloaz Sazonov. The project is made by ZNT-yard together with “Agat Design Bureau” Ltd. The vessels of Project A160, funded through the federal target program “Development
The Offshore business stream of the Penspen Group, Andrew Palmer & Associates, has been contracted to provide Detailed Design services to EPC Offshore Limited (EPC) in support of Ithaca Energy’s Greater Stella Area (GSA) Development. The contract follows on from Penspen’s recent work for EPC Offshor
Ocean trials of JSC Yantar Shipyard’s research ship Seliger, which is being built for Russian Navy, are taking place in Baltiysk, reports Central Navy Portal. JSC Yantar Shipyard got the contract for construction of the ship in the Russian Navy’s tender. The ship began first phase of ocean trials on
ABB reported higher orders and revenues in the first quarter of 2012, led by growth in North America. Operational EBITDA declined 7 percent compared to the same quarter a year earlier while net income was up 5 percent. Orders were 2 percent above the very high levels in the first quarter of 2011, dr
SeaZone Solutions, developer of the world’s leading Marine Vector Map product: HydroSpatial, has released the first in a new series of marine mapping layers to sit within the new HydroSpatial 2 Product Family. Resounding benefits include an enhanced data model, allowing for intuitive feature filteri
Nord Stream AG announces the successful completion of its complex international logistics programme. This award-winning green logistics concept enabled the most efficient and environmentally-sound way of supplying to the pipe-laying vessels the 200,000 24-tonne concrete weight coated (CWC) pipes nee
Red Spider, the Remote Open Close Technology specialist delivering major savings and reduced risk to the oil & gas industry, has announced completing 100 operations using its ground-breaking eRED tool. The work involving eRED has generated multi-million pound sales for Red Spider and has taken place
AGR has appointed a new Vice President within their Reservoir Management division. Morten Heir, formerly Technical Director at Canamens Energy for 4 years, succeeds Atle Aamodt Andresen who will now head up AGR Energy – a newly established division focusing on the development and management of proje
Hydrodynamicists at Pelamis Wave Power have published a scientific paper that could have profound implications for the race to commercial production of wave energy converter machines, after proving the theoretical advantage of line absorbers over point absorbers. The paper entitled “Maximum wave-pow
On 27 March 2012, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of Lundin Norway AS’ management of the Brynhild field development project, connected to subsea facilities and pipelines. The Brynhild field is being developed with a subsea facility with four wells that will be connec
A model of MCT’s SeaGen tidal technology is one of a number of exhibits on display at the BIS Marine Industry showcase, which is taking place in London between 16th – 27th April. The Marine Industry Showcase is opportunity to highlight the industry sector’s contribution to the UK economy and the Gov
The Oceana-chartered research vessel Hanse Explorer yesterday set sail from Copenhagen on a two-month expedition, covering 7,000 miles through the waters of the nine countries bordering the Baltic Sea (Denmark, Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Russia, Finland, and Sweden). The aim of the
