Kongsberg Maritime has been awarded the contract to supply a sophisticated survey suite to a vessel currently under construction and for use by a consortium of German universities. The universities are the first to specify the high-end 0.5º x 1º configuration of the EM 122 multibeam echo sounder sys
Centrica Energi has received consent to use the facilities on the Vale field beyond the original planned lifetime. Vale is a gas condensate field located in block 25/4 in the central part of the North Sea, approx. 16 km north of Heimdal, at a depth of 115 metres. The field was developed with a subse
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wilmington District officially launched its newest survey vessel – SWART – with a Nov. 30 christening ceremony at the Engineer Repair Yard. The boat is named after Dirk Swart III (1935-2011) who served as captain and operator of District survey vessel GILLETTE from 1
The Board of Directors of COSCO Corporation (Singapore) Limited (the “Company”) announce that COSCO Nantong Shipyard Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of the Company’s 51% owned subsidiary, COSCO Shipyard Group Co. Ltd., has secured a contract valued over USD370 million from a European company to build one (1)
CARIS Asia Pacific recently held an open training course in Adelaide, Australia for the new release of Bathy DataBASE 4.0. The course attracted a number of new and current users ranging from port authorities, charting agencies and private survey companies. Participants received hands-on experience w
BP announced that, as part of its decision to market its stakes in non-operated North Sea assets, it has agreed to sell its interest in the Sean gas field in the UK North Sea to SSE plc for $288 million in cash. The sale comprises BP’s non-operated 50 per cent stake in Sean. Completion of […]
MODEC, Inc. announces the award of a Tower Yoke Mooring System by Höegh LNG to subsidiary, SOFEC Inc. The Tower Yoke will provide a permanent mooring for the FSRU, 20 km offshore, south east Sumatra, in a water depth of 23 meters. The system includes a Swivel Stack assembly and riser piping to expor
Attendees from the South West Atlantic Hydrographic Commission (Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay) and representatives from Guatemala, Chile and Colombia successfully completed an International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) capacity building workshop on Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure (MSDI), hoste
The Royal Research Ship Discovery has returned to the National Oceanography Centre’s Empress Dock in Southampton for the last time. The ship, the UK’s oldest research vessel, will be taken out of service after a distinguished half-century of service to UK marine science. This final science expeditio
Dana Petroleum, on behalf of the Western Isles license partners, has signed two agreements with Sevan Marine for the application of a Sevan FPSO for the development of the Western Isles project: A Technology License Agreement granting rights to use Sevan Marine’s patented technology for the cylindri
MosaicHydro, in partnership with CARIS and RESON, is offering a five-day training course for surveyors new to multibeam surveys. Whether you are an experienced single beam or multibeam surveyor or new to marine surveys, this course will teach you to be an effective multibeam operator and postprocess
The Department of Energy and Climate Change has approved the Western Isles project which will develop two discovered oil fields called Harris and Barra in the Northern North Sea, 160km east of the Shetlands and 12km west of the Tern field. The nine-well Western Isles development is expected to produ
Oceanteam Shipping ASA has concluded a bareboat charter agreement with a subsidiary of McDermott for CSV North Ocean 102. The CSV North Ocean 102 bareboat charter has a firm period lasting until 1 August 2015, plus 2 x 1 year options. Oceanteam Shipping ASA owns 50 % of CSV North Ocean 102. The agre
TGS announces that it has signed a Letter of Intent with Dolphin Geophysical AS to charter the 16 streamer new build vessel, M/V Sanco Swift, for 3D multi-client projects in Europe during the 2013 summer season. The charter will begin in July and last for approximately three months. The details of t
