SMD has been formally presented with a Queen’s Award for Enterprise by the Lord-Lieutenant of Tyne and Wear. The Lord-Lieutenant, Mr Nigel Sherlock, presented the Award in the International Trade Category as part of a visit to SMD’s head office and manufacturing facilities in Wallsend, North East En
A contract for the supply of underwater tracking systems to be used by the US Navy in mine clearance operations has been awarded to Applied Acoustic Engineering Ltd, Great Yarmouth UK, by ATLAS North America (ATLAS NA), a wholly owned subsidiary of Atlas Elektronik GmbH of Bremen, Germany. The Appli
Statoil Petroleum AS has received consent to remove the SPM-C loading buoy on the Statfjord field. The loading buoy on Statfjord C is located in the North Sea in block 33/9. Water depth at the site is 145.7 metres. The activity is scheduled to start in July 2012. Statfjord is an oil field located on
Today at PTSC fabrication yard in Vung Tau City, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (S.R. Vietnam), PetroVietnam Technical Services Corporation (PTSC) hosted a load-out and sail-away ceremony for the PQP-HT Jacket, Bien Dong 1 (BD1) project, built for Bien Dong POC. The scope of work of the whole pro
Incoming Chief Executive of RWE, Peter Terium, said that substantial delays in Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm connection to the grid jeopardize the project’s profitability. Mr. Terium told the weekly magazine Der Spiegel that RWE is inviting the German Government to discuss possible compensation add
Total announced the signature of a production sharing contract with the Kenyan government for Block L22, which it will operate with a 100% interest. Covering an area of more than 10,000 square kilometers, the exploration license is located offshore the Lamu Archipelago in water depths of between 2,0
The industry body which represents over 250 companies across the UK has revealed that 10,000 jobs could be created in the sector in the next 12 months. Following a survey, Subsea UK has found that almost one fifth of its membership will need over 2,000 people in the next 12 months to cope with the [
Gardline’s coastal survey vessel the George D, named after the founder of the company, George Darling was lifted from the dock in Great Yarmouth early Tuesday morning and loaded onto the mighty 7002 tonne MV Pangini for its transportation to Douala, the largest port and city in Cameroon. The George
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, will lead a project to develop new technologies to support unmanned naval vehicle missions, following an award of $3 million from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA). The development of Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs) and Unmanned Underwate
The late Peter C. Douglas, longtime head of the California Coastal Commission, leads the list of the 2012 Walter B. Jones and NOAA… [mappress] Source: NOAA , June 27, 2012
Piriou wins a historic order and breaks into a new market, that of exploration ships. PIRIOU has just signed a contract for the construction of an exploration ship 76 metres in length that it will deliver in 36 months to a European shipowner. The ship will be built in Concarneau (29) by CHANTIERS PI
With an ability to drift over the ocean like a ship–yet transform into a vertical buoy in pursuit of scientific research–the Department of the Navy’s Floating Instrument Platform (R/P FLIP) is celebrating its 50th year of service June 29. Scores of scientists have deployed aboard the 355-foot resear
Green Investment Bank has excluded wave and tidal energy from their plans and said it will focus on other projects reports BBC. Lord Smith of Kelvin, new chairman of GIB, said they will invest a GBP 3 billion budget in projects that will make a commercial return. He outlined “five priority areas. Of
Deepwater Wind has agreed to add fiber optic cables to their submarine power cable between Block Island and Narragansett, the Block Island Times writes. Providence based wind energy company is planning to install 5 turbines southeast of Block Island. The wind farm will generate over 100,000 megawatt
