Nexans announced 2011 third quarter sales of 1,711 million euros (at current non-ferrous metal prices), or 1,127 million euros at constant non-ferrous metal prices, which corresponds to organic growth of 3.9%. For the first nine months of the year, the organic growth in sales was 6.8% compared with
The uncharted wreck found yesterday, off Rabaul in Papua New Guinea, is likely to be a World War II Japanese submarine. Underwater vision taken by the Australian Minehunter, HMAS Gascoyne shows the wreck of a submarine, 55 meters below the surface in Simpson Harbour. The wreck is partially buried in
New Zealand salvage teams have removed more than half the oil from a container ship grounded offshore but face a tough task in pumping out… (Reuters) [mappress] Source: Reuters, October 28 , 2011;
A Royal Netherlands Navy submarine, HNLMS K XVI, which went down in 1941 with its 36-man crew, six of whom of Indonesian nationality, has been found. Following up a tip-off in October 2011 by a local fisherman who had spotted a wreck, an Australian-Singaporean team of amateur scuba divers discovered
Leading classification society ABS is further strengthening its ties to the Korean maritime industry by establishing the ABS Korea Energy Technology Center (KETC) in Busan in early 2012. This is ABS’ first energy center and will focus on applied research to a broad range of current and future techno
Tidal Energy Limited announces that JHW Law Ltd has been awarded the Construction Legal Advisory Services Contract for the demonstration DeltaStream device. The contractor’s scope of work will consist of providing legal contract support services to TEL during operation of the manufacture and constru
The Snohomish Public Utility District is a Northwest leader in evaluating renewable and green energy resources. These resources generate… (DJC) [mappress] Source: DJC, October 28 , 2011;
National Central University researchers have discovered that the many mud diapirs, or “mud volcanoes,” located on the seabed off Taiwan’s so… (Taiwan Today) [mappress] Source: Taiwan Today, October 28 , 2011;
Aquaterra Energy has been awarded a fourth contract to supply a High Pressure Drilling Riser in as little as 18 months. The multi-million dollar contract firmly secures Aquaterra as the leading Drilling Riser supplier to the offshore industry. A brand new High Pressure Drilling Riser will be supplie
EPC Offshore has made a step-change in its management structure with the creation of three dedicated business streams to capitalize on growt… SubseaUK [mappress] Source: SubseaUK, October 28 , 2011;
The underwater hull coating Ecospeed offers a TBT-free, copper free, biocide-free and silicone oil free solution for the protection of the underwater hull. The Ecospeed hull protection and performance system is today’s Best Available Technology for reduction of fuel consumption, GHG and other emissi
China Oilfield Services Limited announced its unaudited results for the nine months ended 30 September 2011. During the period, the Group boosted its operation capacity in large-scale equipments with four 200-ft jack-up rigs, one semi-submersible rig and one 12-streamer seismic vessel commencing ope
IBM and The Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland (SEAI) are working together to understand and minimize the environmental impact of converting wave energy into electricity. This project, the first to use real-time streaming analytics for monitoring underwater noise generated by wave energy conversio
Fugro has been awarded the contract to conduct an Airborne LiDAR Bathymetry (ALB) survey of the Queensland Sunshine Coast (Australia) to be conducted during October and November 2011. The primary purpose of the survey is to develop a high resolution digital elevation model and other derived products
